Fruits in Decay August 30, 2019 Fruits in Decay, a new special exhibit in the Glass Flowers gallery of the Harvard Museum of Natural History... Read more about Fruits in Decay
Prof. Don Pfister receives Distinguished Mycologist Award August 16, 2019 At the annual Mycological Society of America (MSA) meeting this week, Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany... Read more about Prof. Don Pfister receives Distinguished Mycologist Award
2019 Great Walden BioBlitz July 18, 2019 Several Herbaria staff and some students from the Pfister Lab participated in the 2019 Great Walden BioBlitz on July 6, 2019.... Read more about 2019 Great Walden BioBlitz
Welcome, Elena! July 1, 2019 After 6 years of serving as Director of the Herbaria, Prof. Charles Davis has stepped down from the leadership role... Read more about Welcome, Elena!
Henrietta Page’s Sketchbook April 5, 2019Danielle Castronovo, Archivist for the Botany Libraries, and Jason Karakehian, student in the Pfister Lab... Read more about Henrietta Page’s Sketchbook
Discovery of the first Precambrian fossils March 22, 2019 Molly Edwards, OEB Graduate student (Kramer Lab) and the powerhouse behind Science IRL, put together an amazing video featuring our Paleobotanical Collection... Read more about Discovery of the first Precambrian fossils
Glass Flowers to be featured in a new book March 14, 2019The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, popularly known as the Glass Flowers, is considered one of the University's greatest treasures.... Read more about Glass Flowers to be featured in a new book
Congratulations, Jeannette! March 7, 2019Congratulations to our Administrative Manager, Jeannette Everritt, on being honored with a Dean's Distinction Award!... Read more about Congratulations, Jeannette!
Digitizing Endless Forms January 2, 2019 The Harvard Herbaria are among the 17 research institutions participating in an effort to scan and share two million plant specimens over the next three years.... Read more about Digitizing Endless Forms
The Importance of Biological Collections December 3, 2018 A special theme-issue of Philosophical Transactions B, Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene, compiled and edited by Emily K. Meineke,... Read more about The Importance of Biological Collections
