Our @NSF-funded BIOFAIR Data Network Final Report is out! 🎉 The report presents a community-informed roadmap, developed through a series of community engagements, to build an integrated, FAIR, open biological & environmental data network. bcon.aibs.org/2025/07/28/fin…

The final report of our NSF-funded BIOFAIR Data Network workshop is now available at bcon.aibs.org/biofair/. Read all about our recommendations for FAIR, integrated data. Thanks to all those who contributed to this effort.

SPNHC 2025 Annual Meeting Sustainable Futures: Challenges and Opportunities for Modern Collections Registration now open In-person and virtual participation spnhc2025.ku.edu/registratio…

Billionaires are trying to close our public schools with something called private school vouchers. They say it’ll help poor kids go to private schools. They call it “school choice.” It all sounds so noble. But vouchers are the biggest scam I’ve ever seen.

One Day, One KU is here! ❤️ Starting at NOON, we invite you to support our mission by contributing to our giving campaign. Your donation will directly support two meaningful causes. 🔹 Live Exhibits 🔹 School Scholarships Donate today ➡️ rockcha.lk/oxq

Abstract submission is now open for SPNHC 2025 - May 27-31, Lawrence, KS. Submission Guidelines: spnhc2025.ku.edu/oa-abstract…. List of sessions: spnhc2025.ku.edu/sessions. Deadline: 3 March 2025. @SPNHC @kunhm @iDigBio @tdwg @BioCollNetwork

Best take I've seen so far in regards to Trump's assination attempt.

New guidance from @NSF BIO on Data Management and Sharing Plans specifically asks for a description of how specimens and the associated data will be permanently accessioned for projects involving collecting: iosblog.nsfbio.com/2024/06/1…

Yesterday we had a very special visitor to the @kunhm… Ray Troll! He was very interested in our coelacanth and our entry way floor artwork! He wanted a special photo of the ichthyology department posing with the artwork

Successful long-term specimen care, curation, and data storage require expertise and a detailed and specific management plan (SMP). A clear and standardized SMP supports the data and integration required to achieve a truly #ExtendedSpecimen. #CollectionsAreEssential

Museum collections are going digital. 📱 The collaborative #NSFfunded openVertebrate Thematic Collections Network 3D has imaged over 13,000 vertebrate specimens and has made them freely available online. bit.ly/3TFahDR #oVertTCN

If this is not an image of hell (in its literal sense) being unleashed on Earth, then I don’t know what is. If there was any common sense left, people would #revolt to overthrow this economic system. But you’ll all keep working those jobs and putting on your fake smiles in your Zoom meetings. Many of you will probably see your children die before you do. It’s what happens under these conditions. I don’t wish that on any parent. #climatecrisis

There are no more new words I can use to describe the current state of the climate crisis. The world is seeing abrupt change unlike anything it has seen in 66,000,000 years. Mass ecosystem die-offs, missing winters, sky-high sea surface temperatures are all becoming the norm.

Proud to be part of the University of Kansas #kunhm team that provided specimens from our valuable vertebrate collections for this effort

A new white paper envisions a Natural History Collections Action Center and lists recommendations from a series of webinars & workshops held in 2023, attended by ~300 collections professionals & researchers. Read and show your support for the findings: idigbio.org/content/envision…

New paper in BioScience (@AIBSbiology) summarizing the #oVertTCN effort to 3D digitize 6,400 vertebrate genera & counting. This was a huge effort across many museums & institutions led by @davidcblackburn & @DrScanley at @FloridaMuseum academic.oup.com/bioscience/… Scan: @jaimiAgray

Show your support for the recommendations from the 2023 series of webinars & workshops in the white paper "Envisioning a Natural History Collections Action Center". #collections #biolcollections idigbio.org/content/envision…