Mace Brown Natural History Museum
The Mace Brown Natural History Museum features some fossils and skeletons of land and aquatic life found in the lowcountry area. The Mace Brown Natural History Museum is located in Charleston, SC. It's free admission and open to the public.
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T. Rex Takes Up Residence in Addlestone Library -- College of Charleston
After a brief hibernation, “Bucky” the T. rex has reemerged in the rotunda of the College’s Addlestone Library.
The tyrannosaur began the trek from its post in the lobby of the School of Sciences and Mathematics last month, after spending a year thrilling students and visitors to the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History.
James Williams, associate dean for public services, technology and administration for the College’s libraries, says library officials collaborated on Bucky’s move with paleontology professor Phil Manning. The library is a place for learning, Williams says, and having artifacts, art and fossils on display is another way to connect students to what they’re reading.
And South Carolina has been the site of several significant fossil finds, Williams says, noting that library visitors can learn more about those discoveries in the College’s Special Collections.
“From African art to dinosaurs, the library truly has something for everyone,” Williams says. “The library has been eagerly anticipating the arrival of Bucky, the T. rex. Learners from 8 to 80 can marvel at this prehistoric artifact, which is sure to excite the kid in all of us.”
Indeed, Bucky’s installation in the library on Friday was quite the spectacle, as Manning and his wife, adjunct professor Victoria Egerton, worked with a team of geology students and faculty to erect the 37-foot dino.
“Dinosaurs often conjure images of nature red in tooth and claw,” says Manning, the director of the Mace Brown Museum. “This Late Cretaceous predatory dinosaur from South Dakota delivers on all counts.”
Bucky, named for the rodeo cowboy Bucky Derflinger who discovered the T. rex skeleton in 1998 while training a horse on his ranch in South Dakota, is one of the most complete skeletons of any tyrannosaur ever found.
The cast of the dinosaur is on loan to the College from the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, where Manning and Egerton serve as extraordinary scientists in residence for paleontology.
Bucky’s move to the library means patrons can view the massive beast from a variety of vantage points offered by the three floors that surround the rotunda. And newly installed signage will provide insight into Bucky’s history. The T. rex will remain on display at the Addlestone Library for up to 12 months.
“Bucky is a fantastic dinosaur that will enable us to learn more about the prehistoric past,” says Egerton, who is also a curator at the Mace Brown Museum.
And to keep the thrill ride of fossils going, curious patrons can take a quick walk across the street and check out the Mace Brown Museum’s collection of fossils from around the globe, including a world-class exhibit of fossilized whales. The museum is on the second floor of the School of Sciences and Mathematics at 202 Calhoun St. and is open daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. except Wednesdays.
CofC- Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum at the College of Charleston opened in the spring of 2010 and boasts thousands of fossils, most of which come from mammals that once roamed the SC Lowcountry. The museum is located at 202 Calhoun Street in downtown Charleston.
College of Charleston Natural History Museum Tour
The College of Charleston's Natural History Museum displays over 2,000 fossil specimens. The museum contains mammals that at one time roamed around South Carolina. The museum is located at 202 Calhoun Street and is open everyday except for Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. Admission is free.
Creatures from the Past - A College of Charleston Museum
The Natural History Museum opened in the Spring of 2010 at The College of Charleston. The museum is located on the second floor of the New Science Center at 202 Calhoun Street.
The museum is free to the public and is open everyday from 11am to 4pm (except Wednesday).
If you would like to donate to the Natural History Museum Fund of the College of Charleston please call 843-953-5432 or email mahonc@cofc.edu.
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Paleontology Professor Shining a New Light On Old Bones
College of Charleston Professor of Paleontology Phil Manning and a team of scientists have been able to dramatically improve the imaging and analysis of fossils using a synchrotron, which produces light brighter than 10 billion Suns.
The scientists are able to analyze the chemical composition of fossils at the atomic scale, something not unavailable to them in the past. By doing this, Manning, who also serves as director and curator of the College's Mace Brown Museum of Natural History, and his team have determined the biochemistry and associated anatomy of many extinct animals and related this to how they were preserved in specific environments.
Yale University | Wikipedia audio article
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Yale University
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Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution.Chartered by Connecticut Colony, the Collegiate School was established by clergy to educate Congregational ministers. It moved to New Haven in 1716 and shortly after was renamed Yale College in recognition of a gift from British East India Company governor Elihu Yale. Originally restricted to theology and sacred languages, the curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph.D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Its faculty and student populations grew after 1890 with rapid expansion of the physical campus and scientific research.
Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and twelve professional schools. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each school's faculty oversees its curriculum and degree programs. In addition to a central campus in downtown New Haven, the University owns athletic facilities in western New Haven, a campus in West Haven, Connecticut and forest and nature preserves throughout New England. The university's assets include an endowment valued at $29.4 billion as of October 2018, the second largest endowment of any educational institution in the world. The Yale University Library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States.Yale College undergraduates follow a liberal arts curriculum with departmental majors and are organized into a social system of residential colleges. Almost all faculty teach undergraduate courses, more than 2,000 of which are offered annually. Students compete intercollegiately as the Yale Bulldogs in the NCAA Division I – Ivy League.
As of October 2018, 61 Nobel laureates, 5 Fields Medalists and 3 Turing award winners have been affiliated with Yale University. In addition, Yale has graduated many notable alumni, including five U.S. Presidents, 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 20 living billionaires and many heads of state. Hundreds of members of Congress and many U.S. diplomats, 78 MacArthur Fellows, 247 Rhodes Scholars and 119 Marshall Scholars have been affiliated with the university.
Yale | Wikipedia audio article
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Yale
00:02:46 1 History
00:02:55 1.1 Early history of Yale College
00:03:05 1.1.1 Origins
00:04:42 1.1.2 Naming and development
00:06:29 1.1.3 Curriculum
00:08:13 1.1.4 Students
00:09:04 1.2 19th century
00:11:10 1.2.1 Sports and debate
00:14:00 1.2.2 Expansion
00:15:58 1.3 20th century
00:16:07 1.3.1 Behavioral sciences
00:17:17 1.3.2 Biology
00:18:29 1.3.3 Medicine
00:19:26 1.3.4 Faculty
00:19:52 1.3.5 History and American studies
00:20:48 1.3.6 Women
00:22:41 1.3.7 Class
00:23:07 1.3.8 Town–gown relations
00:23:51 1.4 21st century
00:30:58 2 Administration and organization
00:31:09 2.1 Leadership
00:32:52 2.2 Staff and labor unions
00:34:37 3 Campus
00:40:29 3.1 Notable nonresidential campus buildings
00:42:29 3.2 Relationship with New Haven
00:43:00 3.2.1 Campus safety
00:44:20 4 Academics
00:44:29 4.1 Admissions
00:46:12 4.2 Collections
00:48:23 4.3 Rankings
00:49:04 4.4 Faculty, research, and intellectual traditions
00:51:35 5 Campus life
00:52:08 5.1 Residential colleges
00:53:56 5.1.1 Calhoun College
00:57:07 5.2 Student organizations
01:00:01 5.3 Traditions
01:01:02 5.4 Athletics
01:04:13 5.4.1 Song
01:05:01 5.4.2 Mascot
01:05:33 6 Notable people
01:05:42 6.1 Benefactors
01:06:51 6.2 Notable alumni and faculty
01:11:37 7 In fiction and popular culture
01:12:38 8 Notes and references
01:12:48 9 Further reading
01:12:57 9.1 Secret societies
01:13:26 10 External links
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution.Chartered by Connecticut Colony, the Collegiate School was established by clergy to educate Congregational ministers. It moved to New Haven in 1716 and shortly after was renamed Yale College in recognition of a gift from British East India Company governor Elihu Yale. Originally restricted to theology and sacred languages, the curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph.D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Its faculty and student populations grew after 1890 with rapid expansion of the physical campus and scientific research.
Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and twelve professional schools. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each school's faculty oversees its curriculum and degree programs. In addition to a central campus in downtown New Haven, the University owns athletic facilities in western New Haven, a campus in West Haven, Connecticut and forest and nature preserves throughout New England. The university's assets include an endowment valued at $29.4 billion as of October 2018, the second largest endowment of any educational institution in the world. The Yale University Library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States.Yale College undergraduates follow a liberal arts curriculum with departmental majors and are organized into a social system of residential colleges. Almost all faculty teach undergraduate courses, more than 2,000 of which are offered annually. Students compete intercollegiately as the Yale Bulldogs in the NCAA Division I – Ivy League.
As of October 2018, 61 Nobel laureates, 5 Fields Medalists and 3 Turing award winners have been affiliated with Yale University. In addition, Yale has graduated many notable alumni, including five U.S. Presidents, 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 20 living billionaires and many heads of state. Hundreds of members of Congress and many U.S. diplomats, 78 MacArthur Fellows, 247 Rhodes ...