Most people try to climb up the career ladder, but Laurie Penland chose to explore the depths instead during almost 30 years with the Smithsonian. Continue reading Smithsonian’s SCUBA Mom Hangs Up Her Fins
Not really. Does anyone really love the lowly leech? (Other than another leech, of course.) Find out more about how these blood-sucking parasites have wormed their way into medical practices, performance art, and EVERY human cavity. Continue reading Bloodsuckers! Or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Leeches”
From surprising squirrel migrations to islands popping up out of nowhere, the organization’s scientists tracked strange events as they happened Continue reading A Peculiar, Short-Lived Office at the Smithsonian Once Explored Reports of Bizarre Natural Phenomena
One man’s journey from backyard model airplanes to “Zen and the Art of Aviation Maintenance.” Continue reading A few of my Favorite Things: Jay Flanagan
Play the game of “Philanthropy” just like the robber barons do!
Continue reading The Giving Game: Is philanthropy just another way the wealthy exercise power?
A free, three-day educational conference offers virtual and in-person connections through online sessions, exhibitor tables, hands-on workshops, behind-the-scenes tours and a networking reception. Continue reading Smithsonian summit aims to help educators prepare for the nation’s semiquincentennial*
White-tailed deer are so common today that some areas have been forced to cull populations to reduce the environmental damage caused by their grazing. But only a century ago, this common backyard visitor was on the verge of extinction. Continue reading The rise and fall – and rise again – of white-tailed deer
The fleeting beauty of a sunrise, the exquisite design of an orchid and the companionship of two tiny dinosaurs inspire Karen McDonald to find joy in the little things. Continue reading A few of my favorite things: Karen McDonald
And we’re not referring to that ancient blue eyeshadow from seventh grade you found in the back of the medicine cabinet. Continue reading MCI Researchers Help Recreate the World’s Oldest Pigment
How Ronald Reagan helped elevate Disneyworld to America’s pantheon of honored patriotic pilgrimages. Continue reading Independence Hall, Gettysburg and – Epcot Center?
Save the Date! The 22nd annual Smithsonian Staff Picnic is October 28 Continue reading Save the Date! The 22nd annual Smithsonian Staff Picnic is October 28
Secretary Bunch explores how we must engage young people if the Smithsonian is to “have tomorrow, bright before us, like a flame.” Continue reading The Kids Are Alright
More than $2.5 million in grants has been awarded to fund projects ranging from exposing little kids to nature, the link between movement and emotional wellbeing and building a robotic telescope. Continue reading 2025 Together we Thrive
Melanie Adams will serve as interim director beginning August 26. Continue reading Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum is stepping down
