Beard Lab graduate and undergraduate students had a busy conference season in 2023. Kat Rust, Kristen Miller, Parker Rhinehart, and Kevin Mulcahy all attended the 83rd annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Cincinnati. Kristen presented a Colbert Prize poster about new Paleocene metatherians from Big Bend National Park and Kat talked about mosaic evolution in Omomyid primates.


Meanwhile in Pittsburgh, Beard Lab Undergraduate, Rory Sweedler presented at GSA Connects 2023. Rory talked about the unique fauna of KU’s Paleocene “Titanoides” locality.