[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News March 10, 2004 cont.
Susan Weiler
weilercs@whitman.edu
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DIALOG and Disccrs News
March 10, 2004 cont.
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Resources
The Innovation in Environmental Science and Engineering Education (EdEn)
venture fund at the National Science Foundation offers an internal
source of matching funding for proposals that address education and
training priorities in the environmental sciences.
This is not a program that can be applied to directly. Proposals to
existing solicitations or supplement requests should be sent to the
cognizant program officers. NSF program officers may then enter
proposals into the EdEn venture fund competition if they address EdEn
venture fund priorities and review well in their respective
competitions. The EdEn venture fund provides 50/50 matching funds with
the cognizant program up to $75,000 for one year only. EdEn venture fund
priorities are described below.
For more information please contact Renee Crain (rcrain@nsf.gov) in the
Office of Polar Programs or Dave Campbell (dcampbel@nsf.gov) who
administers the EdEn venture fund in the Education and Human Resources
Directorate.
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In its recent report, NSF's Advisory Committee for Environmental
Research and Education (AC-ERE) stressed the need to build workforce
and institutional capacity to provide quality environmental education
that
"is based on the natural, engineering, and social sciences, utilizes
current educational technology, and prepares students for a broad array
of careers." The Committee anticipates that within the next few years
scientists and engineers-and increasingly the general public--will be
called upon to understand complex environmental systems, use advanced
information technologies, and interpret results for a wide array of
interested groups. At all levels, innovative approaches to education
about the environment are needed to train individuals to undertake
interdisciplinary, collaborative, and synthesis activities. The
Committee expressed special concern about the need to broaden
participation in careers in environmental science and engineering. See
the ERE web site for more information
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/index.cfm.
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Science News
Ocean Carbon and Climate Change (OCCC) report, an implementation
strategy for U.S. ocean carbon research. An electronic, pdf version can
be downloaded from:
http://www.carboncyclescience.gov/
or more specifcally
http://www.carboncyclescience.gov/occc-feb04.pdf
Hard copies of the report are
available from:
Gloria Rapalee
Carbon Cycle Program Officer
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 250
Washington, DC 20006
U.S.A.
Tel: 202-419-3484
Fax: 202-223-3065
Email: grapalee@usgcrp.gov
2003 LIKELY EUROPE'S HOTTEST IN 500 YEARS
from Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Last year's deadly summer in Europe probably was the hottest
on the continent in at least five centuries, according to researchers who
analyzed old records, soil cores and other evidence. More than 19,000
people died.
Researchers at the University of Bern, Switzerland, collected and analyzed
temperature data from all over Europe, including such climate measures as
tree rings from 1500. They found that the climate has been generally
warming and last summer was the most torrid of all.
"When you consider Europe as a whole, it was by far the hottest," said Jurg
Luterbacher, climatologist and the first author of a study appearing this
week in the journal Science.
http://snipurl.com/4wp1
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Forum
International Polar Year (IPY)
The March 5 issue of Science has two IPY-related items in it - an
editorial and an article.
Contributed by Sheldon Drobot
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference
>This email is concerning a conference that we are hosting here at my
>home university, UNC at Chapel Hill. Last year, I along with a
>wonderful group of student and faculty environmentalists campaigned for
>and won the vote on a referendum allocating student funds to provide
>renewable energy on campus. The success of this campaign has got us
>all "fired up". On April 2-4, we (UNC, NCSU, and Duke) are hosting a
>Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference to support and motivate
>other university students to start similar initiatives on their own
>campuses. This conference is definitely not limited to students in the
>southeast as students from anywhere could benefit. We too have
>scholarships available. Please visit our conference website by
>following the link below. If you could help spread the word or give me
>the contact information of anyone who might be interested in the
>success of this conference, I would really appreciate it.
>
>http://www.duke.edu/web/env_alliance/conference/
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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"><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>Resources</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>The Innovation in Environmental Science and Engineering
Education</b> (EdEn)</div>
<div>venture fund at the<b> National Science Foundation</b> offers an
internal<br>
source of matching funding for proposals that address education
and</div>
<div>training priorities in the environmental sciences.<br>
This is not a program that can be applied to
directly. Proposals to<br>
existing solicitations or supplement requests should be sent to
the<br>
cognizant program officers. NSF program officers may then enter<br>
proposals into the EdEn venture fund competition if they address
EdEn<br>
venture fund priorities and review well in their respective<br>
competitions. The EdEn venture fund provides 50/50 matching funds
with<br>
the cognizant program up to $75,000 for one year only. EdEn venture
fund</div>
<div>priorities are described below.<br>
For more information please contact Renee
Crain (rcrain@nsf.gov) in the<br>
Office of Polar Programs or Dave Campbell (dcampbel@nsf.gov) who<br>
administers the EdEn venture fund in the Education and Human
Resources<br>
Directorate.<br>
<br>
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</div>
<div>In its recent report,<b> NSF's Advisory Committee for
Environmental</b></div>
<div><b>Research and Education</b> (AC-ERE) stressed the need to build
workforce and institutional capacity to provide quality environmental
education that<br>
"is based on the natural, engineering, and social sciences,
utilizes<br>
current educational technology, and prepares students for a broad
array<br>
of careers." The Committee anticipates that within the next few
years<br>
scientists and engineers-and increasingly the general public--will
be<br>
called upon to understand complex environmental systems, use
advanced<br>
information technologies, and interpret results for a wide array
of<br>
interested groups. At all levels, innovative approaches to
education<br>
about the environment are needed to train individuals to
undertake</div>
<div>interdisciplinary, collaborative, and synthesis activities.
The<br>
Committee expressed special concern about the need to broaden<br>
participation in careers in environmental science and engineering.
See<br>
the ERE web site for more information</div>
<div>http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/index.cfm.</div>
<div align="center"><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>Ocean Carbon and Climate Change (OCCC) report, an
implementation</b></div>
<div><b>strategy for U.S. ocean carbon research.</b> An
electronic, pdf version can</div>
<div>be downloaded from:</div>
<div>http://www.carboncyclescience.gov/</div>
<div>or more specifcally</div>
<div>http://www.carboncyclescience.gov/occc-feb04.pdf<br>
Hard copies of the report are</div>
<div>available from:<br>
Gloria Rapalee<br>
Carbon Cycle Program Officer<br>
U.S. Climate Change Science Program<br>
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 250<br>
Washington, DC 20006<br>
U.S.A.<br>
Tel: 202-419-3484<br>
Fax: 202-223-3065</div>
<div>Email: grapalee@usgcrp.gov</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>2003 LIKELY EUROPE'S HOTTEST IN 500 YEARS</b><br>
from Associated Press<br>
<br>
WASHINGTON -- Last year's deadly summer in Europe probably was the
hottest<br>
on the continent in at least five centuries, according to researchers
who<br>
analyzed old records, soil cores and other evidence. More than
19,000<br>
people died.<br>
<br>
Researchers at the University of Bern, Switzerland, collected and
analyzed<br>
temperature data from all over Europe, including such climate measures
as<br>
tree rings from 1500. They found that the climate has been
generally<br>
warming and last summer was the most torrid of all.<br>
<br>
"When you consider Europe as a whole, it was by far the hottest,"
said Jurg<br>
Luterbacher, climatologist and the first author of a study appearing
this<br>
week in the journal Science.<br>
http://snipurl.com/4wp1</div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><br></div>
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<div align="center"><br></div>
<div align="center"><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>Forum</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>International Polar Year (IPY)</b></div>
<div>The March 5 issue of Science has two IPY-related items in it -
an editorial and an article.</div>
<div>Contributed by Sheldon Drobot</div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div align="center"><font
color="#0000FF"><b>***************************************************</b
></font></div>
<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Summer
Programs, Courses, Internships</b></font>,<font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b> Meetings</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference</b></div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>This email is concerning a conference
that we are hosting here at my</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>home university, UNC at Chapel Hill.
Last year, I along with a</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>wonderful group of student and faculty
environmentalists campaigned for<br>
and won the vote on a referendum allocating student funds to
provide</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>renewable energy on campus. The
success of this campaign has got us<br>
all "fired up". On April 2-4, we (UNC, NCSU, and Duke)
are hosting a</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Southeast Student Renewable Energy
Conference to support and motivate<br>
other university students to start similar initiatives on their
own<br>
campuses. This conference is definitely not limited to students
in the<br>
southeast as students from anywhere could benefit. We too
have<br>
scholarships available. Please visit our conference website
by<br>
following the link below. If you could help spread the word or
give me<br>
the contact information of anyone who might be interested in the<br>
success of this conference, I would really appreciate it.<br>
<br>
http://www.duke.edu/web/env_alliance/conference/</blockquote>
<div><br></div>
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color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font
color="#0000FF"><b>***************************************************</b
></font></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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