NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, Feb. 12 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: * * * A Hands-On Experience in Museum Conservation * A new certificate program through the Ole Career Launcher provides St. Olaf students with an opportunity to learn industry best practices from experts in art and artifact conservation. As a St. Olaf College sophomore, she's already gained valuable experience as a student employee in the Flaten Art Museum, Rolvaag Memorial Library, and Halvorson Music Library on  more PR

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb. 12 -- The University of Copenhagen posted the following news: * * * New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them * In a new study in the journal Open Quaternary, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of the Basque Country have reconstructed the likely ancient geographic ranges of 65 wild plant species closely associated with early farming in West Asia. These include the wild ancestors of wheat, barley more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Feb. 11 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Strategic Grants Advance Bryn Mawr's Next Chapter * Over the past three months, Bryn Mawr has awarded a number of competitive internal grants to teams comprising more than 30 faculty, staff, and students to advance sustainability initiatives, expand interdisciplinary academic pathways, and strengthen collaboration across the Bi-Co. The awards include funding from Sustainability Seed Grants, Strategic Inn more PR

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Feb. 12 -- The University of North Florida issued the following news: * * * UNF takes central role in research and preservation of the Timucuan Preserve University of North Florida student and faculty researchers continue to play a central role in the ongoing research and preservation of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. UNF has been uncovering and preserving history at the local state and national parks since 1998. Some of that work was represented recent more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSFR) -- The University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program completes an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. This process, conducted in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, identified 13 individuals and 20 artifacts. The inventory covers remains of one adult male, six adults of unknown sex, and six juveniles. These individuals, along with 20 objects--including 13 fla more PR