• Patrick Kociolek Appointed New Director of Museum,  Dr. 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)
   
• Museum Researchers Receive NSF Ecology Grant,  Three members of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History received a 5-year $396,000 award from the National Science Foundation.   (October 25, 2007)
   
• Auction of 100 stellar Navajo rugs from the Toh-Atin Gallery in Durango,  For twenty years, the Toh-Atin Gallery in Durango has sponsored annual auctions of magnificent Navajo rugs and weavings to benefit the Joe Ben Wheat textile collection at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.   (October 19, 2007)
   
• Botany Section Presents Botanical Art Collection Online,  Recently the University of Colorado Herbarium added to its website an impressive collection of 41 botanical watercolors painted by the renowned artist Ida Hrubesky Pemberton during the 1930s and 1940s.   (July 31, 2007)
   
• Paleontology Curator Awarded NSF Grant,  The National Science Foundation has awarded a Biological Research Collections grant to Karen Chin, Curator of Paleontology, for curatorial improvements of the Karl Hirsch Fossil Eggshell Collection.   (July 11, 2007)
   
• Invertebrate Paleontology Announces Launch of Online Specimen Database,  The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History’s Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany collections are now searchable online at http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/Research/Paleo/invert_database.html.   (June 27, 2007)
   
• Museum Announces Recipients of Van Riper, Burt and Clark Awards,  The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History announced this year's recipients of the Walker Van Riper, William H. Burt, and Clark awards.   (April 24, 2007)
   
• Museum Exhibit Employs State of the Art Audio Program,  The Museum's newest exhibit, Temple of the Warriors: Rebuilding a Maya Monument, employs a state of the art audio program to allow the visitor to hear the words of Ann and Earl Morris.   (April 23, 2007)
   
• Entomology Section Announces Launch of the Gordon Alexander Project Website,  The Entomology Section of the CU Museum has recently launched its Gordon Alexander Project website! This website is a portal to Gordon Alexander’s biography and the 24,000 grasshoppers that make up his collection.   (March 27, 2007)
   
• Tom Ranker Named Interim Director of Museum,  Tom A. Ranker became the Interim Director of the CU Museum upon the retirement of Director Linda Cordell. Tom has been the Curator of the Botany Section of the Museum since Fall of 1990, he is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and an Affiliate Graduate Faculty member in Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. He has degrees in Environmental Studies (B.A., 1974, California State University-Sacramento), Biology (M.A., 1982, Humboldt State University), and Botany (Ph.D., 1987, University of Kansas).   (August 1, 2006)
   
• Longtime Museum Director Linda Cordell Retires,  Dr. Linda S. Cordell has retired as Director of the CU Museum. Linda served as Director for an astonishing 13 years! She was also a professor in the Department of Anthropology.   (August 1, 2006)
   
• Call for Volunteer Museum Educators!,  Do you have an interest in the museum and enjoy learning new things? Do you think it would be fun to explore the museum’s exhibits and collections with children? Then we have the volunteer opportunity for you!   (August 23, 2006)
   
• Summer Workshop Explorations,  Hands-on workshop fun for kids grades K-6th.   (April 24, 2006)
   
• Southwest Textile Collection at CU-Boulder Museum Assessed for Conservation,  The University of Colorado at Boulder Museum of Natural History is teaming up with volunteers to upgrade conservation efforts for what is considered to be one of the finest Southwest textile collections in the world.   (February 9, 2006)
   
• Museum's GAMES Program Receives Award,  The CU Museum's after-school science program for girls called "Girls At the Museum Exploring Science" (GAMES) has been received good news this summer.   (August 12, 2005)
   
• Anthropology Section Announces Recipients of Joe Ben Wheat Awards,  The CU Museum's Anthropology Section announced this year's recipients of the Joe Ben Wheat Scholarship and Joe Ben Wheat Prize: Jun Sunseri and Patti Kinnear.   (May 17, 2005)
   
• CU Museum Director Elected to National Academy of Sciences,  CU Museum Director, Linda S. Cordell was elected to the National Academy of Sciences on May 3, 2005.   (May 3, 2005)
   
• Museum Announces Recipients of Van Riper, Burt and Clark Awards,  The CU Museum announced this year's recipients of the Walker Van Riper, William H. Burt, and Clark awards.   (April 5, 2005)
   
• Schedule for Annual Family Day at the Museum,  This will be a wonderful opportunity for families to explore the many facets of Colorado wildlife through hands-on activities, storytelling, special tours, and demonstrations throughout the Museum. The Museum has released the preliminary schedule of activities.   (April 2, 2005)
   
• Entomology Section Receives NSF Collections Improvement Grant,  Deane Bowers, Curator of Entomology, Cesar Nufio, Adjoint Curator, and Rob Guralnick, Curator of Invertebrates, received a grant of $202,201 to curate, georeference and database the Gordon Alexander Orthoptera Collection. This collection is composed of over 19,000 grasshoppers from the Rocky Mountain and plains regions of Colorado.   (February 22, 2005)
   
• Invertebrate Zoology Curator Receives Moore Foundation Grant,  The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a team of institutions, including the University of Colorado, a $1.6 million grant to build an online automated georeferencing tool.   (February 22, 2005)
   
• Museum Announces New Subscriber List Called CU Museum Update,  The Museum is launching a new service to serve you better - "CU Museum Update", an email announcement designed to keep you up-to-date on the happenings at the CU Museum!   (January 10, 2005)
   
• Annual Navajo Rug Auction to Take Place in November,  Join us in Denver for Toh-Atin Gallery’s silent auction benefit for the CU Museum’s Joe Ben Wheat Fund.   (October 11, 2004)
   
• Museum Director Receives Cummings Award,  Linda Cordell, Director of the CU Museum was awarded the Byron Cummings award by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society at the annual Pecos Conference in Bluff, Utah.   (August 16, 2004)
   
• Invertebrate Paleontology Curator Receives NSF Grant,  Dena Smith, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology and Assistant Professor of Geology, has received a grant of $432,132 from the National Science Foundation to improve and computerize the invertebrate paleontology collections at the CU Museum.   (August 13, 2004)
   
• Anthropology Section Announces Recipients of Joe Ben Wheat Awards,  The CU Museum's Anthropology Section announced this year's recipients of the Joe Ben Wheat Fellowship and Undergraduate Award: Jill Ahlberg and Eugene Wheaton.   (May 24, 2004)
   
• Museum Announces Recipients of Van Riper, Burt and Clark Awards,  The CU Museum announced this year's recipients of the Walker Van Riper, William H. Burt, and Clark awards.   (April 19, 2004)
   
• HERBARIUM ANNOUNCES RECIPIENT OF SCHMOLL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS,  The CU Museum's Herbarium announced this year's recipient of the Hazel Schmoll Research Fellowship in Colorado Botany: Nehalem Breiter.   (April 19, 2004)
   
• Anthropology Section Awarded Colorado State Historic Fund Grant,  The CU Museum received a grant of $62,843 from the Colorado State Historic Fund for rehousing and studying collections from the Yellow Jacket sites near Mesa Verde, Colorado.   (February 17, 2004)
   
• Herbarium Announces Launch of Online Specimen Database,  The University of Colorado at Boulder database of vascular plant specimen labels from Colorado housed at Herbarium COLO is now searchable online at http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/Research/Botany/Databases/search.php.   (December 3, 2003)
   
• Museum Launches Unique After-school Educational Program for Girls,  The GAMES (Girls At the Museum Exploring Science) program brings 4th and 5th grade girls to the CU Museum of Natural History to learn about the five main research and exhibit topics of the Museum: Anthropology, Botany, Entomology, Paleontology and Zoology.   (October 15, 2003)
   
• Drs. Nelson and Hegmon to Give Lecture on People of the Mimbres,  Drs. Peggy Nelson and Michelle Hegmon from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona will deliver a lecture entitled, "The People of the Mimbres: Their past and their legacies."   (November 5, 2003)
   
• 18th Annual Benefit Navajo Rug Auction,  The Best of Category and Best of Class Navajo pictorial weaving from this year's Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial will be among the Navajo weavings to be sold during a silent auction of "One Hundred Navajo Rugs", Thursday, November 6, in downtown Denver to benefit the University of Colorado Museum.   (October 21, 2003)
   
• Museum in the Dark!,  Museum in the Dark is the one of the most popular and longest-running Halloween events for kids in Boulder. This is a non-scary event meant to de-mystify the spookiness of Halloween for children ages 2-10. This event is also a safe alternative to "trick or treat."   (October 20, 2003)
   
• CU Museum Accredited by the American Association of Museums,  CU Museum has been granted the highest recognition for a museum, accreditation by the American Association of Museums (AAM).   (August 28, 2003)
   
• Annual Fall Color Tree Walk,  Explore and learn about over 45 different types of trees that are on the historic CU campus with Yan Linhart, professor of biology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Associate Curator in the University Herbarium at the CU.   (September 23, 2003)
   
• Anthropology Section Announces Award of Joe Ben Wheat Fellowship and Undergraduate Award,  The CU Museum's Anthropology Section announced this year's recipients of the Joe Ben Wheat Fellowship and Undergraduate Award: Carman Tarcan and Sharon Hull.   (August 14, 2003)
   
• Botany Curator Receives NSF Grant,  Tom Ranker, Curator of Botany at the CU Museum, received good word from the National Science Foundation that he and other collaborators will receive $450,000 to create linked computer databases and interactive keys for use in identifying plants in the flora of the Southern Rocky Mountain Region.   (May 16, 2003)
   
• Herbarium Announces Recipients of Schmoll Research Fellowships,  The CU Museum's Herbarium announced this year's recipients of the Hazel Schmoll Research Fellowships in Colorado Botany: Cristina Rumbaitis-del Rio and Courtney L. Meier.   (April 23, 2003)
   
• Exhibit Opening Celebration for Sand Island: Time Etched in Stone,  On Thursday, April 24, 2003, the CU Museum presents an evening of Native American culture, including traditional music, food, a slide lecture and the opening of a special exhibit, Sand Island: Time Etched in Stone.   (April 16, 2003)
   
• Museum Receives CACMA Service Recognition Award,  The University of Colorado Museum was selected as one of the 2002-2003 Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs (CACMA) Service Recognition Award recipients.   (February 21, 2003)
   
• Paleontology Curator Receives CRCW Award,  Curator of Paleontology, Karen Chin received a Junior Faculty Development Award and will use this grant money to tackle an old and fishy mystery.   (March 10, 2003)
   
• Second Annual Discovery Day Promises Fun for People of All Ages!,  This is a unique event that has something for everyone! On April 5, 2003, from 1-5 PM, Curators, collections staff and a Navajo textile expert will be on hand to answer questions about your personal treasured collections. There will also be presentations by Project WOLF, Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery, "Mr. Bones" and Birds of Prey, as well as craft projects and educational activities.   (March 17, 2003)
   
• Museum Faculty Participate in Panel Discussing Disappearance of Ancient Puebloans,  CU Museum Director Linda Cordell and Anthropology Curator Steve Lekson participated in a panel discussion on the topic of the disappearance of the ancient Puebloans at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Denver.   (February 18, 2003)
   
• CU Researchers to Give Talk on Forensic Botany,  Drs. Jane Bock and David Norris from the University of Colorado's Department of EPO Biology will present a lecture on their experiences in the field of Forensic Botany.   (February 18, 2003)
   
• Deadline for Burt, Clark, and Van Riper Award Applications Nears!,  The application deadline for the William H. Burt Fund, the Clark Scholarship Fund, and Walker Van Riper Fund is March 1, 2003.   (February 14, 2003)
   
• Paleontology Curators Awarded Grant for Field Research,  Two of our curators are headed north this summer—REALLY far north! Paleontology curators, Karen Chin and Jaelyn Eberle are going to Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic to investigate a fossil marine fauna that is around 75 million years old.   (February 11, 2003)
   
• World-class climber Todd Skinner to speak for Endowment Fundraiser,  The Museum is pleased to present one of the most accomplished rock climbers of our generation. Todd Skinner’s achievements have been documented in film and magazines in 12 languages. He has accomplished more than 300 first ascents in 35 countries and has established new climbs at the highest level of difficulty. On April 17, in the Glenn Miller Ballroom, Skinner will present a stunning video presentation about his expedition to Greenland, during which he and his team successfully free-climbed the main face of Ulamertorsuaq, an imposing 3800 foot sheer tower. Don't miss this unique experience to meet this inspiring world adventurer!   (February 3, 2003)
   
• Guralnick to Give Lecture on Changing Nature of Water,  Dr. Robert Guralnick from the CU Museum of Natural History and the Department of EPO Biology will present a slide lecture entitled, "Water Ways: The Changing Nature of Water in the West and its Impact on Freshwater Life."   (February 3, 2003)
   
• Museum Curator Studies Melting Glaciers for Archeological Sites,  In January National Public Radio (NPR) recorded an interview with James Dixon, Curator of Museum and Field Studies, about research he and Dr. William Manley have been conducting at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR).   (February 3, 2003)
   
• Dixon to Give Lecture on Peopling of Americas,  Dr. E. James Dixon from the CU Museum of Natural History and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) will present a slide lecture entitled, "The Peopling of the Americas."   (January 29, 2003)
   
• CU Museum Selected as Must-See by New York Times Article,  The CU Museum was selected as a must-see attraction in a New York Times article on what to do in Boulder.   (December 20, 2002)
   
• End of Epoch as Robinson Retires,  Peter Robinson, Curator of Geology and Professor of Geological Sciences, retires September 30th, after 41 years with the Museum. Robinson served as Museum Director from 1971-1982.   (September 30, 2002)
   
• Museum Faculty Excavate Mammoth Skull and Tusks,  Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have excavated the skull and tusks of a mammoth that died more than 10,000 years ago in what was once a freshwater spring near Roxborough State Park.   (August 16, 2002)
   

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