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ScentStories: Exploring the Plant World Through AI & Aroma

Farrand Memorial Lecture 2025
Thursday, October 9, 2025
5:30-7:30 PM
Museum of Natural History Map
From the field to the future, researchers are finding new ways to understand the world around us through scent.

Join U-M Herbarium Director and Curator Thais Vasconcelos, Collection Manager Aly Baumgartner, and professionally trained scent expert Michelle Krell Kydd for a multisensory experience! At this interactive event, you'll learn how to evaluate different scents and discover the evocative power hidden within your own nose. Audiences will have the opportunity to go on a guided scent experience while learning all about the ways scientists explore scent in their research.

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments served at reception.
Building: Museum of Natural History
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Event Type: Lecture / Discussion
Tags: Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, Science
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Museum of Natural History, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology