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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  MASTODON TUSK MAY BE LARGEST EVER UNCOVERED IN NYS]]></title>
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  ALBANY, N.Y.   - Research under way at the New York  State Museum  indicates that a huge mastodon tusk, recently excavated by Museum scientists in  Orange County,  may be the largest tusk ever found in New York State.

              The nearly complete but fragmented tusk,  measuring more than 9 feet long, was one of two excavated this past summer in  the Black Dirt area of Orange County at the confluence of Tunkamoose Creek and  the Wallkill River, on the property of Lester Lain of Westtown.  ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  NYS MUSEUM'S HALLOWEEN EVENTS BEGIN OCT. 24]]></title>
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  ALBANY - This year's Hudson-Fulton-Champlain  Quadricentennial celebration provided inspiration for the New    York State Museum's 8th annual "Haunted  Museum of Unnatural History - the 1609 Quadricenterror."

      The "Haunted   Museum" will be open  October 24 and 25 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., October 30 from 6 to 10 p.m.  and on Halloween, October 31 from 11 a.m. to 4  p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m. It will be located in the Student Center  on the Museum's first floor.  
       The "Monster Mash & ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  FAMILY FUN WEEKEND OCT. 17-18  FOCUSES ON DUTCH INFLUENCE]]></title>
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  ALBANY, NY  - Visitors to the New York   State Museum's  Family Fun Weekend October 17-18 can join in the celebration of this year's Hudson-Fulton-Champlain  Quadricentennial, with Dutch folk music and dancing and other activities focusing  on "400 Years of Dutch Influence."

              On Sunday,  from 1 to 4 p.m., the musical group &quot;Peter, Paul and George,&quot; from  Dance Flurry, will perform Dutch folk music and lead visitors in Dutch dancing.  Dance Flurry is a non-profit organiz ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  NEW NYS MUSEUM PHOTO EXHIBIT FOCUSES ON THE GREAT DEPRESSION]]></title>
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  ALBANY, NY - A new traveling exhibition opens at the New York State Museum  on October 17 showcasing the works of a legendary group of photographers who  documented the lives and struggles of Americans enduring the Great Depression.

This Great  Nation Will Endure, open through March 14, 2010, features more than 150  images of America  taken between 1935 and 1942 by the legendary photographic unit of the Farm  Security Administration (FSA). This remains the largest documentary photography  pro ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  NYS MUSEUM'S BIOLOGY/CONSERVATION LECTURE SERIES BEGINS OCT. 7]]></title>
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  ALBANY - The New York State Biodiversity Research Institute  (BRI) and the New York State Museum  will present weekly lectures in October focusing on recent biodiversity  research, conservation and education initiatives in New York State. 

     All lectures are free and will be held on  Wednesdays at noon in the Huxley Theater. The lecturers will focus on the  results of research that was funded by the New York State Biodiversity Research  Institute. Lecture topics and  dates are: 

  Octob ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  STATE MUSEUM RESEARCHERS CO-AUTHOR STUDY ON COYOTES]]></title>
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  ALBANY, NY (September 23, 2009) - Two New York State Museum  scientists have co-authored a new study  published today in a major scientific journal that explains how coyotes evolved  to be larger and stronger over the past 90 years, dramatically expanding their  geographic range and becoming the top predator in the Northeast.

Dr. Roland Kays, the museum's curator  of mammals, and Dr. Jeremy Kirchman, curator of birds, co-authored an article  on their research that was published in Biology  Le ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  NYS MUSEUM SCIENTIST USES ANCIENT DNA IN NEW STUDY]]></title>
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  ALBANY, NY (September 23, 2009) - Documenting one of the  first studies of its kind, a New York State Museum scientist has co-authored a  research article published today in a leading scientific journal showing how  ancient DNA sequences were used to support the hypothesis that a controversial  hummingbird species is a valid, presumably extinct species.

The article, co-authored by Dr.  Jeremy Kirchman, an ancient DNA expert and the Museum's curator of birds, appears  today in Biology Letters, ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  SUNY PLATTSBURGH FINDS, DONATES ANCIENT FOSSIL TO NYS MUSEUM]]></title>
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  ALBANY, N.Y.   - Two students from the Capital District were among SUNY Plattsburgh  geology students who recently discovered the rare bones of an ancient harbor  seal that have now been donated to the geology collections of the New York State Museum.

Jason  Klein of Cohoes and Zachary Irwin of Burnt Hills  were with Jake McAdoo and other students collecting mud samples at the site of  the old Plattsburgh Air Force Base on Lake Champlain  when McAdoo's shovel hit something hard.

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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  NEW GREAT ART SERIES EXHIBIT OPENS SEPT. 8 AT NYS MUSEUM]]></title>
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  ALBANY, N.Y.  - Through the Eyes of Others: African  Americans and Identity in American Art, organized by the Fenimore Art Museum  in Cooperstown, N.Y.,  opens September 8 at the New York   State Museum  as the next exhibition in the Bank of America Great Art Series.

              On  view through January 6, 2010 in the Museum's West Gallery, the exhibition is  the 21st installment of the Bank of America Great Art Exhibition and Education  Program, which brings art from New York  State's lead ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS INDUSTRY HAS MAJOR IMPACT ON STATE ECONOMY]]></title>
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  ALBANY  -- The construction materials industry in New York State, which accounts for  most of the state's mining of natural resources,  generates $5 billion annually, far outpacing  other manufacturing industries, according to a new report on the industry's  economic impact.

              Working with the Center for  Governmental Research in Rochester,  State Geologist Dr. William Kelly, director of the New York State Geological  Survey, recently completed a study on the construction industry ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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