by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 1, 2011 | Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2011 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2011 – Volume 19, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. This new issue has articles about collecting in Colombia, Trinidad, Belize, and Hawaii. It also highlights new infrastructure: the Chris Tyson...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 28, 2011 | Grants, Research
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $457,530 grant to a team of scientists from Montgomery Botanical Center, Florida International University, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the New York Botanical Garden...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 24, 2011 | Events
Dr. Cristina Lopez-Gallego, Professor at the Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, is being hosted at Montgomery as part of the Kelly Research Fellows Program at MBC. Cristina is an expert on the ecology and demographics of Zamia, and is a longtime...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 4, 2011 | Events
The National Tropical Botanic Garden at the Kampong awarded the 2011 David Fairchild Medal posthumously to Monty Beekman. Dr. Beekman’s medal was accepted by Faith Foss, Professor Beekman’s widow. Dr. Beekman was professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 20, 2011 | Events
Dr. Boglarka Erdei from the Hungarian Natural History Museum presented a lecture at MBC titled, “Fossil Cycads from the Cenozoic of the Northern Hemisphere.” The Hungarian Natural History Museum has 200 employees and a herbarium with 1.5 million herbarium...
