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Smithsonian Voices

The Smithsonian Institution has hundreds of scholars, researchers and curators, each with an amazing story to tell about their work, their quests and their passions. Here is a sampling of the unique voices that make up the chorus of ideas at the Institution.

Celebrate Earth Day online again with Earth Optimism.
Conservation Commons

Earth Day is going digital again, but don’t let that get you down.

April 21st, 2021, 12:50PM
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CULINASIA panel discussions will be held May 5, May 19, June 9 and June 23.
Smithsonian Associates

CULINASIA Conversation Series Explores the Future of Asian Food in America

April 20th, 2021, 1:33PM
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Chinese poetry carved on the wall of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the San Francisco Bay. (Text from Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940)
Smithsonian Center For Folklife & Cultural Heritage

The Chinese Poetry Left at Angel Island, the “Ellis Island of the West”

April 20th, 2021, 12:00PM
/ BY Ying Diao
A sea lion at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
National Zoo

5 Free Programs Streaming for Earth Week

April 20th, 2021, 11:36AM
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Landscapes have been managed by humans for thousands of years – some sustainably, others less so. The Martu people of Australia burn the grasses in continent’s Western Desert. The practice yields food, but also increases biodiversity in the area. (Rebecca Bliege Bird)
National Museum of Natural History

New Study Pushes Origins of Human-Driven Global Change Back Thousands of Years

April 19th, 2021, 3:00PM
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Shreya Ramachandran created her own nonprofit, The Grey Water Project, to educate and provide resources to diverse audiences on water recycling both at home and in the workplace.
Conservation Commons

Meet Shreya Ramachandran, Water Hero and Advocate

April 16th, 2021, 3:55PM
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Photograph for a Coca-Cola ad featuring Selena, 1994. Photo by Al Rendon. (NMAH)
National Museum of American History

How Do We Remember Selena?

April 15th, 2021, 1:00PM
/ BY Melinda Machado, Amelia Thompson, and Chloe Reynolds
The periodical cicada species, Magicicada septendecim, will erupt from the ground this spring in the mid-Atlantic region. The last time the species from Brood X appeared for their cyclical mating cycle was in 2004. (ARS Information Staff, USDA)
National Museum of Natural History

What to Expect When the Cicadas Emerge This Spring

April 15th, 2021, 6:00AM
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Rendon working on a photoshoot with Selena, 1994. Photo courtesy of Rick Tolar. (NMAH)
National Museum of American History

How an Advertising Photographer Created Some of the Most Iconic Images of Selena

April 13th, 2021, 12:30PM
/ BY Kathleen Franz, PhD
Entomologist and Collections Manager Dr. Floyd Shockley cares for the 35 million specimens in the Entomology Collection at the National Museum of Natural History. He also studies the diversity, natural history and evolution of fungus feeding beetles. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian)
National Museum of Natural History

Say Hello to the Scientist Caring for Smithsonian's 35 Million Entomology Specimens

April 13th, 2021, 6:00AM
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