Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute and the Institut Photonique d’Analyse Non-destructive Européen des Matériaux Anciens platform at Soleil have formed a partnership to use the power of the third-generation synchrotron to study and preserve the priceless Smithsonian collections.
Bechtolsheim received a Smithsonian Leadership Award for Innovation in 1999 [25] and a Stanford Entrepreneur Company of the year award. He was also elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2000 for contributions to the design of computer workstations and high-performance network switching.
Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, signing formal recognition of SI Lodge No. 2463 of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). An October-November 1965 issue of the Smithsonian Institution's employee newsletter, The Smithsonian Torch, features a photograph of Secretary S. Dillon Ripley signing a document to recognize AFGE Lodge No. 2463. [1]
The groups, citing federal documents, say Latinos are about 5% of the total Smithsonian workforce of over 6,300 employees. "What we do know for a fact is that unequal educational opportunities for ...
The introduction of electronic and Internet technology played a large role in spurring this new outreach endeavor. In 1999, under the leadership of director Robert Maloy, Smithsonian Libraries staff completed a fourteen-year long effort to create a public access online catalog, with 97 percent of their then-holdings gaining digital records. [5]
The Smithsonian Ocean Portal is an educational website created and maintained by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The website features regularly updated, original content from the museum's research, collections, and Sant Ocean Hall as well as content provided by a number of collaborating organizations.
A group led by conservative Edward Blum, who won the legal case effectively ending affirmative action in college admissions, is suing the director of the yet-to-be-built National Museum of the ...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an independent agency of the United States federal government established in 1996. It is the main source of federal support for libraries and museums within the United States, having the mission to advance, support, and empower America’s museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development ...