The MCZ is pleased to share the news that Hopi Hoekstra, MCZ Curator of Mammalogy, will become the next Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Hopi is currently the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and serves as the curator of mammals in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. She is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a longtime member of the Broad Institute.  She will become dean...

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Congratulations to MCZ Director and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology and Malacology, Gonzalo Giribet, recenlty elected Académico Extranjero (Foreign Member) to the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España (the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences). Read more about Gonzalo Giribet elected to the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences

Congratulations to Hopi Hoekstra, MCZ Curator of Mammalogy, appointed the C.Y. Chan Professor of Arts & Sciences.

This professorship is the highest honor recognizing scholarly achievement that the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences can bestow upon one of its members.

Congratulations to Mansi Srivastava, MCZ Curator of Invertebrate Zoology and John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, recipient of Harvard's Roslyn Abramson Award.

The Roslyn Abramson Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching, as demonstrated through the ability to communicate with and inspire undergraduates, accessibility to undergraduates, sensitivity to undergraduates’ needs, and devotion to teaching. It is given annually to...

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Congratulations to MCZ Curator of Lepidoptera, Naomi Pierce, on her election into the National Academy of Sciences! Elected members are recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Stephanie Pierce, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, and Mansi Srivastava, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology co-developed a course for undergraduates with a goal of reaching a larger number of students and exploring similar sets of questions from different angles. They bring their expertise together in a novel course...

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A new study published in Science shares a groundbreaking database aimed at addressing 21st century challenges. The MCZ is among the 73 participating natural history museums and herbaria from 28 countries. MCZ Director Gonzalo Giribet, former director and current Curator of...

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