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13 Feb 2013, 7:15 am
Part 1 In this first session Kevin Gover, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, gives an introduction to the symposium. [read post]
17 Nov 2020, 5:00 am
., at 645 (1900) reprinted in Serial Set vol. 4015) is a part of the 18th annual report of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Bureau of American Ethnology. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 7:15 am
The percentage of blacks leaving big cities in the East and in the Midwest and heading to the South is now at the highest levels in decades, demographers say....The movement marks an inversion of the so-called Great Migration, which lasted roughly from World War I to the 1970s and saw African-Americans moving to the industrializing North to escape prejudice and find work.Spencer Crew, a history professor at George Mason University who was the curator of a prominent exhibit on the Great… [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 7:20 am
It was unknown to the scholarly community and would have likely remained so were it not for the unearthing, at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, of lists of Malay books and manuscripts purchased by the American missionary, Alfred North, for the United States Exploring Expedition. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 2:30 pm
Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena. [read post]
23 Jul 2012, 2:30 pm
Initially developed at Marshall, the final mirror configuration was completed with inputs from partners at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge, Mass., and a new manufacturing technique developed in coordination with L-3Com/Tinsley Laboratories of Richmond, Calif. [read post]
15 Oct 2020, 6:43 am
” “Let’s All Vote” is from a collection of Women’s Suffrage-themed GIFs created for #19SuffrageStories, a joint social media campaign between the National Archives, Library of Congress, and Smithsonian Institution celebrating the centennial of the 19th Amendment. [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 2:25 pm
A special version of the poster was created for President Obama's inauguration and another version of Fairey's Obama work now hangs in the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 3:37 am
Oxford has been listed among the 20 Best Small Towns in America by Smithsonian Magazine. [read post]
7 Aug 2008, 7:22 am
Kemp contended that the Moog was ''easily the most popular'' item in a special Eureka Exhibit of small businesses's ''12 most innovative inventions of the past 200 years,'' an exhibit now wending its way across America and heading for permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 9:21 am
McPherson from Princeton University; and Abraham Lincoln Institute’s annual symposiums. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 10:05 am
As part of a broader administration initiative in STEM education, NASA’s education efforts are being consolidated with about a dozen other agencies, with the Department of Education, NSF, and the Smithsonian taking lead roles. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 5:00 am
Stonesifer served as Chair of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and was Chief Executive Officer of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. [read post]
7 Sep 2012, 5:59 pm
I recognize the logos of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Audubon Society among others as sponsor/authors of some of these materials. [read post]
6 Oct 2019, 1:29 pm
A 2014 study, conducted by scientists from the Smithsonian Institution and the Fish and Wildlife Service, estimated that between 365 million and 988 million birds are killed in the United States every year as a result of building collisions. [read post]
25 Jul 2007, 2:14 pm
Lisa Rickard, President of the Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform, called attention to the impact of frivolous litigation on small businesses. [read post]
29 Mar 2021, 5:30 am
Hayden’s later expeditions were preserved by the Smithsonian Institution, including his 1872 Geological Survey. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 7:52 am
According to the Smithsonian Institution’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, the original design for the modern straw, which was designed to be made out of paper, was patented by a D.C. native, Marvin Stone on January 3, 1888. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 9:10 pm
” The USIA director must consult with the Secretary of State and may consult with others, including the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the Director of the National Gallery of Art.For the Brogan Museum to have taken advantage of seizure immunity for the Romano painting, it would have had to apply for it.Reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/arts/design/for-florida-museum-dispute-over-romano-painting-is-a-boon.html? [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 11:54 am
Washington has lots of events and conferences given by notable institutions; it has beautiful parks and flowers in which one can jog in the evening; and visiting the Smithsonian ensures you will never feel bored during the weekends. [read post]
