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Samanta Orellana @coleopterasam.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks to the KU Office of Research for the spotlight! Happy to be part of the @kunhm.bsky.social and continue contributing to preserving and digitizing the collections 🩵. #KUEntomology #PostdocAppreciationWeek #KUSEMC

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · 23d

Staff Spotlight 🌟 Learn how Samanta Orellana, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the BI/NHM is expanding global access to insect biodiversity!

Learn More ⬇️
research.ku.edu/news/article...

KU postdoc preserves history of the natural world before it disappears

research.ku.edu

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · 25d

We had the best time celebrating Kansas biodiversity this past weekend at the Kansas State Fair! 🌻🐸🐝🦅#KUForKansas

KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · 26d

🎉 Join our team! 🎉

We are seeking applications for a Student Public Education Assistant. This student hourly position will help assist in education programs for school groups visiting the museum and provide support for program development.

To apply or learn more, click the link ⬇️
rockcha.lk/avx

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Sep 11

Join us in welcoming our new cohort of grad students & BioGEM scholars to the KU Biodiversity Institute! 🎉

They’ll be diving into collection-based research across several of our divisions while exploring biodiversity science and gaining hands-on research experience. Welcome all!

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Sep 4

We’re so honored to place in 3 of 6 categories at this year’s Best of Lawrence! 🏆 Huge thanks to everyone who voted—your support means everything! ❤️

🥇 Community Landmark
🥈 Place to Take an Out-of-Towner
🥉 Best Gift Shop

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Victor H. Gonzalez Betancourt @vhgonza.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our new study on cellophane bees and their cold tolerance news.ku.edu/news/article...

Research shows cellophane bee is built for the chill

Click for a new study from University of Kansas researchers in the journal Ecology and Evolution

news.ku.edu

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Aug 28

Exciting news from KU Ichthyology! 📣🐟 Research Affiliate Gloria Arratia, a global catfish expert, edited & contributed to the recently published volume "Catfishes: A Highly Diversified Group".

📸: Hypancistrus zebra by Leandro Sousa
@kunewsservice.bsky.social ➡️ 🔗 tr.ee/hdBog8tMGc

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KU EEB GSO @kueebgso.bsky.social · Aug 26

Andrés a PhD candidate in @ku-eeb.bsky.social and @kunhm.bsky.social studying the diversity and ecology of neotropical bees! Check out his recent project on outreach opportunities with bee collections in Columbia!

nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1575...

Outreach drawer collections and visual science communication enhance public engagement with native bee diversity in Colombia

Scientific research is often confined to academic circles, limiting public awareness of critical discoveries. This document highlights the transformative impact of science communication through an ent...

nhcm.pensoft.net

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Aug 15

🦴 This #FossilFriday, we're celebrating our Vertebrate Paleontolgoy team’s 3-week dig in Turkey! From late Paleocene to middle Eocene sites, they uncovered fossils from a unique island ecosystem—including a rare embrithopod jaw fragment! Way to go KU crew + collaborators!

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Aug 14

🎉 Record-Breaking Month! 🎉

A BIG thank you to the 4,245 visitors who explored the KU Natural History Museum in July — our highest monthly attendance ever! 🐝🦖🦅We’re thrilled to share Earth’s incredible biodiversity with so many curious minds!

KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Jul 29

Summer just got a whole lot cooler. 🌻❄️

Sunflower Summer has been extended through August 8 — which means there’s still plenty of time for Kansas K–12 students to visit the KU Natural History Museum and 200+ other museums and attractions — for FREE!

Sign up 👉 sunflowersummer.org

KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Jul 24

On Aug. 4–5, the KU Paleontological Institute will host top scientists from Yale, @harvard.edu, @floridamuseum.bsky.social & more during a workshop to rethink how fossil data is shared—making it more FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable. 📄➡️📊

biodiversity.ku.edu/news/article...

Invertebrate paleontologists to improve how data is used in their discipline

Click for more on conclave of paleontologists, data scientists and publishers at KU

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Jul 17

Double the celebration! 🎉🐭🦇 Congrats to KU Mammalogy graduate students Alex Hey & Danny Ibanez on successfully defending their master’s theses!

Alex studied hybrid woodrats (Neotoma) in the field using Nanopore tech; Danny explored Hipposideros bat genomics in the Solomons.

PhDs up next at KU! 🎓

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Jul 17

The future of semiconductors is in great hands! The FuSe² Team at @universityofkansas.bsky.social, including our very own outreach pros Teresa MacDonald & Eleanor Gardner, hosted high school students for a brain-inspired computing workshop! 🧠 💻

Thanks to @NSF for supporting this project.

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Samanta Orellana @coleopterasam.bsky.social · Jul 13

Leaving the beautiful #CostaRica 🇨🇷 after a few wonderful weeks! I deeply appreciate the hospitality of local researchers at Universidad de Costa Rica (in San José and Guanacaste 🥰), and the support given by @kunhm.bsky.social to make this trip possible! More soon! #Anthribidae #FranzLab #Collections

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Jul 10

Student Spotlight! 🌟 KU doctoral student Kristen Miller is turning heads with her discovery of Swaindelphys solastella, a 60-million-year-old marsupial from Texas’ Big Bend.

Read more: rockcha.lk/4et
📸: KU Marketing | 🖼️: Kristen Tietjen

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Jul 7

Explore the wonders of our natural world this July at the KU Natural History Museum. Whether you love Kansas wildlife or are curious about how the brain works, there’s something for everyone to discover!

Discover all the exciting details here: ✨https://rockcha.lk/5hc ✨

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Jul 1

Always learning so we can better serve you! ❤️

Our Visitor Services team explored labs, collection storage, the Panorama, & hidden corners of Dyche Hall to deepen their museum knowledge and share it with you! (Guess where they are in photo 2? 👀)

Big thanks to Lori Schlenker for the tour! 👏

KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Love our Madagascar hissing cockroaches as much as our Exhibits Manager & Lead Designer Laura Mohr does? 🪳 Stop by Bugtown before BIG renovations start July 7! A new Discovery Space is coming with some familiar insect friends. Stay tuned for more updates and information! 🤎

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · May 27

Join us in celebrating Brian Atkinson on his tenure promotion! His dedication to fossil plant research and mentoring the next generation of paleobotanists makes him an invaluable part of our team at @kunhm.bsky.social & @kubiology.bsky.social!

Congrats, Brian! 🎉

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · May 27

We're hiring! 🎉

The KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum is seeking applications for a full-time Museum Education Coordinator. Application reviews begin Monday, June 9, 2025.

To apply or learn more about each job, click the link ➡️ rockcha.lk/xvx

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KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · May 22

Happy #InternationalDayForBiodiversity! 🌍 Meet some of the incredible staff & students at KU’s Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum. Together, they’re advancing global research to understand past and present life on Earth—and shape a brighter future. 🧬🦎🔬🐝

KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · May 21

That post-graduation R & R hits different. 🐍🛀

Come find your zen at the KU Natural History Museum!
📸: Laura Mohr

KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum @kunhm.bsky.social · May 20

Happy #WorldBeeDay2025! 🐝

Did you know that the KU Entomology collection of bees is one of the largest in the world? Thanks to the extensive fieldwork of late entomologist Charles D. Michener, our bee collection exceeds 500,000 and is continuously used by bee specialists in all parts of the world.

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