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Meet a member of the Field's Chicago Archaeopteryx prep team: Akiko Shinya! 👏 Akiko is the Field’s Chief Fossil Preparator and prep team member for our newest paleo specimen: the Chicago Archaeopteryx. 🦖 🦅 She prepares vertebrate fossils using mechanical, manual, and chemical methods and manages three of the museum’s vertebrate fossil preparation labs. 🦴 ✨ Alongside many curators, associated researchers, and students, she and her team prepare a variety of specimens including dinosaurs, fish, birds, amphibians, mammals, synapsids, and marine reptiles. 🤩

🚨🎟 FREE ADMISSION opportunity for our special exhibition Bloodsuckers: #LegendsToLeeches! Participate in a blood drive at the Field on June 25, and you’ll receive basic admission and access to Bloodsuckers for yourself and 3 guests! Register now. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gBnrCpzQ 👏 Special thanks to Bloodsuckers sponsor Abbott and their partner Versiti Blood Center of Illinois for organizing the blood drive. 

Congratulations to Urban Rivers: we're honoring this Chicago-based organization with our 2024 Parker/Gentry Award! 👏 Urban Rivers began revitalizing urban waterways, particularly the Chicago River, in 2014. The thriving ecosystems this small team has created via floating gardens and accessible parks benefit both people and wildlife. 🦦 The environmental conservation efforts and social innovation of this small, dedicated team of professionals and a wide community of volunteers and partners have had an enormous impact. 🌊 Today, Urban Rivers is a leader of and model for ecological restoration, scientific research, education, and community engagement, and serves as an inspiration for urban rivers worldwide. 🌎 💙 📸: Sage Rossman, Urban Rivers

73rd Members’ Nights Magic, brought to you by our dedicated staff, scientists, and volunteers. 💙 ✨ From deep dives into our herpetology collections to sneak peeks at our exhibition development spaces and face-to-face visits with the Chicago Archaeopteryx, our Field team made it possible for members to visit Museum workspaces and learn about the millions of usually unseen objects and specimens in our research collections. 🤩 📸: Kyle Flubacker

Meet a member of the Field's Chicago Archaeopteryx research team: Jingmai O'Connor! 👏 Jingmai is a vertebrate paleontologist, Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles, and lead researcher for our newest specimen: the Chicago Archaeopteryx. 🦖 🦅 In her more than 150 scientific papers, Jingmai explores the evolution of flight in the Dinosauria, the dinosaur-bird transition, the biology of stem-avians, the roles of feather origin and function, aerodynamics, and much more. 🤩

VIRTUAL SEMINAR: This Wednesday, May 22, we welcome Dr. Patrick Kück from the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change. 👏 Dr. Kück will present the talk "Polarized-Quartets Unveil Myriapod Evolution: Exploring a New Phylogenetic Approach With Sealion." Register to attend virtually. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ge8RTzSN

Office trip to the Field >>> everything else Thanks to all the corporate volunteers and their employers who joined us for WeDigBio Week last month! 🌱 ⬇️ 👏 CNA Insurance 👏 Bank of America 👏 Northern Trust 👏 Walgreens On top of behind-the-scenes peeks into our collections spaces, our honorary Field team members helped Head of Botanical Collections Matt von Konrat and Collection Manager of Flowering Plants Kimberly Hansen make botany more searchable for future researchers! 💙 Learn more about corporate membership opportunities. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gK3p264x

#FossilFriday meets Science Friday. 🦖 🤝 🎙 Listen in as Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles Jingmai O'Connor and Sophie Bushwick dig deep into what makes Archaeopteryx "the icon of evolution." ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gJ_YREGf 📸 : Delaney Drummond

VIRTUAL SEMINAR: This Wednesday, May 15, we welcome Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma from Northwestern University. 👏 Dr. Sharma will present the talk "Hawai‘i Is My Haven: Race and Indigeneity in the Black Pacific." Register to attend virtually. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ggcxd5pP