[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News Feb. 6, 2004
Susan Weiler
weilercs@whitman.edu
Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:34:50 -0800
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DIALOG and Disccrs News
Feb. 6, 2004
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Resources
Science article transformed for Smithsonian
See attached article about 'gas guzzlers', for a good example of how
a Science article was transformed by Smithsonian Magazine. Alan
Milligan reports this article was a direct result of the little plug
I gave at the DIALOG IV symposium about using the Public Relations
folks at universities for help reaching out to the 'general public'.
If you are interested in doing something like this, the Smithsonian
article is a nice model. The magazine comes complete with some really
terrific photos. Unfortunately those are not available on the web.
Check out the Feb. 2004 issue to see the photos.
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues04/feb04/phenomena.html
AGUAGI Survey of Recent Earth Science PhDs, Class of 2002 Available
AGU and AGI (in collaboration with AIP) conduct an annual survey of
employment trends among recent Earth and space science PhD
recipients. The latest report, profiling the class of 2002, is
available. See
http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/cpst/2002PhDSurvey.pdf
Contributed by David Smith
NSF Speakers Tackle Biocomplexity and Science Workforce at AAAS Annual Meeting
URL : http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ma0402
NSF: new funding opportunity focusing on Human and Social Dynamics
(HSD). The program
description can be found at <http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/hsd/>.
The challenges posed by the need to understand individual and
group behavior in the context of
the natural, built, and social environments are immense. They
require research that breaks down
disciplinary boundaries and embraces interactions at multiple scales:
over time from nanoseconds
to millennia and across space from the internal workings of the human
mind to the interplay of
global social and cultural systems. Accomplishing the goals of the
HSD priority area requires a
comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach across science and
engineering research and
education including the development of an infrastructure that can
support such efforts. In this
year's competition, the HSD priority area will target research and
education within and across
three topical emphasis areas and three resource-related emphasis
areas. All six emphasis areas
encompass topics for which interdisciplinary synergies hold special
promise for important
breakthroughs.
The deadline for submitting a mandatory letter of intent is
March 3, 2004 and the deadline for
submitting full proposals is March 30, 2004. You can contact the
individuals listed at
<http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/hsd/contacts.htm> for general
inquiries about your
research ideas and team and their appropriateness for funding under
the Human and Social
Dynamics competition.
This is an exciting opportunity at the National Science
Foundation. We encourage you to broadly
disseminate this information to your colleagues.
Sincerely,
Miriam Heller, Ph.D.
Competition Coordinator, Human and Social Dynamics
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate
National Science Foundation
Women Vastly Underrepresented in Academia
From Women's eNews at http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1672
A female chemistry professor decided to count the number and calculate
the percentage of women and minority men on university science faculties.
The results document a widespread lack of diversity in academia. The report
finds that only between 3 percent and 15 percent of full professors at
top engineering and science departments are women, although the percentage
of women attaining doctorates during the last 20 years is substantially
higher.
Top-ranked departments in disciplines such as political science, biology
and psychology scored much higher in 2002. But even in sociology--the
best-of-the-best in terms of female representation--on average, only
35.8 percent of the faculty was female.
Arctic GIS Website Launched
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII)
Developed by The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS)
The website is available at:
http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html
For further information, please contact:
Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager
(helen@arcus.org)
A CLIMATE CHANGE ATLAS FOR 80 FOREST TREE SPECIES OF THE EASTERN
UNITED STATES, U.S. Forest Service, this site models the range shifts
and change in abundance of 80 tree species in the Eastern U.S. as a
result of an increase carbon dioxide levels. The resulting
distribution maps are based on scenarios generated from five climate
change models involving modifications in temperature, precipitation
and potential evapotranspiration. Regardless of whether one accepts
the presented climate change scenarios, the site is still a useful
resource for showing current tree distributions and how climate,
elevation, and soil type influence the spatial patterns of different
tree species.
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/atlas/index.html
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Science News
NSF Fiscal 2005 Budget Request Is $5.745 Billion
URL : http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?pr0412
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Jobs for PhDs
Director (Faculty Fellow) Center for the Environment
Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, USA
(Three-year faculty appointment with the possibility of renewal)
Plymouth State University is seeking applications for a Director (HR
classification = faculty fellow) of a multidisciplinary center for
environmental research, education, and outreach. The primary responsibility
for the director is to secure funding for research that addresses regional
environmental concerns. This research will involve faculty, undergraduate
and graduate students at PSU as well as individuals from area non-profit
organizations investigating environmental problems. Starting date of the
position will be July 1, 2004.
The individual must have strong communication skills, a strong track record
in grant writing and receiving research funding, familiarity with regional
environmental problems, such as invasive species and aquatic toxicity,
experience in conducting research with students at both undergraduate and/or
graduate levels, and an ability to form multi-disciplinary research teams
that draw primarily upon the strengths of the PSU faculty. Education and
outreach are additional emphases of the center and as such, the faculty
researcher will need to be able to communicate scientific findings to a
range of audiences. The individual will be principally involved in hiring a
coordinator for outreach at some date subsequent to starting the position.
The center will be located in the newly renovated Boyd Science Center, a
state-of-the-art facility outfitted with equipment and technology that make
it a first-rate center for the study of biology and other areas of natural
science. Many area non-profit organizations have expressed high interest in
the establishment of the center and anticipate collaborative ventures in the
areas of research and education. Plymouth State University is located in
the scenic heart of the Lakes and White Mountain Region of New Hampshire.
Required Qualifications: 1) Ph.D. Degree; 2) recent experience in
successfully acquiring research funding; 3) ability to communicate
scientific information to many audiences; 4) ability to promote and
facilitate research collaborations among faculty, non-profit organizations,
and other academic institutions; 5) teaching background at the undergraduate
and graduate level; 6) proven administrative experience highly desirable;
7) experience with internship programs.
Salary: The PSU administration has dedicated the necessary funding to
support a faculty fellow salary for a three-year period with the possibility
of renewal at the end of the term. The salary is negotiable. The
expectation is that extramural funding will become an increasing part of the
source of funds for every aspect of the center?s operations.
Application: This opening, originally closing the 30th of January, has been
extended until the 29th of February because of problems getting information
about the position out. Applications received by 29th will be given priority
consideration. Position will remain open until filled.
Candidates should send a cover letter describing how the applicant?s
experiences match the position qualifications, a curriculum vitae, and
names, addresses and telephone numbers of three current professional
references as well as letters written from each to: Human Resources, MSC
# 14, Plymouth State University, 17 High Street, Plymouth, NH 03264.
Plymouth State University is committed to diversity amongst its faculty,
staff and students. We are an AA/EEO employer and encourage women and
minorities to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the
U.S.
If you have immediate questions feel free to contact Larry Spencer (Chair of
the Search Committee) at lts@plymouth.edu or 603-535-2322
**************************************************
This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan Weiler for the purpose
of distributing information of potential interest to recent PhDs
engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate change
research, and to build an international sense of community among
recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of
information and opinions regarding research, professional and social
issues.
The views and opinions expressed are strictly those of C.S. Weiler or
of the individual who has submitted a particular item for
distribution. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those
of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler serves as
producer and editor and reserves the right to edit or reject material
submitted to the list.
Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to
phd@whitman.edu or weiler@whitman.edu.
For ease of transmission, please do not send attachments. Send a
short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any
appropriate websites.
--
C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Biology Department Tel: 509-527-5948
Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961
Walla Walla, WA 99362
weiler@whitman.edu
Programs for Recent PhDs http://aslo.org/phd.html
Minorities in the Aquatic Sciences http://www.aslo.org/mas.html
DIALOG poster http://www.aslo.org/phd/dialogposter.pdf
DISCCRS poster http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf
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<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>Science article transformed for Smithsonian</b></div>
<div>See attached article about 'gas guzzlers', for a good example of
how a Science article was transformed by Smithsonian Magazine. Alan
Milligan reports this article was a direct result of the little plug I
gave at the DIALOG IV symposium about using the Public Relations folks
at universities for help reaching out to the 'general public'. If you
are interested in doing something like this, the Smithsonian article
is a nice model. The magazine comes complete with some really terrific
photos. Unfortunately those are not available on the web. Check out
the Feb. 2004 issue to see the photos.</div>
<div
>http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues04/feb04/phenomen<span
></span>a.html</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>AGUAGI Survey of Recent Earth Science PhDs, Class of 2002
Available</b></div>
<div>AGU and AGI (in collaboration with AIP) conduct an annual survey
of employment trends among recent Earth and space science PhD
recipients. The latest report, profiling the class of 2002, is
available. See</div>
<div>http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/cpst/2002PhDSurvey.pdf</div>
<div>Contributed by David Smith</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>NSF Speakers Tackle Biocomplexity and Science Workforce at
AAAS Annual Meeting</b></div>
<div>URL : http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ma0402</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>NSF: new funding opportunity focusing on Human and Social
Dynamics (HSD)</b>. The program</div>
<div>description can be found at
<http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/hsd/>.<br>
The challenges posed by the need to
understand individual and group behavior in the context of<br>
the natural, built, and social environments are immense. They
require research that breaks down<br>
disciplinary boundaries and embraces interactions at multiple scales:
over time from nanoseconds<br>
to millennia and across space from the internal workings of the human
mind to the interplay of<br>
global social and cultural systems. Accomplishing the goals of
the HSD priority area requires a<br>
comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach across science and
engineering research and<br>
education including the development of an infrastructure that can
support such efforts. In this<br>
year's competition, the HSD priority area will target research and
education within and across<br>
three topical emphasis areas and three resource-related emphasis
areas. All six emphasis areas<br>
encompass topics for which interdisciplinary synergies hold special
promise for important</div>
<div>breakthroughs.<br>
The deadline for submitting a mandatory
letter of intent is March 3, 2004 and the deadline for<br>
submitting full proposals is March 30, 2004. You can contact the
individuals listed at<br>
<http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/hsd/contacts.htm> for general
inquiries about your<br>
research ideas and team and their appropriateness for funding under
the Human and Social</div>
<div>Dynamics competition.<br>
This is an exciting opportunity at the
National Science Foundation. We encourage you to broadly</div>
<div>disseminate this information to your colleagues.</div>
<div> Sincerely,<br>
Miriam Heller, Ph.D.<br>
Competition Coordinator, Human and Social Dynamics<br>
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate</div>
<div>National Science Foundation</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Women Vastly Underrepresented in Academia</b></div>
<div>From Women's eNews at
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1672<br>
A female chemistry professor decided to count
the number and calculate</div>
<div>the percentage of women and minority men on university science
faculties.</div>
<div>The results document a widespread lack of diversity in academia.
The report<br>
finds that only between 3 percent and 15 percent of full professors
at</div>
<div>top engineering and science departments are women, although the
percentage<br>
of women attaining doctorates during the last 20 years is
substantially</div>
<div>higher.<br>
Top-ranked departments in disciplines such as
political science, biology<br>
and psychology scored much higher in 2002. But even in
sociology--the<br>
best-of-the-best in terms of female representation--on average,
only</div>
<div>35.8 percent of the faculty was female.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Arctic GIS Website Launched</b></div>
<div>Geographic Information Systems (GIS)</div>
<div>Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII)</div>
<div>Developed by The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
(ARCUS)<br>
The website is available at:</div>
<div>http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html<br>
For further information, please contact:<br>
Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager</div>
<div>(helen@arcus.org)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>A CLIMATE CHANGE ATLAS FOR 80 FOREST TREE SPECIES OF THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES,</b> U.S. Forest Service, this site models the
range shifts and change in abundance of 80 tree species in the Eastern
U.S. as a result of an increase carbon dioxide levels. The
resulting distribution maps are based on scenarios generated from five
climate change models involving modifications in temperature,
precipitation and potential evapotranspiration. Regardless of whether
one accepts the presented climate change scenarios, the site is still
a useful resource for showing current tree distributions and how
climate, elevation, and soil type influence the spatial patterns of
different tree species. <br>
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/atlas/index.html</div>
<div><br></div>
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color="#0000FF"><b>***************************************************</b
></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Science
News</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>NSF Fiscal 2005 Budget Request Is $5.745 Billion</b></div>
<div align="center">URL :
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?pr0412</div>
<div><br></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div align="center"><font
color="#0000FF"><b>***************************************************</b
></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Jobs for
PhDs</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><b>Director (Faculty Fellow) Center for the Environment</b></div>
<div><b>Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, USA</b></div>
<div><br>
(Three-year faculty appointment with the possibility of renewal)<br>
<br>
Plymouth State University is seeking applications for a Director
(HR<br>
classification = faculty fellow) of a multidisciplinary center for<br>
environmental research, education, and outreach. The primary
responsibility<br>
for the director is to secure funding for research that addresses
regional<br>
environmental concerns. This research will involve faculty,
undergraduate<br>
and graduate students at PSU as well as individuals from area
non-profit<br>
organizations investigating environmental problems. Starting
date of the<br>
position will be July 1, 2004.<br>
<br>
The individual must have strong communication skills, a strong track
record<br>
in grant writing and receiving research funding, familiarity with
regional<br>
environmental problems, such as invasive species and aquatic
toxicity,<br>
experience in conducting research with students at both undergraduate
and/or<br>
graduate levels, and an ability to form multi-disciplinary research
teams<br>
that draw primarily upon the strengths of the PSU faculty. Education
and<br>
outreach are additional emphases of the center and as such, the
faculty<br>
researcher will need to be able to communicate scientific findings to
a<br>
range of audiences. The individual will be principally involved in
hiring a<br>
coordinator for outreach at some date subsequent to starting the
position.<br>
<br>
The center will be located in the newly renovated Boyd Science Center,
a<br>
state-of-the-art facility outfitted with equipment and technology that
make<br>
it a first-rate center for the study of biology and other areas of
natural<br>
science. Many area non-profit organizations have expressed high
interest in<br>
the establishment of the center and anticipate collaborative ventures
in the<br>
areas of research and education. Plymouth State University is
located in<br>
the scenic heart of the Lakes and White Mountain Region of New
Hampshire.<br>
<br>
Required Qualifications: 1) Ph.D. Degree; 2) recent
experience in<br>
successfully acquiring research funding; 3) ability to communicate<br>
scientific information to many audiences; 4) ability to promote
and<br>
facilitate research collaborations among faculty, non-profit
organizations,<br>
and other academic institutions; 5) teaching background at the
undergraduate<br>
and graduate level; 6) proven administrative experience highly
desirable;<br>
7) experience with internship programs.<br>
<br>
Salary: The PSU administration has dedicated the necessary
funding to<br>
support a faculty fellow salary for a three-year period with the
possibility<br>
of renewal at the end of the term. The salary is negotiable.
The<br>
expectation is that extramural funding will become an increasing part
of the<br>
source of funds for every aspect of the center?s operations.<br>
<br>
Application: This opening, originally closing the 30th of
January, has been</div>
<div>extended until the 29th of February because of problems getting
information<br>
about the position out. Applications received by 29th will be given
priority<br>
consideration. Position will remain open until filled.<br>
<br>
Candidates should send a cover letter describing how the
applicant?s<br>
experiences match the position qualifications, a curriculum vitae,
and<br>
names, addresses and telephone numbers of three current
professional<br>
references as well as letters written from each to: Human
Resources, MSC<br>
# 14, Plymouth State University, 17 High Street, Plymouth, NH
03264.<br>
<br>
Plymouth State University is committed to diversity amongst its
faculty,<br>
staff and students. We are an AA/EEO employer and encourage
women and<br>
minorities to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to
work in the<br>
U.S.<br>
<br>
If you have immediate questions feel free to contact Larry Spencer
(Chair of<br>
the Search Committee) at lts@plymouth.edu or 603-535-2322</div>
<div><br></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div
align="center">**************************************************</div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div align="center"><font size="-1">This newsletter has been developed
by C. Susan Weiler for the purpose of distributing information of
potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic
science or climate change research, and to build an international
sense of community among recent grads. It provides an international
forum for the exchange of information and opinions regarding research,
professional and social issues.</font></div>
<div align="center"><font size="-1">The views and opinions expressed
are strictly those of C.S. Weiler or of the individual who has
submitted a particular item for distribution. The opinions expressed
do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring
societies. Dr. Weiler serves as producer and editor and reserves the
right to edit or reject material submitted to the list.</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Please submit
announcements of interest to recent PhDs to phd@whitman.edu or
weiler@whitman.edu.</b></font></div>
<div align="center">For ease of transmission, please do not send
attachments. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message,
and link to any appropriate websites.</div>
<div align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
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<div>C. Susan Weiler,
Ph.D. <br>
Biology
Department <span
></span> Tel:
509-527-5948 <br
>
Whitman
College <span
></span
>
Fax: 509-527-5961<br>
Walla Walla, WA 99362<br>
weiler@whitman.edu <br>
Programs for Recent
PhDs <span
></span> http://aslo.org/phd.html<br>
Minorities in the Aquatic Sciences
http://www.aslo.org/mas.html<br>
DIALOG poster
http://www.aslo.org/phd/dialogposter.pdf<br>
DISCCRS poster
http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf <span
></span> </div>
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