[Nhcoll-l] Impending cut to science at the Field Museum

[David Rudkin]

Saw it, signed the petition, and spread the word ... way too much of this happening in the Museum world these days.

Happy holidays, nonetheless!

d.

>>> Ellen Paul  12/22/12 10:25 AM >>>
              
    Hi everyone,
      
      Science at the Field Museum is under threat (http://www.nature.com/news/chicago-s-field-museum-cuts-back-on-science-1.12105)      and I'd like to ask for your support. 
      
      The process is underway that would enable the museum to fire      tenured curators and the magnitude of the announced cuts could      drastically change the academic face of this institution forever.       There is a petition on-line whose goal is to get the message to      our Board and administration about the drastic implications of      these cuts.  Consider signing it to protect science at this great      institution.   
      
      https://www.change.org/petitions/protect-research-at-field-museum-of-natural-history-chicago
      
      Thanks,
      
      John Bates
      
      -- 
      See The Field Museum's Bird collection data bases on line:
      http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/birds/collections
      
      Learn about our collaborations in Africa:
      http://africanbirds.fieldmuseum.org/
      
      Check out the FMNH Pritzker Lab/DNA Discovery Center:  http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/pritzkerlab
      
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      John Bates
      Associate Curator, Bird Division
      Field Museum of Natural History
      1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.
      Chicago, IL 60605-2496 
      PHONE # 312-665-7730
      FAX #: 312-665-7754 
      JBATES at FIELDMUSEUM.ORG
      http://fieldmuseum.org/users/john-bates
      http://fieldmuseum.org/users/john-bates/blog
      
      
    
    
  
 
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