ALBANY, NY.- A State Museum scientist has co-authored a new research article, representing the most detailed genomic study of its kind, which shows that wolves and coyotes in the eastern United States are hybrids between gray wolves, coyotes and domest…
Abstract Sculptor Roy Gussow,Who Liived and Worked in Long Island City, Dies at 92
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- Artist Roy Gussow was born in Brooklyn NY, Nov. 12th 1918. He wanted to be a farmer and went to Farmingdale State College, where discouraged by the repetition and lack of creativity of agricultural work, he changed his program an…
Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, David Becker, Dies
BRUNSWICK, ME.- David Becker died on November 26, 2010 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice in Scarborough, ME. He was born in Albany, NY on October 15, 1947 and educated at The Albany Academy, the Taft School, and Bowdoin College from which he graduated in…
Office of Cultural Education in Albany Launches New Netherland Research Center
ALBANY, NY.- A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 officially opened the New Netherland Research Center (NNRC) on the 7th floor of the New York State Library. The NNRC will focus attention on New York State ’s ri…
Office of Cultural Education Launches New Netherland Research Center
ALBANY, NY.- A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 officially opened the New Netherland Research Center (NNRC) on the 7th floor of the New York State Library. The NNRC will focus attention on New York State ’s ri…
NYS State Museum Scientist Selected to Investigate Climate Change in Spain
ALBANY, NY.- A New York State Museum paleontologist has become the only scientist in the U.S. selected to participate in an all-expense paid research program in Spain that will enable him to investigate the effects of climate change on mammals over the…
State Paleontologist Reports Major Discovery in "Geology"
ALBANY, NY.- New York State Paleontologist Dr. Ed Landing is the lead author of an article published in the June issue of “Geology” that provides the first definitive proof that all major animal groups with internal and external skeletons app…
State Museum Scientists to Study Glacial Lakes in Esopus Valley
ALBANY, NY.- During the week of June 28, New York State Museum geologists will collect sediment cores in the Esopus Valley and its tributary valleys to conduct research relating to climate change, as well as to assist in improving the quality of New Yo…