Join Taliia Smith of the Office of Public Relations’ Social Media team as she celebrates Teacher’s Appreciation Day by appreciating some teachers. Continue reading Celebrating Smithsonian Educators
Can you tell a toxic cane toad from a delicious Túngara frog just by listening? Fringe-lipped bats can. (Guess their super-hearing is some compensation for the fringe-lip thing.) Continue reading Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
Several projects around the Smithsonian will help highlight women’s stories. Continue reading American Women’s History Initiative awards pool funds for 2025
The winners of the 2024 Smithsonian Excellence in Exhibitions Awards will be honored April 30 at 10:00 a.m. at the National Museum of Asian Art. Continue reading 2024 Excellence in Exhibitions Awards go to Cooper Hewitt, American History, SAAM and APAC
NMNH paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner helped identify the earliest evidence of humans in Eastern Europe—tiny cut marks on bone fossils. Continue reading Evidence suggests that our human ancestors were hunting (and eating) in Romania almost 2 million years ago
The Smithsonian has hit a milestone in its efforts to diffuse its knowledge to the public: 42 experts among the Smithsonian’s scholarly community have written 50 articles for The Conversation that have reached more than 2 million readers. Continue reading We have a lot to say. And people are listening.
Reneé S. Anderson, collections manager at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, writes about a civil rights icon near and dear to her heart. Continue reading Fashion Forward: Mae Reeves used her show-stopping hats to help get out the vote
We don’t know if orchids just fell in with low companions and bad influences along the way, but they have evolved to be the most duplicitous of flora. Continue reading Deceit: A deadly sin or necessary survival adaptation?
Smithsonian Gardens are the focus of our 13th educational collaboration with the national newspaper. Continue reading Announcing our latest collaboration with USA TODAY: “Human/Nature”
Is baseball ready for robot umpires? Or will they strike out? Historian Eric Hintz considers the implications of automating the calls of balls and strikes. Continue reading When algorithms take the field – Inside baseball’s experiment with robot umpires
Join Taliia Smith of the Office of Public Relations' Social Media team as she celebrates Teacher's Appreciation Day by appreciating some teachers. Continue reading Celebrating Smithsonian Educators
We are reevaluating and working to improve the survey to better meet the needs of both staff and leadership. Continue reading Update on the 2025 Smithsonian Employee Perspective Survey
The Smithsonian Excellence in Digital Awards acknowledge, honor, and elevate outstanding staff achievements across a variety of digital disciplines Continue reading Nominations are now open for the 2025 Excellence in Digital Awards
Brachman brings 20 years of experience on Capitol Hill and in the private sector to her new role. Continue reading Anne Brachman named new director of the Office of Government Relations
"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." - Muhammad Ali Continue reading Volunteer Spotlight: Maureen Bryant’s half-century of service
