Haylie Wilcox and Christopher Mulligan have been named the winners of the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day design contest. The announcement was made by the BioDiv Committee, which organized the competition to select artwork for the 15th annual event.
Wilcox is a first-year master’s student in Professor Neal Williams’ lab in the Department of Entomology and Nematology. She created a wheel-themed design for the contest. Mulligan, a fifth-year doctoral student in Associate Professor David Gold’s paleobiology lab in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, submitted an art piece representing museum and collection participants.
“We lucked out that these scientists have a passion for art and entered our contest this year,” said BioDiv coordinator Tabatha Yang, who also serves as education and outreach coordinator at the Bohart Museum of Entomology.
The Biodiversity Museum Day is scheduled for Saturday, February 21. The event is free to attend and open to families. It provides visitors with opportunities to interact with scientists and learn about their research.
This year’s participating museums and collections include: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, Anthropology Museum, Bee Haven, Bohart Museum of Entomology, Botanical Conservatory, California Raptor Center, Center for Plant Diversity, Nematode Collection, Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Paleontology Collection, and Phaff Yeast Culture Collection. Additional details about opening hours will be provided on the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day website as they become available.
“These designs showcasing the 15th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day will ‘draw you in.'”
