Bloomberg May 11, 2021 11:08 am
Olivia Schneider pulled down her mask and inhaled the perfume from purple blossoms, their sweetness casting the engineer back to her Wisconsin kick-the-can childhood and her mother clipping lilacs for the dinner table.
Last spring, the simple act would’ve flouted signs imposing pandemic rules for the Harvard-owned Arnold Arboretum’s more than 400 lilac bushes. “Please enjoy the lilacs from a distance,” they read, warning that they should be treated “like any other surface that can spread COVID-19.”
This Mother’s Day, lilac-sniffing is fair game another small reminder of how data and experience have refined our tools for combating the virus.
Olivia Schneider pulled down her mask and inhaled the perfume from purple blossoms, their sweetness casting the engineer back to her Wisconsin kick-the-can childhood and her mother clipping lilacs for the dinner table.
Last spring, the simple act wouldâve flouted signs imposing pandemic rules for the Harvard-owned Arnold Arboretumâs more than 400 lilac bushes. âPlease enjoy the lilacs from a distance,â they read, warning that they should be treated âlike any other surface that can spread COVID-19.â
This Motherâs Day, lilac-sniffing is fair game â another small reminder of how data and experience have refined our tools for combating the virus.
Director’s Lecture Series
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Ned Friedman
Each winter, Director William (Ned) Friedman and the Arnold Arboretum present the Director’s Lecture Series, featuring nationally recognized experts addressing an array of topics related to Earth’s biodiversity and evolutionary history, the environment, conservation biology, and key social issues associated with current science.
Visit Past DLS Series to see descriptions of past lectures.
2021 Director’s Lecture Series
Pecan: The Intersection of Biodiversity and Human Diversity
In the 2021 Arnold Arboretum Director’s Lecture Series, three gifted writers examine the entwined histories of the pecan tree and humans. From the migrations of this quintessential American tree to its place in Indigenous culture and a searing memory of enslavement, James McWilliams, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Tiya Miles will explore the deeper meanings of human relationships with trees.
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