Nina Zitani, curator of Western’s Zoological Collections, is excited to begin digitizing records for tens of thousands of insect specimens housed at the university, thanks to a grant from the Western Sustainable Impact Fund. (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications photo)
Nina Zitani, curator of Western's Zoological Collections, is excited to begin digitizing records for tens of thousands of insect specimens housed at the university, thanks to a grant from the Western Sustainable Impact Fund. (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications photo) Western Sustainable Impact Fund supports first cohort of projects led by faculty, staff and students Nina Zitani opens a nondescript grey locker to reveal tightly packed drawers. Inside are tens of thousands of bees, butterflies, beetles and insects of all types. Zitani is the curator of Western's Zoological Collections. She's the keeper of an incredible animal history contained in the university collection, reflecting species found in Ontario - and farther afield, in locations around the world - for more than one hundred years. There's the rare beetle collected on Western's campus. The tropical cricket that's more common to rainforests than Southwestern Ontario.
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