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  • Redesigned Biology Exhibit Opens January 12,  Opening January 12, 2009, the Museum’s new BioLounge is an inviting, relaxing, and totally unique space here at the Museum of Natural History. An amalgamation of exhibit, cabinet of curiosities, coffee bar, lounge, and venue for science, art, and music, the BioLounge brings a new approach to the art and science of biodiversity.   (January 12, 2009)
     
  • Museum Anthropologist Receives Grant for Southwestern Pottery Website,  Archaeologists have been working in the American Southwest for over a hundred years, where they have identified and described hundreds of pottery types. Unfortunately, there is no Periodic Table of Pots—a centralized resource where students and professionals can go to learn about pottery classification.   (November 18, 2008)
     
  • Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Co-Presents Field Conference,  Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Assistant Professor of Geology Jaelyn Eberle co-presented the first Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) field and topical conference August 5-7, 2008.   (November 18, 2008)
     
  • Navajo Rug Auction to Benefit the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History,  The largest Navajo weaving ever to win the Best of Show award at the Gallup Intertribal Indian Ceremonial will be on display at the 23rd Annual Joe Ben Wheat Silent Auction of Navajo Weaving to benefit the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History on November 6.   (October 14, 2008)
     
  • Patrick Kociolek Appointed Director of Museum,  Patrick Kociolek has been named director of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History after a national search in 2007. He is an internationally known expert on diatoms, a type of microscopic algae, and a Board Member-at-Large of the American Association of Museums.   (April 22, 2008)
     

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