Lichen Updates: new name and new county records

By Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) In a recent e-newsletter article Herbarium Associate Gary Perlmutter described finding Crimson Frosted Palmetto Lichen (Arthonia…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…was published in the News and Observer on 30 August, 2020: Chapel Hill, NC: Miriam Kresses Slifkin lived her life with grit and determination. She was cherished by her family,…

Samuel Mills Tracy

…to Ryan P. Semmes, Asst. Archivist at Mississippi State University.6 Tracy retired as the Experiment Station director in 1897. Today the Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES) in Starkville…

Entrance Walk Under Construction

A rendering of the future Bob and Molly Broad Entrance Walk. Day one of construction. We broke ground today on the new Bob and Molly Broad Entrance Walk! If you…

Ernest Gibbes Patton

…Teacher 33(6): 361. Sources : 1. Faculty Gallery. https://www.wofford.edu/library/archives/content.aspx?id=452413 accessed on 13 March 2017.” 2. Dr. E. Gibbes Patton, Aug. 28, 2010. Wofford Today, Fall 2010, p. 30. Office for…

Black Lives Matter

…this history –– that for people of color, today’s gardens, parks, and natural areas may not be neutral, apolitical, or restorative spaces. We are committed to creating an environment in…

The Backstory of Little Sweet Betsy

…bundled “Al Radford style” in folds of newspaper secured with rubber bands and watered before carefully placed in the big rubber collecting bags. Next day I planted them at the

Dan Meyers – 2018 Mary McKee Felton Intern

…Carolina State University campus dormitories…[and learn] about natural resources and their management in today’s global environment.” His mycological interests were reinforced when he found fairy rings of Chlorophyllum molybdites in…