Kathleen Pryer

@KathleenPryer

Duke professor who named a genus of ferns in honor of Lady Gaga. Go ferns, go Gaga! I sooo love cats!

Duke University, Durham NC

Kathleen Pryer
@KathleenPryer
Sep 21
UNC just inherited a great collection. Will it build a great program? My op-ed in today's @newsobserver on the Duke–UNC herbarium transfer. The collection is safe. What happens next depends on how many curators and faculty UNC hires — and when. yahoo.com/news/science/a…
Kathleen Pryer
@KathleenPryer
Jun 29, 2025
@DukeChronicle @DukeU @DukeBiology "The mere announcement of the probable dismantling of the century-old Duke University Herbarium collection has caused outrage in the research community". Nature Plants Editorial, June 2025. rdcu.be/etZnz
Kathleen Pryer
@KathleenPryer
May 17, 2025
Duke University is eliminating its herbarium, the second largest private collection in the western hemisphere.
From the botany community on Reddit
From reddit.com
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Kathleen Pryer
@KathleenPryer
May 17, 2025
Paper promises, priceless losses: The closure of Duke’s herbarium
Paper promises, priceless losses: The closure of Duke’s herbarium
From dukechronicle.com
Kathleen Pryer
@KathleenPryer
Apr 2, 2025
Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change, but they're vulnerable to funding cuts
Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change, but they're vulnerable to funding cuts
From kcur.org