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Smithsonian scholars receive a warm welcome at the Frost Museum

Kurin and Alcock on dais in planetarium

Richard Kurin and Charles Alcock at the Frost Museum of Science, March 18, 2019. (Photo via World RedEye)

The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami, Fla., a Smithsonian Affiliate, hosted a special evening March 18 for its members. “A Conversation with Smithsonian Scholars”  featured Dr. Charles Alcock, Director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and Frost Science Trustee Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large. The two scholars discussed the conditions that allowed life to proliferate on Earth, and how research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is fueling the search for other life in the Universe. Following the lecture, Frost Science hosted a number of donors and board members for an intimate three-course dinner underneath the museum’s iconic Gulf Stream Aquarium Oculus in the Frost Planetarium.

Kurin pointing at display of molecules

Richard Kurin at the Frost Museum of Science March 18. (Photo via World RedEye)

Enjoy more photos from the event at WorldRedEye.com

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