» Read discussion on Smithsonian Institute 05/19/11 A tour of the nation?s capitol building, a visit to the Smithsonian Institute and National Zoo, and peeks at the national monuments. Only a little bit of what Sidney High School BPA students took in on their annual trip to the youth organization?s national convention.
02/12/11 Scientists from the Texas Historical Commission and the Smithsonian Institute say clues found in an excavated grave are encouraging indicators that the grave may be that of famed Texas Ranger James Coryell.
02/12/11 Doug Owsley, left, a forensic anthropologist with the Smithsonian Institute and Bradford Jones, collections manager for archeological division of the Texas Historical Commission, dig in Falls County on Thursday at what could be the gravesite of Texas Ranger James Coryell.
09/07/10 This important compilation of New Orleans music has been released by Smithsonian Folk ways, a non-profit label of the Smithsonian Institute. It is dedicated to documenting and keeping in print music that remains core to American culture.
08/17/10 Portland-raised Boaz Frankel spent the last year producing educational videos for the Smithsonian Institute, helping organize 2010's Earth Day, producing a documentary about a vanishing beetle in Nebraska and co-producing and starring in a cable TV series. And then there are his kazoos....
04/25/10 Peter J. Ketchum stands out among the artists who call Litchfield County home. While he may not have the household name status of Jasper Johns, his work is displayed in the Smithsonian Institute, the now-shuttered Guggenheim Downtown, and the Springfield Museum of Fine Art.
04/10/10 Puppeteer Jim Henson created a fantastic world, which is now on view in a Smithsonian Institute exhibit at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington.
03/16/10 The Wintu have been formally asking and patiently waiting for justice for more than 120 years. We are a patient and stubborn people. This letter was marked as received on May 22, 1890. It was sent via Jeremiah Curtain of the Smithsonian Institute to the BIA and presumably delivered to the then-current United States, Benjamin Harrison. Most other letters sent were "lost" en route. This one was ...
02/10/10 Sally Sennert from the Smithsonian Institute sent me an email to say that this week's USGS/Smithsonian Institute Weekly Volcanic Report will be delayed due to the inclement weather in the Washington DC area. She can't connect with the server, so the report can't be updated on the Smithsonian website ... so here it is! Look for it to show up on the Smithsonian site with all the bells and whistles ...
12/29/09 Love and marriage, sang the Chairman of the Board, is an institute you can't disparage. Make that a Smithsonian Institute for one happy couple, who got engaged on the National Mall last week. Smithsonian.com tells the story of U.S. Marine Captain Rob Plagmann, who proposed to Naomi Walski, his girlfriend of 9 years, at the National Museum of Natural History last week. Walski teaches English in ...
12/04/09 Student Alia Jones wins prestigious scholarship award for fourth time and has already made her mark in contributions to a unique Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit highlighting the shared history of Native and African Americans.
11/18/09 WELLSBURG - Employees at the Smithsonian Institute have determined the bones found in a wall at Aspen Manor belonged to animals, said the Brooke County Sheriff's Department.
11/05/09 The latest of volcano news from around the world, brought to you by the USGS and Smithsonian Institute Global Volcanism Program (and especially Sally Kuhn Sennert!) Highlights this week include: Karangetang in Indonesia produced a couple 3 km/10,000 foot steam-and-ash plumes according to reports from pilots. Soufriere Hills on the island on Montserrat has had quite a few pyroclastic flows over ...
10/30/09 Overwhelmed and humbled are the words Norwalker Paul Mindell stated Monday to describe his feelings following a ceremony at the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. last week where he was an award recipient in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009.
09/03/09 Four years after his death, the artist best known for his chilling portrayals of Indians continues to capture the nation's interest - a retrospective of Fritz Scholder's work, Indian/Not Indian, finished weeks ago at the Smithsonian Institute and a Santa Fe exhibition of the same name closed in June. But while his paintings were at times dark and haunting, residents here who knew the artist say ... | 
