In the Rotunda Lobby:
From Pole to Pole: U-M Research at the Ends of the Earth
January 18 through June 2008

From the Arctic to the Antarctic, U-M scientists are conducting research projects that reveal the early history of our planet, investigate pollutants in the Arctic, and unearth mammoths in Siberia. This exhibit looks at historic U-M research expeditions to Greenland in the 1920s and 1930s and chronicles the science and the people behind six current U-M research projects:

• Professor Samuel Mukasa studies Antarctic geology.
• Professor Ted Moore reconstructs water qualities from 50 million years ago, and studies sea floor geology.
• Professor Niladri Basu measures the toxicology of mercury in the Arctic environment.
• Professors Knute Nadelhoffer and George Kling study land-atmosphere conditions of the Arctic tundra.
• Professor Daniel Fisher examines frozen Siberian mammoths.
• Professor Joel Blum measures mercury concentration in the Arctic and studies changes to melting permafrost.

On display in the Museum's Fourth Floor Temporary Gallery:
Antarctica's Climate Secrets:
One Teacher's Story
January 18 through May 2008

This exhibit explores Ann Arbor 4th grade teacher Robin Frisch-Gleason's recent trip to Antarctica as part of the Antarctic Drilling Project (ANDRILL) and its educational outreach component (ARISE). Five colorful panels explain how the drilling project obtained ocean floor core samples to understand the record of long-term climate changes in Antarctica. A real Scott Tent and set of Extreme Cold Weather gear help visitors envision what it might be like to visit the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth.

4th Floor Landing:
Tigers to Butterflies:  Chinese Children's Clothing 1880s-1930s
January 14 through May 30, 2008

Traditional Chinese children's clothing was both beautiful and functional.
Representations of tigers and other fierce animals, and auspicious symbols
were embroidered or appliquéd onto hats, shoes, and jackets to protect
children from harm.  This exhibit features late 19th to 20th century
children's garments from the U-M Museum of Anthropology's extensive
collections of Asian textiles.  Offered in association with the College of
Literature, Science, and the Arts' 2007-08 China Now Theme Year.

In the Fourth Floor Gallery:
Explore Evolution
Opened January 2006

Explore Evolution focuses on seven research projects that have made a major contribution to our understanding of evolution:

• Charles Wood on the rapid evolution of HIV
• Edward Theriot and Sherilyn Fritz on the emergence of a new diatom species in the fossil record
• Cameron Currie on fungus-growing ants and their coevolving partners
• Kenneth Kaneshiro on sexual selection among Hawaiian flies
• Rosemary and Peter Grant on Galápagos finches
• Svante Pääbo on the genetic ties between humans and chimps
• Philip Gingerich on fossil discoveries of walking whales

Interactive exhibits give visitors an opportunity to experience aspects of the research conducted by the scientists.

Please see the Explore Evolution Exhibit section of the Evolution Theme Semester web site (www.umich.edu/evolution) for more details.

At the U-M Shapiro Library:
The Art of Carleton Angell, Museum Artist 1926-1956
Opened January 2008

Carleton Angell created many sculptures for the museum, including reconstructions of prehistoric animals for exhibits, the busts of influential U-M scientists in the museum rotunda lobby, and the pumas that adorn the front of the Museums Building. He also designed and sculpted decorative plaques and statues for several buildings and memorials throughout southern Michigan, including a memorial for the children killed in the single most deadly school attack in U. S. history. This historical exhibit attempts to give the visitor an appreciation for Angell's life and artistic legacy.