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Lisa Lundgren replied to the topic Anything happening in the South East USA in December? in the forum Upcoming Opportunities 5 years, 10 months ago
5 years, 10 months ago5 years, 10 months agoFlorida is actually perfect during the winter for fossil hunting! The Montbrook Fossil Dig from the University of Florida might be of interest to you. @rnarducci was the volunteer coordinator for the dig last year, she might have additional info to help. Here’s a write up about it: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/montbrook/
Also for Florida: T…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Supporting women in paleo in the forum Women in Paleontology Forum 6 years, 8 months ago
6 years, 8 months ago6 years, 8 months agoHi, all! Reviving this thread to share the following story that was published via Wired Magazine today: https://www.wired.com/story/why-men-dont-believe-the-data-on-gender-bias-in-science/. Although it highlights problems in engineering specifically, the problem is broadly applicable across all areas of STEM.
Over the years, I’ve sadly en…[Read more]
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Victor Perez replied to the topic Field Work Photos in the forum Pictures In The Field 6 years, 11 months ago
6 years, 11 months ago6 years, 11 months agoI had a fantastic time attending the Aurora Fossil Festival yet again and got to collect quite a bit! On Friday we collected at the Belgrade Quarry (first image) and spent some time on the Aurora spoil piles in the evening (second image). On Sunday we collected at Green Mill Run (third image) and visited @george-powell‘s collection (fourth image).…[Read more]
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Michelle Barboza replied to the topic Just watched the video of Tara in the forum Women in Paleontology Forum 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months agoFor those who may not know what we’re talking about, the Alf Museum of Paleontology in Southern California uploaded a great video on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2017 (this past Saturday, February 11). The video featured paleontologist @taorminalepore, giving us a quick word on what it is like to be a woman in…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Women in Paleo – Spotlights in the forum Women in Paleontology Forum 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months ago@michelle-barboza, @taorminalepore, @sboessenecker, @kate-griener – I saw this article from The Guardian today and thought it would be of interest to our Women in Paleo forum folks: http://bit.ly/2ew5K5F.
And Michelle, it goes along nicely with your new podcast (please please please tell us about it here!).
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Supporting women in paleo in the forum Women in Paleontology Forum 7 years, 5 months ago
7 years, 5 months ago7 years, 5 months agoI recognize that this is slightly off-topic and will make some folks uncomfortable, but yet it is related, and since this newly-published article is trending on social media, it seems worthwhile to bring it to the attention of the myFOSSIL community too.
“Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: A Call to Geoscience Faculty and Researchers to Respond,”…[Read more]
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Michelle Barboza replied to the topic Writing highly-scored abstracts for conferences in the forum Women in Paleontology Forum 7 years, 5 months ago
7 years, 5 months ago7 years, 5 months agoHi @lydia-tackett, thank you for sharing, this is a great post. I think the author calls out an important point – it is not only gender bias that affects the acceptance of scientific papers/abstracts/presentations, but many women’s own self doubt. From other blog posts and personal conversations with women in science, the imposter syndrome is…[Read more]
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Taormina (Tara) Lepore replied to the topic Women in Paleo – Spotlights in the forum Women in Paleontology Forum 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoMichelle, thanks SO much for the shout-out! 😀 It was a total pleasure writing about @sboessenecker‘s work!
And, thanks Lisa for looking the assessment over!
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Michelle Barboza replied to the topic Women in Paleo – Spotlights in the forum Women in Paleontology Forum 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoHappy Sunday, everyone! I thought I would start off the week by sharing a great post about a woman in paleontology. @taorminalepore‘s blog, Outbound Adventurer, recently published a piece on @sboessenecker, the paleontology collections manager at the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at the College of Charleston. Both women are part of the my…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Help with Rib identification in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoHey, @rboessenecker, @sboessenecker, and @aaron-wood! Might any of you be able to help Lance out with identifying this rib fragment?
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Michelle Barboza replied to the topic Supporting women in paleo in the forum Women in Paleontology Forum 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoWow, that was a great article, thanks for sharing @bmacfadden! The personal testimonies at the end of the piece were stunning – I can relate to many of these. Like Catalina, I wouldn’t say I’ve been subjected to outright sexist/racist remarks – at least not remarks that were intended to be sexist/racist. However, these anecdotes show that lots of…[Read more]
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Bobby Boessenecker posted a new activity comment 7 years, 10 months ago
7 years, 10 months ago7 years, 10 months agoHi all! Thanks @llundgren – hello @jessie-matheny – @sboessenecker and I are at the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at College of Charleston. We should stay in touch! Bobby
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Lisa Lundgren posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
7 years, 10 months ago7 years, 10 months ago@jessie-matheny Hi Jessie–you’re from the South Carolina Paleo Society, right? Glad to see you on myFOSSIL! If you’re looking for more connections, @lcone and @joyce-drakeford are from the Friends of the Aurora Fossil Museum and live sort of close, I think. @rboessenecker and @sboessenecker are in Charleston and are pretty cool folks, too.
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Hi all! Thanks @llundgren – hello @jessie-matheny – @sboessenecker and I are at the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at College of Charleston. We should stay in touch! Bobby
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@rboessenecker Hello! I’m quite sure I’ve probably met you, if you stay out in the display area at all. Upon hearing of the Mace Brown Museum, I was sure I had never been there, because the name wasn’t familiar to me. However, upon looking into it, I realized I have been there on several occasions, comparing whale vertebrae and other bones. I am…[Read more]
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Kent Crippen posted an update in the group Welcome Committee 8 years ago
8 years ago8 years agoWelcome@sboessenecker, new member of the myFOSSIL community!