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Drexel Insites: Exploring Urban Ecology with The Academy of Natural Sciences
Start Date: 8/22/2018Start Time: 6:00 PM
End Date: 8/22/2018End Time: 8:00 PM

Event Description

Drexel InSites returns in a coast-to-coast celebration of the important difference Drexel makes in the world, and the University's ambitious fundraising campaign to support it. This year's speakers embody the campaign's bold assertion: The Future Is a Place We Make. In some of the nation's most exclusive and inspiring spaces, meet Dragons who are changing their corners of the world to help shape a smarter, more vibrant future.

Exploring Urban Ecology with The Academy of Natural Sciences

Find out how the Academy of Natural Sciences – the oldest natural science research institution and museum in America – makes an impact on the world today and turns the city of Philadelphia into a laboratory for studying biodiversity and environmental challenges. President Scott Cooper will share his vision for furthering the Academy’s historic partnership with Drexel, and researchers will give guests an inside look into how they’re working with Drexel students, faculty and co-ops to build knowledge, spark curiosity, and inspire solutions to ensure a healthy future.

The evening will also include a cocktail reception, meet-and-greet with members of the Academy’s live animal collection and a fossil dig in the newly-renovated Dinosaur Hall (recommended for kids 10 and under). Bring the whole family for an evening of summer fun!

Speakers include:

  • Scott Cooper, PhD, President, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Rick McCourt (moderator), PhD, Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Associate Curator of Botany & Director of the Center for Systematic Biology and Evolution, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
  • Greg Cowper, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Entomology at ANS
  • Stefanie Kroll, PhD, Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science at Drexel, and Project Science Director and Acting Macroinvertebrate Section Leader at the Patrick Center of Environmental Research at ANS
  • Roger Thomas, Section Leader at the Patrick Center for Environmental Research at ANS

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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Audience:
  • Everyone

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