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...Zofnass exhibit will be the first to incorporate elements from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard University Herbaria, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum, which jointly employ the Museum of Natural History as their public gallery, according to MCZ Director James Hanken...
...hopes to begin an extensive restoration project to repair glue on the models and create custom cabinetry to house the creatures. They also plan to produce high-quality digital images of all the specimens that can be viewed in an online specimen database, according to Dr. James Hanken, director of the MCZ.In the meantime, the public can catch a preview of the extensive collection at the new exhibit in the HMNH. Hanken is pleased with the positive response the show has already received from the public. “Indeed, within days of its opening we began receiving complaints from...
...compile information on over 1.8 million species and make it universally accessible free of charge, according to Laura Cinnamon, a spokeswoman for the project. Harvard has already promised over $5 million, which will go towards education, outreach, and the creation of a digital anthology of taxonomic literature, said James Hanken, a Harvard professor of biology and a member of the EOL Steering Committee. James L. Edwards, executive director for the EOL starting June 1, said the Encyclopedia plans to “go live” in the second quarter of 2008, though a press release from the EOL estimates...
...randomized natural selection, and thus must have come from an “intelligent designer.” Despite the ruling, some Harvard faculty members say they worry that the battle over intelligent design may just be getting started. Professor of Biology and Agassiz Professor of Zoology James Hanken opposes the teaching of intelligent design as an accepted scientific theory. “The court ruling validated our position that evolution is real and that intelligent design shouldn’t be taught as scientific theory,” said Hanken, who serves as the director of the Museum...
...almost have a professional obligation, at this point, to do what you can to dispel this misinformation that’s being perpetrated on the American public,” Hanken says...