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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  SENECA RAY STODDARD: CAPTURING THE ADIRONDACKS EXHIBITION TO OPEN JUNE 29 AT THE STATE MUSEUM]]></title>
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  ALBANY,  NY - A new exhibition opens on June 29 at the New York State Museum  showcasing the works of photographer and conservationist Seneca Ray Stoddard,  who is best known for his photography and  guidebooks of New York's Adirondack   Mountains. 
Seneca Ray Stoddard: Capturing the Adirondacks,  includes over 100 of Stoddard's photographs, Adirondack guideboats and other  items from the Museum's collection that are reflected in the photographs,  copies of Stoddard's books and several of his   ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  NEW STATE MUSEUM EXHIBIT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON EXTINCT NYS PARAKEET]]></title>
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   (ALBANY,   NEW YORK) - A new exhibition in the  lobby of the New York   State Museumprovides  visitors with a rare opportunity to see and learn about an iconic North  American parakeet, which has been extinct for more than a century. 
              The exhibition features the Carolina  Parakeet, which was once New York's  only native parrot species.  It is based  on newly published research conducted by Dr. Jeremy Kirchman, the Museum's  curator of birds.  Kirchman's study is  highlighted in a ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  LOCAL ARTISTS' WORKS AMONG ILLUSTRATIONS FROM 15 COUNTRIES]]></title>
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  (ALBANY,   NEW YORK)  Focus on Nature XII: Natural History Illustration opens April 28 at the New York State  Museum, showcasing juried artwork by  top illustrators from 15 countries, including some from the Capital District  and Hudson Valley. 
The local artists include James Gurney of Rhinebeck, the author  and illustrator of the book series "Dinotopia," which has appeared in 18  languages in more than 30 countries and sold two million copies. There also are  illustrations by Sue Adair of Sch ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  TIME TUNNEL SUMMER CAMP AT THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM]]></title>
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  ALBANY  &mdash; Time Tunnel, the New York State Museum's 25th annual summer day camp,  will be held in two-week sessions from July 2 through August 10.  Time Tunnel offers a diverse approach to learning  in the creative environment of a natural history museum. A staff of educators,  scientists, artists, counselors and outstanding college students work together  to provide day campers with summer activities that are both fun and  educational. 
 
The  camp is open to children entering first thro ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  AREA STUDENTS ADVANCE TO STATE LEVEL OF HISTORY DAY CONTEST]]></title>
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  ALBANY, NY  - Fifty-eight middle and high school students from throughout the Capital  District won top prizes in the Capital Region History Day Contest at the Cultural Education  Center and will advance to the state  competition in Cooperstown on April 23. 
The contest, held March 24, attracted 135 students and 90  entries from schools in Albany, Clifton Park,  Delmar, Guilderland, Granville, Voorheesville, Troy,  and Schenectady.  They competed in the preliminary regional competition of the N ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  STATE MUSEUM SCIENTISTS TO STUDY GLACIAL LAKES IN ESOPUS VALLEY]]></title>
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  ALBANY, NY  - During the week of April 8th, New York  State Museum  geologists will collect sediment cores in the Esopus Valley  and its tributary valleys to conduct research relating to climate change and provide a unique educational experience to the Onteora High  School Earth Science students.
 Students observing the research project will  have an opportunity to better understand glaciation, geologic time, rock and  mineral identification and how streams and rivers change the landscape.  
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  NYS MUSEUM PLANS APRIL LECTURES ON NEW GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH]]></title>
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  ALBANY - Topics ranging from potential  landslide hazards in New York State to the global demand for the state's valuable  Rare Earth Elements will be discussed in an April lecture series at the New York State Museum  focusing on new geological research.

              Four free lectures  will be held every Wednesday, beginning April 4 at 12:10 p.m. in the Huxley  Theater. Lecture topics and  dates are: 

  April       4 - "Slip Sliding Away: Landslide Hazards in New York!" On May 4, 2011 th ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  NYS PALEONTOLOGIST REPORTS NEW CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY]]></title>
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  ALBANY, NY  - As we continue to experience one of the warmest winters on record in the  Northeast, the New York   State paleontologist is  reporting new research suggesting that high sea levels leading to "global  hyperwarming" are much more important than carbon dioxide levels in predicting global  climate change. 
Dr. Ed Landing, state paleontologist  and curator of paleontology at the New    York State Museum, has recently published his  findings online in "Palaeogeography,  Palaeoclimatolog ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  FLOOR OF OLDEST FOREST DISCOVERED IN SCHOHARIE COUNTY]]></title>
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  ALBANY, NY  - New York State  Museum researchers and scientists from  Binghamton University  and Cardiff University have reported the discovery of  the floor of the world's oldest forest in a cover article in the March 1 issue of Nature, a leading international  journal of science.
              "It was like discovering the  botanical equivalent of dinosaur footprints," said Dr. William Stein, associate  professor of biological sciences at Binghamton   University, and one of  the article's auth ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  NYS MUSEUM PLANS LECTURES ON "RESEARCH IN ARCHAEOLOGY"]]></title>
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  ALBANY - Research findings on a  200-300-year-old skull found in a wall in Coeymans - the subject of recent news  accounts - will be one of the topics discussed during a series of free weekly  lectures on "Research in Archaeology" at the New York State   Museum. 
              The five lectures will be held every  Wednesday through March 28 at 12:10 p.m. in the Huxley Theater. Lecture topics and dates are: 

  February       29 - "The Archaeology of Eurocentrism." Historical archaeologists st ...]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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