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Award-Winning Women in Science

Monday, February 26, 2007

Each year, some of the world's greatest women explorers, scientists and environmentalists are honored by Wings WorldQuest. Ethnobotanist Grace J. Gobbo is a 2007 award winner; she studies traditional medicine practices in Tanzania. Past honoree Dalia Amor Conde works in the Mayan Forests of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize; she monitors jaguars' health and well-being as an indicator of the effects of deforestation.

Events: Grace Gobbo and this year's other honorees will be appearing with Jane Goodall
Saturday, March 3 at 1 pm
The American Museum of Natural History.
It's free with museum admission.
For more information, visit amnh.org.


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