Exhibit Reviewed!
Drawing The Motmot (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Now it all feels real. John Brandenburg of The Oklahoman reviews Drawing the Motmot. I think he likes it.
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
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Event, OU, Oct 12, 7pm - Mona Eltahawy speaks on "Generation Facebook: How Young People Are Changing Religion and Politics in the Middle East"
Oklahoma Women's Network Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
The OU Women’s and Gender Studies Program is pleased to announce the next speaker in their series of public talks by activists about the struggle for women's and human rights around the globe. Please join them for “Generation Facebook: How Young People Are Changing Religion and Politics in the Middle East,” the public lecture for Mona Eltahawy ’s visit to tOU. Her appearannce...
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Los Angeles Premiere of Darwin's Dilemma at California Science Center on Oct. 25
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
The Los Angeles premiere of Illustra Media's new science documentary Darwin's Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record will be held on Sunday, October 25th in the IMAX theater of the prestigious California Science Center, which describes itself as "the West Coast's largest hands-on science center." Sponsored by the American Freedom Alliance, the premiere starts at 7:00 pm and will...
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Intelligent Design Comes to University of Oklahoma With ID Lecture and Screening of Darwin's Dilemma
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Somehow, over the past few years the University of Oklahoma has become a sort of ground zeor for debating evolution and intelligent design. Appearances by William Dembski, Richard Dawkins, Michael Ruse and John West have all drawn large crowds, and not a little controversy. Tonight Dr. Stephen Meyer will deliver a lecture based on his book Signature in the Cell in Meachem Auditorium at the University...
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In Oklahoma Darwinist Choir Sings The Praises of Suppression and Censorship
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
It’s funny how a little thing like a documentary film can send the Darwinist choir into tizzy tantrums. If Darwin’s theory is the be all end all of science, why are they so worried by a small, independent film? Because, it is the power of the ideas in the film that have them scared. The makers of Unlocking the Mystery of Life and The Privileged Planet have produced the third in their trilogy...
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Panama’s Big Tree Comes to Oklahoma
Drawing The Motmot (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
The Big Tree is coming to town. As part of Drawing the Motmot, An Artist’s View of Tropical Nature (please see the sidebar), it’s going up on the wall at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in all its gigantic glory and splendor. The entire show goes up this week and next in the [...]
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Biologist Jonathan Wells: Fossil Evidence Deepens Darwin’s Dilemma
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
As Jonathan Wells reminds us in his new article, "Deepening Darwin's Dilemma," 2009 is a year of anniversaries for evolution — not just for Darwin and The Origin, but also the centennial of Charles Walcott's discovery of the Burgess Shale. With Darwin's Dilemma coming out next week and premiering at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Dr. Wells' article couldn't be more timely....
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Screening Darwin's Dilemma at Sam Noble Museum of Natural History Sept. 29
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
For those of you in Oklahoma, two events two weeks from now are bringing intelligent design to your doorstep. First, Stephen C. Meyer will give a free lecture at the University of Oklahoma on September 28. The next day is the Southwestern premiere of Darwin's Dilemma at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History September 29th. Darwin’s Dilemma will be screened at 7pm in Kerr Auditorium...
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Class Readings
Alis Volat Propriis (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
This article is an assigned reading from my extinction and climate change course - how awesome is that? Chronicle Of Higher Education , August 16, 2002 Are You a Lumper or a Splitter ? By MALCOLM G. SCULLY Michael A. Mares, director of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma, puts it bluntly: "If you don't know the taxonomy, you know nothing." In A Desert...
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The Motmot’s Bold New Look
Drawing The Motmot (Free subscription) | 31/07/2009
We are making good progress. With something close to 80 drawings and paintings, videos of sketches in progress and a comfortable bench to view them from, journal entries to read and sounds of the rainforest to lull you into a sense of adventure, it’ll be just like a walk-through blog. I love it! [...]
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~ What is your Favorite Attraction in Oklahoma City?
Oklahoma Women's Network Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Guess what is the #1 attraction in Oklahoma City based on annual attendance. It is Remington Park with an estimated annual attendance of 1,534,256 people. In second place is the OKC Zoo and Botanical Garden according to the Journal Record's "Attractions in OKC" list (July 2, 2009). After that comes the OKC Thunder (758,500), Frontier City (505,000), the OKC Redhawks (500,000), Oklahoma City...
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February brings travel and talks
Stranger Fruit (Free subscription) | 05/02/2009
February is going to be a busy month for me. Sunday I leave for Oklahoma where I will be giving the lead-off public lecture for their Darwin 2009 Celebration . I will be speaking on the 12th at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the topic of “Was There A Darwinian Revolution'” Any Sooner readers should feel free to come along and introduce themselves. While in Norman,...
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Event, February = OSLEP Free Public Lectures
Oklahoma Women's Network Blog (Free subscription) | 15/01/2009
OKLAHOMA SCHOLAR-LEADERSHIP ENRICHMENT PROGRAM Was There a Darwinian Revolution? When: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Where: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (free parking), University of Oklahoma, Norman. Who: John M. Lynch, honors faculty fellow & senior lecturer, Barrett, the honors college, Arizona State University Water Matters: The Competition for Fresh Water When: Thursday,...
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Dinosaurs in Oklahoma and our initial museum iPod audio tour experience
Moving at the Speed of Creativity (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
For several months now, my five year old has been telling everyone who asks about her future career path that she wants to be a paleontologist and study dinosaurs. (Certainly not unusual for a child her age!) As we considered ways to ring in the new year as a family, given her interest in dinosaurs [...]
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Ellen Censky Leaving As Head of Norman's Sam Noble Museum
Oklahoma Women's Network Blog (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Farewell, Ellen Censky, director of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. We are both "from Wisconsin" (I went to High School in Lake Geneva, WI -- Go, badgers!) She'll direct the Milwaukee Public Museum and keep a eye on her aging mother. Click to read more.