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EMA business hours over Whit Monday, 29 May, , 26/05/2023
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) office is closed on Monday 29 May 2023.Outside of working hours and on public holidays, it is possible to call the…
Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) 22-25 May 2023, CHMP, 26/05/2023
Two new medicines recommended for approvalEMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended two medicines for approval at its May 2023 meeting.The…
EMA recommends revocation of authorisation for sickle cell disease medicine Adakveo, CHMP, 26/05/2023
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended revoking the marketing authorisation for Adakveo (crizanlizumab), a medicine for preventing…
Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) 24 – 26 April 2023, CHMP, 26/04/2023
Seven new medicines recommended for approvalEMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended seven medicines for approval at its April 2023 meeting.The…
Meerkats Are Born at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
For the first time in 16 years, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, D.C., is celebrating the birth of three meerkats. Keepers in the Small Mammal House reported for duty the morning of May 10…
Tree Species Diversity Increases Likelihood of Planting Success
Planting forests with diverse species can help ensure their success, according to a new study published May 18 from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and The Nature Conservancy. The discovery is the result of a decade of research from…
First Major Retrospective of Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro’s Work To Go on View at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York will host “Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch,” the first major retrospective of work by the multimedia artist Shelley Niro (Six Nations Reserve, Bay of Quinte Mohawk, Turtle Clan, b….
First Major Retrospective for Artist Robert Houle To Go on View at the National Museum of the American Indian
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., will open “Robert Houle: Red is Beautiful” May 25. It is the first major retrospective of Robert Houle’s (Saulteaux Anishinaabe, Sandy Bay First Nation, b. 1947) work and covers…
Smithsonian Folklife Festival Looks at Creativity and Spirituality in the U.S.
Visitors to the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will explore creativity and faith and the vibrant ways they contribute to the diverse cultural landscape of the United States in the program “Creative Encounters: Living Religions in the U.S.” The festival will…
Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023 Celebrates the Cultures of the Ozarks
Visitors to the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will experience the cultural landscape of the Ozarks region of the U.S. with the program “The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region.” The festival will be presented from June 29 to July…
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition
The National Postal Museum’s new virtual exhibition, “Stamps Across the Pacific: A Visual History of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Migrations” is now available for viewing on the museum’s website. The exhibition showcases the diversity and cultural significance…
Smithsonian Exhibition Amplifying Role of Girls in History Is Hitting the Road
“Girlhood (It’s complicated)” is leaving the National Mall in Washington, DC, and will travel to four museums during a nearly two-year national tour: Minnetrista Museum & Gardens, Muncie, Indiana—June 3–Sept. 17 Cincinnati Museum Center, a Smithsonian Affiliate—Oct. 12–Jan. 14, 2024…
Astronomers Find Potentially Volcano-Covered Earth-Size World
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, a world beyond the solar system, that may be carpeted with volcanoes and could potentially support life. Called LP 791-18 d, the planet could undergo volcanic outbursts as often as Jupiter’s moon Io, the…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces 2023–2024 Fellowship Appointments and Residencies
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has announced the appointment of 26 fellows for the 2023–2024 academic year. The museum’s program hosts fellows appointed by the Smithsonian’s Office of Academic Appointments and Internships and also grants its own awards for scholars…
