Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year
The Smithsonian returns with its 5th annual National Education Summit, a free three-day conference for educators preparing to teach the 250th anniversary of the nation
A NASA plane came to Panama to acquire aerial images to inform scientists about the diversity of tropical ecosystems. At the same time, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama collected similar data from the ground. The goal: to create an algorithm to better understand tropical ecosystems using satellite remote sensing in the future
The National 4-H Conference Career Expo, hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Smithsonian, united youth delegates to explore careers in science, technology and the arts developing leadership skills and emphasizing the importance of empowering the next generation
"Pele Signs With Cosmos: ‘Soccer Has Arrived’ Here
With the same ebullience that has marked his play, Pele took up his new career yesterday as a New York Cosmos forward and soccer's ambassador to the United States."
--New York Times, June 11, 1975
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