From January through April 2008, the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History will celebrate the International Polar Year with a museum theme semester, Science at the Poles. Featuring exhibits, lectures, Science Cafés, family programs, workshops, and more, the program highlights U-M polar research and welcomes experts from afar to share their findings from these final frontiers on Earth.
The International Polar Year (2007-2009) is a coordinated multi-national field campaign that began last March in an effort to better understand large-scale environmental change in the polar regions. Thousands of scientists from more than 60 nations are engaged in over 200 scientific projects. The IPY spans a two-year period, from March 2007 to March 2009, because the long polar nights limit the research season on each pole to about six months per calendar year.
Activities:
The Museum's Science at the Poles theme activities are sponsored by:
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
James A. and Faith Knight Foundation
Pfizer Community Grants Program
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts
University of Michigan Credit Union
University of Michigan News Service
University of Michigan Program in the Environment
