Letter asking curators and collections managers to respond to survey about APHIS permitting policy…
2018 Cooley Award
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) has selected Dr. Rebecca Stubbs as its 2018 George R. Cooley Award recipient. Considered one of the most prestigious early-career recognitions in the plant sciences, the award is named for George R. Cooley, a successful banker who studied plants and worked in conservation in retirement.
2018 Asa Gray Award
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) has selected Dr. Vicki Funk as its 2018 Asa Gray Award recipient. The prestigious award—named after arguably the most influential North American Botanist of the 19th Century—recognizes lifetime achievement in plant systematics.
2018 Peter Raven Award
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) has selected Chris Martine, the David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics & Research and the Director of the Manning Herbarium at Bucknell University, as its 2018 Peter Raven Award recipient.
2002 Asa Gray Awardee Natalie Uhl has died
We recently learned of the death of former ASPT member and 2002 Asa Gray Awardee Natalie Uhl. She was an expert in the Palm family and member of the ASPT since 1990. A link is provided below to an obituary.
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/04/natalie-uhl-renowned-palm-expert-dies-97
2018 ASPT Engagement and Excellence in Plant Systematics Education Award
Oregon State University’s Dr. Melanie Link-Pérez has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Engagement and Excellence in Plant Systematics Education Award (EEPSEA) from the America Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT). The EEPSEA award was established in 2013 in order to recognize educators who have implemented and developed innovative methods for engaging students in the study of plant systematics in the classroom, laboratory or during outreach activities.
2018 ASPT Undergraduate Research Prize
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) has selected Daniel Hayes, a recent graduate of Bucknell University, as its 2018 Undergraduate Research Prize (URP) recipient. The prize is considered the society’s most prestigious recognition of undergraduate achievement.
The Rupert Barneby Award of The New York Botanical Garden
The Rupert Barneby Award, named in honor of the late NYBG scientist and renowned legume expert, consists of US$2000 granted annually to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae. Graduate students and early career professionals with research in systematics and/or legume diversity …
Bell Museum seeks Collections Manager
The Bell Museum is seeking a Collection Manager for the University of Minnesota Herbarium (https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/), located in the Biological Sciences Center on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
2018 ASPT Business meeting
You are invited to attend the ASPT Business Meeting. It will take place on Tuesday, July 24th from 5:30-6:15pm in 110 Mayo Civic Center.