As we all get back into the swing of day-to-day activities, there are a few important updates on pay, leave and benefits, which will help you get off to a fresh start. Continue reading Update: Important Benefit Reminders
We all hear about the superstars—the colleagues who make scientific breakthroughs or uncover brilliant young artists or unravel historic mysteries—but what about those colleagues who do exceptional work at indispensable jobs that never make the news? This is your opportunity to nominate those Unsung Heroes who, day in and day out, help make the Smithsonian a great Institution. And after the recent shutdown, we know there are a lot of nominations to make! Continue reading Sing the praises of our Unsung Heroes!
January 22, 1987. An annoyed bison is compelled to complain to the management after a snowstorm closes the National Zoo. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: January 22, 1987
January 13, 1982. The crash of Air Florida Flight 90 into the Potomac river takes 78 lives, including that of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute scientist Robert Elliot Silberglied. Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: January 13, 1982
Amy Kehs introduces Stacey Havard, whose favorite Smithsonian things range from live bait to opera. Continue reading A few of my favorite things: Stacey Havard
Love (and cocktails) are in the air this holiday season! Continue reading love actually happy hour
To bee or not to bee? It’s time to dazzle your coworkers with a display of ostentatious orthography at the 2019 Smithsonian Spelling Bee! Continue reading What’s the buzz?
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet to Hollis Gentry, especially if it’s blooming beneath a family tree. Continue reading A few of my favorite things: Hollis Gentry
Angela Ameen is the Smithsonian’s Associate Director for Human Resources, effective Sept. 4.
Continue reading OHR welcomes Angela Ameen as Associate Director
The Smithsonian is an inspiring place, full of talented and creative people. Here is your chance to share a bit of the wonder of working here with our friends and colleagues across the globe. Continue reading 2018 Winter Card Contest
In this episode of Sidedoor, Cheech Marin is our guide to the wildly creative and ingenious world of rasquachismo—the Chicano art of working with what you've got. Continue reading Sidedoor: Cheech Marin Gets Artsy
The call for nominations is out for America's best and brightest. Continue reading 2019 Ingenuity Award Nominations
The Smithsonian Institution Docent Exchange invites ALL Smithsonian docents to attend the annual SIDE Workshop. Continue reading You’re invited! Annual Docent Workshop
We spent the week with a song in our hearts and soul food in our stomachs. All in all, not such a bad week! Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was Feb. 10 – 16, 2019
February 22, 1969. The Portrait Gallery debuts an exhibition that honors the gallery's origins in the 19th-century publication “The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans.” Continue reading Today in Smithsonian History: February 22, 1969
