R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar: Natural History in a Flash: Lightning Talks from Carnegie Museum Scientists

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History is hosting a session of the R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar on Monday, February 8, from 12 PM to 1 PM. This one is titled Natural History in a Flash: Lightning Talks from Carnegie Museum Scientists, and it's exactly what it sounds like: a series of short, fast-paced talks given by the museum's own scientists, each one highlighting their current research. Instead of one long lecture, you get a few different projects in a single hour, so it's a good way to see a few different corners of the museum's work without having to commit a whole afternoon to any one of them.

The seminar is held in the museum's Art Theater, and it's part of the R.W. Moriarty series, which the museum describes as a program devoted to nature, culture, and the future of life on Earth. The whole point of the series is to let audiences hear from and engage directly with academic researchers, museum professionals, and other experts. It's free and open to the public, and since the talks are streamed online via Zoom, you don't even need museum admission to attend—you can just tune in from home.

To give you a sense of the kind of work that comes out of the place: the museum's dinosaur collection includes the world's largest collection of Jurassic dinosaurs, and its Powdermill Nature Reserve, established in 1956, serves as a field station for long-term studies of natural populations. The seminar is sponsored by Highmark. The session runs from 12 PM to 1 PM on February 8 at the Art Theater, 4400 Forbes Avenue, and it's free.