Expansion of the Collections of the University of Kansas Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center

在伦纳德·克里什塔尔卡博士的指导下，堪萨斯大学获得了一笔赠款，用于购买新的移动存储系统，用于重新存储哺乳动物和昆虫学的藏品，并将它们从目前分散在校园中的藏品转移到最近翻新的集中式生物多样性科学中心。藏品升级是为该大学的生物多样性研究收藏品提供支持的长期战略计划的一部分。哺乳动物的数量很大，并拥有来自新大陆的大量藏品。昆虫学收藏包含了50多万个标本。这两个收藏都可以通过互联网在线搜索，并被许多教职员工和学生用于研究和课程作业。新的压实机系统将改善哺乳动物皮肤和骨骼以及昆虫标本的存储条件。安装压实机系统将为教职员工和学生在分类和保护方面的研究腾出空间。新的橱柜和研究空间布局将为研究生和本科生的教育培训提供更好的设施，并向公众提供外展服务。来自附近哈斯克尔印第安人国立大学的实习生将从这些项目中受益。

A grant has been awarded to the University of Kansas under the direction of Dr. Leonard Krishtalka to acquire a new mobile storage system for re-housing the mammal and entomology collections and to move them from their current scattered distribution on campus to a centralized, recently renovated biodiversity science center. The collections upgrade is part of a long-term strategic plan to provide support for the biodiversity research collections at the university. The collection of mammals is large and has extensive holdings from the New World. The entomology collections contain more than half a million specimens. Both collections are searchable online via the internet, and are used by numerous faculty and students in research and coursework. The new compactor system will improve storage conditions for the mammal skins and skeletons and for the insect specimens. Installing the compactor system will free up space for research on taxonomy and conservation by faculty and students. The new layout of cabinets and research space will provide better facilities to educate and train graduate and undergraduate students, and provide outreach service to the public. Student interns from the nearby Haskell Indian Nation University will benefit from these programs.