{"676988":{"#nid":"676988","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Fossil Friday ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECome join the Spatial Ecology and Paleontology Lab every\u0026nbsp;Friday\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;Fossil\u0026nbsp;Fridays!\u0026nbsp;Become a\u0026nbsp;fossil\u0026nbsp;hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time. Experience firsthand what it is like to be a paleontologist, finding and identifying new specimens! You will be picking and sorting 3,000 to 30,000-year-old\u0026nbsp;fossil\u0026nbsp;specimens from rock matrix that has been brought back from Natural Trap Cave, WY. These specimens are part of many research projects examining how the community of species living around Natural Trap Cave has changed since the extinction of the cheetahs, lions, dire wolves, mammoths, camels, horses, and other megafauna that used to live in North America.\u0026nbsp;You are welcome to participate anytime that is convenient, with no commitment necessary. In fact, you can drop in or leave anytime within the two-hour timeframe. All are welcome, so bring your friends!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfdeumD_8KP6Rg6lGYfamRQZu9ZNdlPaISO8NY761eiEAPLFg\/viewform\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfdeumD_8KP6Rg6lGYfamRQZu9ZNdlPaISO8NY761eiEAPLFg\/viewform\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ejoin our mailing list\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\/or contact\u0026nbsp;Katie Slenker (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kslenker3@gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022mailto:kslenker3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ekslenker3@gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E)\u0026nbsp;or\u0026nbsp;Jenny McGuire (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jmcguire@gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022mailto:jmcguire@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ejmcguire@gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u200b*\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ENo T. rex actually helped with the excavations of Natural Trap Cave as their arms would be much too small.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECome join the Spatial Ecology and Paleontology Lab every\u0026nbsp;Friday\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;Fossil\u0026nbsp;Fridays!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join the fun and become a Fossil Hunter! Sort through fossil specimens up to 30,000 years old. Come anytime between 3 - 5 p.m. every Friday!"}],"uid":"36609","created_gmt":"2024-09-19 16:35:14","changed_gmt":"2024-09-19 16:38:47","author":"acook304","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-10-25T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-10-25T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-10-25T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-10-25 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-10-25 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-10-25 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Room L1125 ES\u0026T","extras":[],"hg_media":{"675048":{"id":"675048","type":"image","title":"Fossil Friday","body":null,"created":"1726763747","gmt_created":"2024-09-19 16:35:47","changed":"1726763747","gmt_changed":"2024-09-19 16:35:47","alt":"Fossil Friday","file":{"fid":"258637","name":"Fossil Friday picture 2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/19\/Fossil%20Friday%20picture%202_2.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/19\/Fossil%20Friday%20picture%202_2.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1625362,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/09\/19\/Fossil%20Friday%20picture%202_2.png?itok=6vVBxFHZ"}}},"media_ids":["675048"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}