When walking into the lobby of Shideler Hall, you may have noticed an assortment of crystals neatly displayed behind a glass case. Behind this case is the Karl E. Limper Geology Museum, directed by Dr. Kendall Hauer. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to pick his brain about what the museum does, the…

As a senior, I thought I had already found everything Miami had to offer. That is, until I heard about the Willard Herman Shurrell Herbarium tucked in the basement of Upham Hall. As I walked up to the largest herbarium in Ohio, I had the pleasure of meeting with the curator, Gretchen Meier, as she…