Shipman Award Winners Come Together on Penguin Research Project
From opposite ends of metropolitan Kansas City, teacher Rebecca Groebe and student Andrea Dahl came together to work on a research project that has been presented with the Linda Hall Library’s Joseph C. Shipman Award at the 2017 Greater Kansas City Science &...
Spring Programs Will Solve Mysteries
“Mystery” may be the keyword for the Library’s spring program schedule, ranging from the mystery of faith and science to solving mysteries with forensic science. Programs include Baylor anthropologist Lori Baker, who founded the International Consortium for Forensic...
LHL Acquisitions Include Books on Bees, Nineteenth-Century Mail Delivery
Over the past three months, the Linda Hall Library has added six new volumes to its rare book collection, ranging from bees to lathing for women. All of the books were published in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and cover life sciences, engineering, and...
Library Welcomes Two New Fellows
The Linda Hall Library will soon welcome the first of two fellows from the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Based in Philadelphia, the Consortium offers promising young scholars access to outstanding collections through its fellowship...
The Linda Hall Library Honors Young Scientists
On June 6, the Linda Hall Library honored young scientists from elementary school through high school across metropolitan Kansas City. Library staff helped judge entries at the 2016 Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair in April. Award winners were invited...
Astronaut Scott Kelly to Speak at LHL Foundation Event
Retired NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly will share lessons he learned about leadership and perseverance during his 143-million mile journey in space, at a lecture hosted by the Linda Hall Library Foundation. The lecture will be held at 7:00 p.m....
Book by Library VP Goes on Sale this Month
Tania Munz, Linda Hall Library’s Vice President for Research and Scholarship, will put her history of science expertise on display when her book, The Dancing Bees: Karl von Frisch and the Discovery of the Honeybee Language, goes on sale later this month. Munz began...