Past Events

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HUH Seminar Series - Hannah Merchant & Genevieve Tocci
October 27, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
Hannah Merchant Curatorial Assistant Harvard University Herbaria Genevieve Tocci Senior Curatorial Technician Harvard University Herbaria Title: SPNHC Salad - Talks from the Annual Meeting

HUH Seminar Series - Aaron Lee
October 13, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
Aaron Lee Postdoctoral Fellow, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University Title: Using spectroscopy to study plant diversity across time and space in natural history collections Abstract: The extended specimen concept re-centers specimens as...

Half-Earth Day 2026: Half-Earth at Ten, Honoring a Legacy of Hope
October 12, 2026
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12:00PM - 5:30PM EDT
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Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
In Person
Join the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard University Herbaria, the Harvard University Native American Program, the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, and the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation for Half-Earth Day 2026 — the tenth...

HUH Seminar Series - Alica Košuthová
September 29, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Alica Košuthová Researcher Swedish Museum of Natural History and Stockholm University Title: The Snow Lichen Puzzle ( Stereocaulon): From Traditional Taxonomy to Integrative Species Delimitation; Why Historical Collections Hold the Key to Arctic–Boreal...

HUH Seminar Series - Cathie Aime
September 15, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Cathie Aime Professor of Botany & Plant Pathology Purdue University Title: The coffee leaf rust fungus: unraveling the origins and causes of a notorious agricultural pathogen Abstract: Coffee is the world’s single most traded agricultural commodity, the...

HUH Seminar Series - C. Mei-An Tsu
April 8, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
C. Mei-An Tsu Conservator, Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants Harvard University Title: Art or Science? Conserving the Blaschka Glass Flowers at Harvard Abstract: C. Mei-An Tsu, Conservator of the Ware Collection, reflects on her inaugural...

HUH Seminar Series - Julia Van Etten
March 4, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
Julia Van Etten NSF PRFB Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Incoming Assistant Professor, University of Maryland - College Park Title: The ecology of horizontal processes: Lessons learned from community gene transfer, alignment-free phylogenomics...

HUH Seminar Series - Rachel Swenie
February 25, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
Rachel Swenie Farlow Fellow Harvard University Title: From Sequences to Species: Taxonomy and Genetic Diversity of North American Thelephora Abstract: The fungal genus Thelephora is an enigmatic lineage of ectomycorrhizal fungi that form mushrooms or...

HUH Special Seminar - Madeline Schill
February 10, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Madeline Schill Collections Fellow Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University Title: The North-America China Plant Exploration Consortium (NACPEC) 2025 Expedition and Archival Project Abstract: Since 1991, the North-America China Plant Exploration Consortium...

HUH Seminar Series - Isaac Eckert
February 4, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
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Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/wmr543d5
Virtual
Isaac Eckert PhD Candidate McGill University Title: The growing role for herbaria in biodiversity research Abstract: Natural history collections like herbaria were once foundational to our knowledge of the natural world. Now however, as we develop and...

HUH Seminar Series - Mason Heberling
December 12, 2025
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
Dr. Mason Heberling Associate Curator of Botany Carnegie Museum of Natural History Title: Making the most of herbaria Abstract: As dead plants glued to paper, herbarium specimens may not seem like much at first glance. But they are far more than meet the...

HUH Seminar Series - Michael Coe
November 14, 2025
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
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HUH Seminar Room 125, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Hybrid
Dr. Michael Coe Assistant Professor Tarleton State University Title: Hypotheses-Driven Research in Ethnobiology & Ayahuasca Sustainability Abstract: This presentation explores theory-inspired and hypothesis-driven research in ethnobiology, applied...