From newsobserver.com: Margaret Lowman’s office is the top of a tree. It’s not her only one – she also has a office with a desk at the Nature Research Center, where she serves as director. But her job is different from most museum-director positions, in that she’ll do a lot of it out in the […]
From PLoS Blogs: RALEIGH, NC – Although it’s personal day job news, I’m certain this announcement will be of interest to all of our PLoS readers and others in the science communications community. Brian Malow, Earth’s Premier Science Comedian, has been named Curator of the SECU Daily Planet at the new Nature Research Center (NRC) of the North Carolina Museum of […]
From NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature Research Center will bring science, and NC State expertise, to the public in some exciting new ways. Read the full article
From Winston Salem-Journal: Meg Lowman has found that one way to stir interest in the new wing at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences is to hang out up in the trees. Lowman was doing just that Wednesday on the campus of Salem College, dangling in a harness affixed to a stately maple tree. The […]
From Sun Journal: Meg Lowman, director of the Nature Resource Center — the new wing of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, is traveling across the state this week, meeting with different school groups to raise awareness about the 24-hour opening of the new wing April 20-21. Earlier this week, she was at Tryon […]
Visit Raleigh, the official blog of the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau, interviewed Dr. Lowman asking her 24 questions. Read it here.
From wwaytv3.com: WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Some kids spent the day learning outside. Their classroom? A large oak tree. “It was really fun,” student Hope Honaker said. “We just got to learn how to gather bugs and stuff.” A handful of students from the Friends School of Wilmington got to explore the treetops of Airlie […]
Dr. “CanopyMeg” Lowman was a guest on “Community — The TV Show” hosted by Annette Scherman on February 3, 2012. Appearing with Dr. Lowman was New College student Michael Long. Meg Lowman talks about her recent travels and adventures including travel to Africa to help save the Church Forests of Ethiopia, forest conservation in India, […]
Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: What do a young Philippine clothing designer, an American social networker, an Indian medic, an Ethiopian teacher and a Nigerian farmer have in common? They are all winners of the first-ever Rolex Young Laureates Awards for Enterprise (http://young.rolexawards.com). Though best known for their watches, Rolex also funds […]
Worku Mulat, who has been working with Dr. Lowman and the TREE Foundation to help save the Ethiopia’s Church Forests, writes: Ethiopian government is advised to actively promote protection of church forests. See below: _________________________ Re-Greening the Horn The international community and national governments are advised to invest in re-greening the Horn, through improved water […]
