Announcement
Harvard University is closely monitoring the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Please check Harvard's dedicated Coronavirus (COVID-19) website for current advisories: https://www.harvard.edu/coronavirus.
3/13/2020: The Harvard University Herbaria and Botany Libraries will be closed as of 5:00pm Friday, March 13 until further notice. Email accounts will be monitored. To contact the Botany Libraries, please email botref@oeb.harvard.edu. To contact the Herbaria, please email huh-requests@oeb.harvard.edu. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
The Harvard University Herbaria include six collections and more than five million specimens of algae, bryophytes, fungi, and vascular plants. Together they form one of the largest university herbarium collections in the world, and the third largest herbarium in the United States. With their state-of-the art research laboratories and world class libraries, the HUH have been a centerpiece of biodiversity science since the early 1800s.
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Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
The Harvard University Herbaria (HUH) community denounces all forms of racism, harassment, and discrimination. We recognize the painful legacy of prejudice in which marginalized groups, especially scientists of color, who work across plant biology and academia have been made to feel unwelcome. With our colleagues across Harvard (here, here and here) and in the botanical science and natural history communities, we stand ready to confront systematic racism and are committed to the creation of an inclusive and welcoming community in the HUH. We commit to the creation of a society in which all individuals are valued and in which diversity is welcomed, whether in race, gender identity, age, socioeconomic background, religion, ethnicity, ability, language, sexual orientation, or veteran status. To these ends, we are engaged in a rigorous examination of our own institutional and interpersonal practices, and are committed to the ethical stewardship of the collections we hold in trust.
We particularly want to invite all scientists to take advantage of funding opportunities that are a critical component to diversifying our community. Please join us in this important work.
HUH Tweets
- Join us at 7pm, Thursday (1/28), for a webinar on racial equity in urban climate change, with author & Planetizen blogger, Professor Joan Fitzgerald of Northeastern. @CSNDC @BostonClimate @MassClimate @BostonEnviro @CAN_mass #climateaction #urbanclimate t.co/jSeNHzMlR7 t.co/jQLiOthDaf
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It is #FungiFriday! How about a little coloring today to celebrate? Thanks to our friends @HarvardMuseum and @BioDivLibrary for making this coloring sheet available! t.co/1xvs6ZZR7s
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- Our Summer Research Program (virtual in 2021) is now accepting applications! This 11-wk internship offers a $9,350 stipend, incl. support for living & home office expenses. Apps welcome from undergrads at colleges & universities in the U.S. & territories. t.co/EAfmbA2HfK t.co/F9tTsotu2g
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#NewPub! Check out the latest volume of Harvard Papers in Botany, available free on our website!
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