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The Mammoth University Of The Mammoth A Newsletter for the Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum University o f MAY 2010 NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM Interact with Scientists and Explore New Topics Each Month at Morrill Hall! Read more about ‘Sunday with a Scientist’ on Pages 8 & 9! Other Highlights in this issue... From the Director’s Desk............... Pg 4 Message from Friends Board President Mark A. Brohman........... Pg 5 Wildlife & Nature Photo Contest.... Pg 5 Colorful Creature Day May 15....... Pg 6 UNL Student’s Passion for Nebraska (and Archie!) More Than Skin Deep............................ Pg 10 Paleoclimate Word Search............ Pg 11 Entomology Research/Curation at the Natural History Museum in London................................. Pg 12-13 An educator from the UNL Water Center shows Museum visitors the groundwater Planetarium Coordinator Attends process using a 6-foot flow model called “The WATER Machine” (made available by UNL Launch of Space Shuttle Extension) at the ‘Sunday with a Scientist’ event on March 21. Mission STS-131.......................... Pg 14 Some of you may remember coming down to the Museum once Ashfall Kicks-off 2010 Season...... Pg 15 a month on a Sunday afternoon for the opportunity to listen to a Museum Trailside Museum Unveils New curator speak or have your fossils identified. That program ran for about Marcuson Artwork Inspired by ten years and was very successful. This year, the museum has revived Nebraska Fossils.......................... Pg 16 its ‘Sunday with a Scientist’ program series. Every third Sunday of the month, different scientists are on hand to share their expertise on various & More! scientific topics in a fun and informal way. It provides an opportunity for Find The Mammoth Online! kids and families to interact with scientists from across the University of Nebraska and learn about a wide range of subject areas. www.friendsofthemuseum.org (Read more on pages 8-9.) N E W S & I N F O The Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum Board of Directors Mark A. Brohman, President David Rowe, Vice President Mel Thornton, Treasurer Diane Pratt, Secretary Karen Amen Mark Brohman Marcia Hollestelle Michael Leite Curtis Mann Lois Mayo Keely Rennie-Tucker At the University of Nebraska State Museum Lynn Sobotka Diann Sorensen Mark Sorensen From historic Morrill Hall – home to “Archie the Mammoth” on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus -- to Ashfall Ex-Officio Priscilla C. Grew Fossil Beds near Royal and the Trailside Museum at Fort Mike Madcharo Robinson, the University of Nebraska State Museum enriches the lives of more than 100,000 visitors and Advisory Council Judy Diamond students each year, creating lifelong memories and Connie Pejsar inspiring a love of science and learning. Norm Smith Mike Zeleny The University of Nebraska is involved in a campaign to Ashfall Chapter raise $1.2 billion to support students, faculty, research and Brandon Essink, President programs. You can choose to help the museum by making a contribution to the Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum Fund. Now Showing at Morrill Hall To learn more about the museum and the campaign, “Weapons Throughout Time” Cooper Gallery contact Connie Pejsar, [email protected], On display through 402-458-1190 or 800-432-3216. September 19, 2010 To give online, go to nufoundation.org/friendsofthestatemuseum “Colorful Creature Art Exhibit” On display through September 6, 2010 Lifetime Friends Members Bill & Ruth Scott David Lind Scott Douglas & Pam Cast Morrie & Amy Tuttle Betty & Bruce Anderson MORRILL HALL HOURS Palmer & Shirley Johnson Monday-Saturday ­­- 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. F R I E N D S O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E B R A S K A S T A T E M U S A T A S A S K Y O F N E B R T V E R S I T H E U N I F R I E N D S O Raymond & Bernita Neujahr Thursdays - 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Open late!) James & Nancy Estes Sundays - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Norm & Bernice Harris The Museum and Mueller Planetarium are Closed on Easter, Independence Day, Lifetime memberships are awarded for Thanksgiving, December 24 & 25, and January 1. exemplary service to the Friends Organization. T H E M A M M O T H A M O T H E M 2 N E W S & I N F O University of Nebraska Phone Numbers State Museum Staff Director’s Office (402) 472-3779 Director: Priscilla C. Grew Museum Information Line (402) 472-2642 Associate Director: Mark Harris School Program Reservations (402) 472-6302 Public Relations Coordinator: Dana Ludvik Informal Science Education: Judy Diamond Friends Office (402) 472-3779 Amy Spiegel Mueller Planetarium (402) 472-2641 Education Coordinator: Kathy French Nebraska Hall Office (402) 472-2643 Museum Associates: Ann Cusick Ashfall Fossil Beds (402) 893-2000 Carrie Ford Cindy Loope Trailside Museum (308) 665-2929 Ina Van der Veen Research Partnerships Coordinator: Brett Ratcliffe Scientific Illustrator: Angie Fox Research Collections Staff Secretary: Gail Littrell Anthropology: Alan Osborn www.museum.unl.edu NAGPRA/Collections Assistant: Susan Curtis Nebraska Archaeological Survey: Alan Osborn Botany: Robert Kaul Collection Manager: Thomas Labedz Collections Assistant: Linda Rader MORRILL HALL Entomology: Brett Ratcliffe Collection Manager: M.J. Paulsen South of 14th and Vine Streets (402) 472-2642 Geology: Samuel Treves University of Nebraska - City Campus Invertebrate Paleontology: Roger Pabian Lincoln, Nebraska Parasitology: Scott Gardner Collection Manager: Gabor Racz Vertebrate Paleontology: Ross Secord Open Year Around Collection Manager: R. George Corner Monday-Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Preparators: Gregory Brown Thursdays: 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Open Late!) Robert Skolnick Sundays: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ellen Stepleton Highway Salvage Paleontologist: Shane Tucker Closed Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Highway Salvage Preparator: Nicholas Famoso December 24-25, and January 1 Zoology: Patricia Freeman Planetarium Closed Mondays and on NU home football Collection Manager: Thomas Labedz game Saturdays Affiliated Courtesy, Adjunct, and Emeritus Faculty: Anthropology: Thomas Myers Entomology: Mary Liz Jameson Geology: Robert Diffendal ASHFALL FOSSIL BEDS Invertebrate Paleontology: David Watkins 86930 517 Avenue (402) 893-2000 Parasitology: John Janovy, Mary Lou Pritchard Vertebrate Paleontology: Michael Voorhies, Royal, NE 68773 Robert Hunt, Jr. Located seven miles north of Highway 20 between Zoology: Hugh Genoways, Paul Johnsgard Royal and Orchard, Nebraska. Accounting Clerk: Judy Ray Exhibit Design Specialist: Ron Pike Graphics Design Specialist: Joel Nielsen Open Seasonally. For schedule, call (402) 893-2000. Mueller Planetarium Supervisor: Jack Dunn Public Service Associate: Linda Thompson Discovery Shop Manager: Leah Carpenter TRAILSIDE MUSEUM Ashfall Fossil Beds Superintendent: Rick Otto Museum Specialist: Sandy Mosel PO Box 462 (308) 665-2929 Trailside Museum Staff Assistant: Susan Veskerna Crawford, NE 69339 Mammoth Newsletter Editor & Design: Dana Ludvik Located on Highway 20 at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Find Us on Facebook! Discover more about upcoming museum events, exhibitions, and other promotions by becoming a “fan” of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Visit www.museum.unl.edu for a link to the museum’s Facebook page. MAY 2010 MAY 3 F R O M T H E D I R E C T O R ’ S D E S K Whatever will “Archie” see next in Elephant Hall? As you can tell from these photographs, we are welcoming many different science disciplines and educational outreach groups to participate in our Museum programming in 2010 – many for the first time! And we hope “Archie” will look down on ever more variety to come. Astronomy Day, our annual event highlighting physics, astronomy, space and planetary sciences and meteorite studies, was again very successful on April 24, drawing 629 visitors. Volunteers from the Prairie Astronomy Club welcomed a constant stream of young people checking out the impressive telescopes arrayed at “Archie’s” feet in Elephant Hall, and the rest of the Museum was filled with science activity stations designed to appeal to visitors of all ages. The next issue of the Mammoth will have a full report on Astronomy Day. On Sunday April 18, “Archie” oversaw stations on endangered and invasive species, featuring presenters from the Nebraska Invasive Species Project and the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership. On the third Sunday each month, we are offering new family science programming through “Sunday with Scientists,” featuring a different science A member of the Prairie Astronomy Club discusses discipline or issue each time. Earlier events have included telescopes with Astronomy Day visitors in Elephant Hall nanoscience, water resources and paleontology. Don’t miss on April 24. the photos from all the Sunday events that are now posted on the Museum’s new Facebook page. Next up in May and June are Sundays on “Nebraska’s Climate” and “Ponds and Toxic Algae.” It was a special treat for me to welcome “Pebbles,” the giant Piping Plover, making a first visit to Morrill Hall. Diane Pratt, a member of the Friends of the State Museum Board who also volunteers for the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership, first told me about this organization. The partnership headquarters are in Hardin Hall on UNL’s East Campus, and the program works with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, industry, private citizens, government agencies and scientists to protect Nebraska’s Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers. The Partnership celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009, and for the occasion held a naming contest for the newest member of their educational outreach team: a 4-foot tall giant piping plover made of feathers, metal and fiberglass by Tom Curtwright in Lincoln. I can assure you that “Pebbles” was right at home in front of the sand bars in the Archie mural by Mark Marcuson! In this issue you will find a special notice on page 2 about the new Campaign for Nebraska.
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