Classes Without Quizzes: Bell Museum Collections
The CFANS Alumni Society hosted a virtual Classes Without Quizzes, "Curating Curiosities in the Bell Museum Collections," on March 12, 2024. The presentation included lightning talks from three CFANS experts who serve in curatorial roles for the Bell Museum’s collections.
Holly Menninger, Bell Museum Director, introduces the Bell Museum, and all that this world-class, university-based natural history museum has to offer.
Kassandra Ford, Curator of Fishes & Mollusks, chats about "Putting the History in Natural History Museums: Leveraging organismal collections to study evolutionary histories."
Ken Kozak, Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles, talks about "Merging natural history museum data, climate models, and DNA technologies to study emerging invasive species."
Sushma Reddy, Curator of Birds, talks about "Expanding the utility of natural history specimens for ecosystem health."
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