Dr. Mary Louise Hanson Pritchard
Celebrating 100 Years of Life Science and Service

A portrait picture of Dr. Mary Louise Hanson Pritchard

July 16-18 — Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum

Join us in person or online to celebrate the legacy of a pioneering woman of science

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Speaker Biographies (PDF) Pioneer of Parasitology Article (PDF) Support the Lab

Those who want to write to Mary Lou and talk about their personal histories with her are welcome to do so. We will collate them into a readable, printed volume for her. Please email Scott at: slg@unl.edu

In honoring the pioneering woman of science that she is, we have put together a program focused firmly on the future.


Schedule

16 July – The Importance of Museum Science in an Era of Accelerating Global Climate Change

9:00 —

Welcome, Scott Gardner, Curator, Harold W. Manter Laboratory and University of Nebraska–Lincoln

9:30 —

Dan Brooks FRSC, Professor emeritus, University of Toronto and Senior Research Fellow, Harold W. Manter Laboratory: Mary Lou's history and accomplishments

10:00 —

Griselda Pulido-Flores, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico and Senior Research Fellow, Harold W. Manter Laboratory: Women in science and research at natural sciences collections

10:45 —

Break

11:00 —

Valeria Trivellone, University of Illinois; Tracking the elusive: uncovering high diversity of plant pathogenic bacteria in museum biorepositories

11:45 —

Orsolya Bajer-Molnar, Medical University of Vienna, Austria: We're in this together: unveiling hidden pathogen diversity using transdisciplinary initiatives

1:00 → 5:00 —

Workshop using collections in the Manter Lab on a unified glossary for evolution, climate change, and emerging infectious diseases


17 July – Young Women Making Futures for Themselves in Museum-based Research

9:00 —

Welcome, Scott Gardner

9:30 —

Allison Hearty, University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Some parasites and associates of Apodiformes

10:00 —

Charlotte Szekeres, Fordham University and Illinois Natural History Survey, Insect Collection Group, University of Illinois National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates Fellow: A comprehensive and efficient workflow for pathogen screening, data capture and vouchering of insect vectors

10:30 —

Break

11:00 —

Lindsay Howard, University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Digitization and Organization of Invertebrate Collections: A Learning Experience

11:30 —

Abigail Horner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Parasitic mites of the backswimmers of western Nebraska

1:00 → 5:00 —

Workshop in the Museum on a unified glossary for evolution, climate change, emerging infectious diseases


18 July – Nebraska Coping with Climate Change

9:00 —

Welcome, Scott Gardner

9:15 —

Dan Brooks FRSC, Professor emeritus, University of Toronto and Senior Research Fellow, Harold W. Manter Laboratory: A Darwinian Survival Guide: Hope for the Twenty-First Century

10:00 —

Hillary Brown, FAIA, Professor Emerita of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY, New York: Revitalize | Resettle: Hope for small-town USA in the era of climate mobility

10:45 —

Break

11:00 —

Bruce Johnson, Nebraska Elder Climate Legacy: The Nebraska Elder Climate Legacy Initiative

11:30 —

Chuck Hassebrook, Sand Hills Energy: Comments on Rural Nebraska from Multiple Perspectives

12:00 —

Lunch - for those interested in having lunch in the museum and are attending the roundtable - Thursday Only - Please contact Barb Johnson at (bhoppe254@gmail.com) with lunch needs (vegetarian or not and number of lunches needed in your group)

1:00 → 3:30 —

Roundtable Brainstorming Session: How Managed Retreat from Climate Change might impact Rural America, with a Lens on Nebraska. Chuck Hibberd, Nebraska Community Foundation, moderator