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Reminder: SCNet webinar tomorrow, 22 October, 3:00 p.m., Eastern.
Free, open to anyone. See <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__smallcollections.net_content_leveraging-2Dpaleobiology-2Ddatabase-2Ddata-2Dundergraduate-2Deducation&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=k3tYwvmZZj5IBtKgvyx-K3KxwSHoOdIUGTW0n29QKyI&s=DzXMiHF3dDPLolpBjxHay6d3qDTEnWzbAnGFqNayXXo&e="><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://smallcollections.net/content/leveraging-paleobiology-database-data-undergraduate-education">http://smallcollections.net/content/leveraging-paleobiology-database-data-undergraduate-education</a></a>.<br>
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255);">Virtual meeting place:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_scnet&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=k3tYwvmZZj5IBtKgvyx-K3KxwSHoOdIUGTW0n29QKyI&s=EuDEZxNWc2aOVrwCaamdZFgbRMG9E4_VKEKfZRtvz6M&e=" style="box-sizing:
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255);">Presenter: Mark H. Uhen, Assistant Professor, <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aoes.gmu.edu_&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=k3tYwvmZZj5IBtKgvyx-K3KxwSHoOdIUGTW0n29QKyI&s=u2Mevr4gmCvro-Q-ijQonm64b3veSs1B_S_DNI2DWgQ&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box;
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transparent;">Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth
Sciences</a>Affiliate, <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__esp.gmu.edu_&d=AwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=k3tYwvmZZj5IBtKgvyx-K3KxwSHoOdIUGTW0n29QKyI&s=wdcBGzXb7T5Sx7jaW_1CtPfesmabqbv7lf02Dhvt15k&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);
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Environmental Science and Policy</a></strong><br
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">With
the rapid growth of "big data" in the sciences, the need to
understand and manage their use in undergraduate education has
become increasingly important. Dr. Uhen will investigate how the
Paleobiology Database (PBDB), a large database of fossil
information, can be leveraged to provide research experiences to
undergraduates at two and four-year colleges that do not
necessarily have extensive fossil collections of their own. The
Paleobiology Database (PaleoBioDB) is a non-governmental,
non-profit public resource for paleontological data. Its purpose
is to provide global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic
data for organisms of all geological ages, as well data services
to allow easy access to data for independent development of
analytical tools, visualization software, and applications of all
types. The Database’s broader goal is to encourage and enable
data-driven collaborative efforts that address large-scale
paleobiological questions. This project will guide how other large
scientific databases can be used to craft research experiences for
undergraduate students, and provide the means for other earth
science programs to engage their undergraduates in scientific
research.</span><br>
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Gil Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor/Research
iDigBio Steering Committee
Integrated Digitized Biocollections
Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication
College of Communication and Information
Courtesy Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium
Florida State University
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu">gnelson@bio.fsu.edu</a></pre>
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