<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">DISCCRS News</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">1/12/2007</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">************************************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">TABLE OF CONTENTS</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">New Book: The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping The World's Greatest Challenge</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> By Kirstin Dow and Thomas E Downing (Earthscan 2006)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/738/groupID/4/categoryID/6/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/738/groupID/4/categoryID/6/</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">A</FONT></B><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">laska Sea Grant - Funding Opportunity Available – (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://seagrant.uaf.edu/research/rfp/index.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://seagrant.uaf.edu/research/rfp/index.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> (see RESOURCES 1 below)</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">FORUM</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Science creates jobs, saves lives, underlies our national and economic security and improves our environment. Marty Apple, Executive Director, Council of Scientific Society Presidents</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see FORUM 1 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">SCIENCE NEWS</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Climate Experts Worry as 2006 Is Hottest Year on Record in U.S.</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/AR2007010901949.html?referrer=email">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/AR2007010901949.html?referrer=email</A></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P> </FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Gov. Schwarzenegger's Bold Move on Global Warming</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/10/MNGMPNG4LD1.DTL"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/10/MNGMPNG4LD1.DTL</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> Or: </FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yn5sn4"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://tinyurl.com/yn5sn4</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see NEWS 1 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Agency Affirms Human Influence on Climate</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/science/10climate.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/science/10climate.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> Or: </FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ydl9lj"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://tinyurl.com/ydl9lj</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see NEWS 2 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">ICES/PICES Early Career Scientist Conference. - June 26-29, 2007 - Baltimore, Maryland (USA) - Call for international applicants.</FONT></B><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.pices.int/newfrontiers.aspx"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.pices.int/newfrontiers.aspx</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> (see MEETING 1 below</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Climate Change and Vulnerability Conference - 13-14 February 2007 - the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands)</FONT></B></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.upeace.org/climate/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">www.upeace.org/climate/</FONT></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see CONFERENCE 1</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Short course – Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method (BMIN) - March 8th and 9th, 12th-14th 2007 – London (UK)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see MEETING 2 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">JOBS</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Station Manager - Mountain Lake Biological Station - University of Virginia – southwest VA (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://mlbs.org/positions.html#MA"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://mlbs.org/positions.html#MA</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see JOB 1 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Climate Change Ecology / Community & Ecosystem Modeling - The Boston-Area Climate Experiment - University of Massachusetts – Waltham, MA (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ecosystems.umb.edu/bacepostdoc.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.ecosystems.umb.edu/bacepostdoc.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see JOB 2 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Research Asst. - Climate Change and Industry - Institute for European Environmental Policy - Brussels (UK)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ieep.eu/aboutIEEP/jobs.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.ieep.eu/aboutIEEP/jobs.php</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see JOB 3 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Instructors (part-time) - Science and society – Gallatin School of Individualized Study – New York University – New York NY (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nyu.edu/gallatin/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.nyu.edu/gallatin/</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see JOB 4 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Asst. Prof. tenure track - Environmental Geophysics – Washington State University, Vancouver Campus – Vancouver, WA (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/default.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/default.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see JOB 5 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Lectureship (two permanent positions) - Biological Sciences - University of Essex – Colchester (U.K.)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><A href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/joblist.htm#ac&t">http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/joblist.htm#ac&t</A> </FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> (see JOBS 6 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Visiting Fellows Program - Center for Philosophy of Science - University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburg, PA (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/visiting_fellows_program.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/visiting_fellows_program.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(see JOB 7 below)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">***************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Resources and Funding Opportunities</FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(RESOURCES 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Alaska Sea Grant - Funding Opportunity Available – (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://seagrant.uaf.edu/research/rfp/index.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://seagrant.uaf.edu/research/rfp/index.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Preliminary Proposal Deadline: Friday, 26 January 2006</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Alaska Sea Grant, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration program, sponsors applied social, economic, engineering, and biological research and is soliciting preliminary research proposals for 2008-2010. Creative and rigorously conceived research proposals are invited that will help the people of Alaska better understand, conserve, and wisely use the state's marine, estuarine, and coastal watershed resources.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">At the above URL you will find downloadable versions of the 2004-2010 Alaska Sea Grant strategic plan, instructions for preparing the preliminary proposal, the proposal review schedule, and electronic versions of required forms.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Additional information regarding the submittal process can be obtained by contacting Michele Frandsen (907-474-7088, </FONT><A href="mailto:frandsen@ims.uaf.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">frandsen@ims.uaf.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">).</FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">***************************************************</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Forum</FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(FORUM 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Science creates jobs, saves lives, underlies our national and economic security and improves our environment. Marty Apple, Executive Director, Council of Scientific Society Presidents</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Several important and experienced new chairs of Congressional Committees in the 110th Congress told us at our December CSSP meeting of the importance of being heard over the din of competing demands that swamp members of Congress.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The new Congress appears to be ready to skip the legally required budget and appropriation process and extend the Continuing Resolution that limits the federal agencies to last year's budget. The impact of this CR will be potentially offset in DoE and USDA by savings that could be reallocated to research, (not yet acted upon) but in NSF, where the long-awaited projected increases would be canceled, the national impact will be very harmful: Peer reviewed excellent grant proposals not funded, teams dispersing, top investigators taking jobs elsewhere, even abroad, top grad students dropping out of science as a career choice. None of these are acceptable means for the nation to rise above the gathering storm..</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Since the new Congress is just getting settled in, there is a more significant impact right now, before they are flooded by local lobbyists, to have our message about the importance of federal research funding get through and be put on the table for action.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">If we must have a CR, it must be amended to stimulate research and protect and fund peer-reviewed research. Congress needs the will to do it. Your voice can provide that will.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">CSSPs web site can help you to contact them. No one will do it for you. Many brief letters can make a big impact, but only if they are written and sent.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://cssp.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=53"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://cssp.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=53</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">***************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Science News</FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(NEWS 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Gov. Schwarzenegger's Bold Move on Global Warming</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/10/MNGMPNG4LD1.DTL"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/10/MNGMPNG4LD1.DTL</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> Or: </FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yn5sn4"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://tinyurl.com/yn5sn4</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">San Francisco Chronicle - California will create the world's first global warming pollution standard for transportation fuels, ratcheting down fuel carbon content 10 percent by 2020 under a plan put forward by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday in his State of the State address.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The new standard could have implications for the auto industry and change the way gasoline is produced around the globe. Environmentalists hailed it as a way to reduce one of the state's chief sources of greenhouse gas emissions and kick-start fledgling alternative fuel technologies. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">"This is a big deal. This policy will be noticed worldwide," said Eric Heitz, president of the Energy Foundation, which monitors the world's energy technology. Advocates of the proposal said competition from alternative fuels and a reduction in dependence on oil would prevent gasoline prices from rising, but oil companies said changing the mix of fuels to reduce carbon emissions would carry a cost.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(NEWS 2) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Agency Affirms Human Influence on Climate</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/science/10climate.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/science/10climate.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> Or: </FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ydl9lj"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://tinyurl.com/ydl9lj</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B></B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">By ANDREW C. REVKIN (New York Times) - President Bush has said it.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">A lot of government scientists have said it.</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">But until yesterday, it appeared that no news release on annual climate trends out of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Bush White House had said unequivocally that a buildup of greenhouse gases was helping warm the climate.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The statement came in a release that said 2006 was the warmest year for the 48 contiguous states since regular temperature records began in 1895. It surpassed the previous champion, 1998, a year heated up by a powerful episode of the periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean by El Niño. Last year, another El Niño developed, but this time a long-term warming trend from human activities was said to be involved as well.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">"A contributing factor to the unusually warm temperatures throughout 2006 also is the long-term warming trend, which has been linked to increases in greenhouse gases," the release said, emphasizing that the relative contributions of El Niño and the human influence were not known.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">A link between greenhouse gases and climate change was also made in a December news conference by Dirk Kempthorne, the secretary of the interior, as that agency proposed listing polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Still, the climate agency's shift in language came as a surprise to several public affairs officials there. They said they had become accustomed in recent years to having any mention of a link between climate trends and human activities played down or trimmed when drafts of documents went to the Commerce Department and the White House for approval.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">James L. Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said the release reflected longstanding views within the administration.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">"It's helpful for them to describe what is a question in many people's minds — what is the human factor, what is the El Niño factor," Mr. Connaughton said of the NOAA release. "From our perspective, what was in the press release was a direct reflection of what the president and folks in his administration have been saying for some time."</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Mr. Bush has made two speeches on climate. He first expressly accepted that humans were contributing to global warming in a news conference in Denmark in July 2005 on the way to an economic summit in Scotland, saying, "Listen, I recognize that the surface of the Earth is warmer and that an increase in greenhouse gases caused by humans is contributing to the problem."</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">But the government's scientific bureaucracy, where public affairs officials and scientists as recently as last year complained that findings pointing to climate dangers were being suppressed, has taken time to catch up.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">There's been some sensitivity to the fact that some people have complained that NOAA and other parts of the government haven't been as open as they would like them to have been on this," said Jay Lawrimore, a climatologist at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., where the temperature trends are compiled. "Now NOAA is making an effort to be clearer on some of the influences."</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Mr. Lawrimore said there was no way to account for the trends, be they the melting of Arctic sea ice or the warming of winters, without including an influence from heat-trapping gases.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">"Year after year as we continue to see warmer temperatures," he said, "there are more and more converts convinced that it's not just natural variability and not just something that's going to return back to temperatures we saw 40 or 50 years ago — that in fact we are doing something to the climate."</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">***************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities</FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(MEETING 1</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">) ICES/PICES Early Career Scientist Conference. - June 26-29, 2007 - Baltimore, Maryland (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.pices.int/newfrontiers.aspx"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.pices.int/newfrontiers.aspx</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Currently we have applications from scientists in Australia, India, Japan, Norway, China, Russia, and U.S.A. We are hoping for much wider representation. Would you please encourage early career scientists in other countries to apply? There is no explicit age limit, but the conference is intended to attract individuals with research experience ranging from advanced stages of a Ph.D. program up to postdoctoral researchers (with priority given to those with no more than 5 years since obtaining a Ph.D.).</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Room and Board provided. There will be no registration fee and room and board will be covered for all selected conference participants. In addition, travel funds will be provided to some participants (based on need, number of applicants, and availability of funds).</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The conference will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA on June 26-29, 2007. Conference objectives are to share knowledge, develop contacts and collaborations among early career scientists that will persist for decades, and establish personal and institutional networks that will advance our understanding of the marine environment. </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">January 15, 2007 is the deadline for pre-registration</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-weight:normal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(CONFERENCE 1</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">) Climate Change and Vulnerability Conference - 13-14 February 2007 - the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.upeace.org/climate/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">www.upeace.org/climate/</FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">You are invited to participate in the Climate Change and Vulnerability Conference to be held.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">This conference addresses the need to build capacities for proactive local leadership to address the risks of climate warming, particularly in vulnerable island and coastal states.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The goals of the conference are: 1)Increase understandings of the risks of climate change and options for adaptation</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">2) Design university curricula that builds climate leadership and fosters local adaptation </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">3) Develop partnerships among education, research and training institutions</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Climate warming and sea level rise present complex security risks in every region of the world.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">For island and low-lying countries, hazardous conditions include flooding, coastal erosion, salination of fresh water resources, loss of biodiversity, drought, and extreme weather events.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Communities coping with poverty are particularly vulnerable.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Netherlands, a low-lying country where flood defense and precautionary measures are the highest in the world, is the host country for this international conference on climate change.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">This venue offers a preeminent opportunity to exchange experiences and learn from Dutch advocacy, participatory decision-making processes, adaptation measures, and incentives for private sector stewardship.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">To enhance local capacities for climate adaptation, distinguished technical experts, policy makers, scholars, and community leaders will engage in a variety of interactive learning activities.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The program includes guest speakers, working groups, panel discussions, networking opportunities and resource displays.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Key questions to address during the conference include: 1) How to mainstream climate issues and build adaptation capacities through higher education? 2) How to integrate adaptation measures within sustainable development projects? 3) How to foster the proactive local implementation of adaptation policies? 4) How to engage the private sector? 5) What are the applied research and evaluation priorities?</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The conference is unique in offering island and coastal representatives a leadership role in the discussion of geographic and cultural realities, coastal and water management issues, disaster preparedness and response, emerging strategies and technologies, and institutional cooperation.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">In addition, interactive sessions provide opportunities to learn from those addressing climate issues in other geographic areas.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(MEETING 2) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Short course – Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method (BMIN) - March 8th and 9th, 12th-14th 2007 – London (UK)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The value of open-narrative interviewing and insightful interpretation is widely recognised, but rather than having to invent the wheel for themselves, many people welcome a systematic immersion into principles and procedures that have been shown to generate high-quality work. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Designed for Ph.D. students and professional researchers in various pure and applied fields, the course provides a thorough training in doing BNIM biographic narrative interviews, together with hands-on experience of following BNIM Interpretation procedures.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Students develop a sense of how their own research projects might use such aspects and components. Taught by Prue Chamberlayne and Tom Wengraf in North London, the course’s small number of students ensures close coaching and support for the intensive work that is needed for you to fully acquire both the understanding of principles and the practical capacity for proceeding with the systematic practices involved in BNIM -- both for BNIM and for other types of narrative interviewing and interpretation.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">To get a copy of the Short Guide, to ask any questions or to book a place, contact </FONT><A href="mailto:tom@tomwengraf.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">tom@tomwengraf.com</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">To reserve a place, you need to send us a deposit. To get an early-bird discount, you need to pay full cost by February 1st. Of the 6 places on the course, there are currently 2 still available.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">***************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Jobs</FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="mailto:planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Or, visit </FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> and click on 'Join this group'</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(JOB 1) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Station Manager - Mountain Lake Biological Station - University of Virginia – southwest VA (USA)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://mlbs.org/positions.html#MA"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://mlbs.org/positions.html#MA</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Mountain Lake Biological Station Department of Biology, University of Virginia is accepting applications for a resident Station Manager to oversee daily operations. This position will support the research, educational and outreach activities at the Station and will work closely with the Associate Director, Director and other faculty members, staff, students and visiting researchers. MLBS is a 100-bed residential full-service biological field station on 642 forested acres of a 4,000ft mountaintop in the rural Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia </FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> but just a half hour drive west of Blacksburg Virginia (home of Virginia Tech.).</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Station Manager will provide a wide range of functions that include managing station housing and dining operations and the station office. Manager also provides technical, logistical, and administrative support to research and teaching programs, supervises summer staff, coordinates subcontracts and station projects, and supervises general activities of the grounds. Manager oversees use of laboratories, equipment, woodworking shop and vehicles. Candidate should have knowledge of various technical, mechanical, and administrative functions pertinent to supporting academic activities, including basic laboratory skills, record keeping, library skills, computer competency, skills and safety knowledge related to biological fieldwork, vehicle safety and maintenance, and woodworking shop skills. This position requires the ability to interact and communicate positively with a large number of faculty, researchers, students, and public associated with the station. The successful candidate will have exceptional organizational skills, enjoy working independently, be physically fit, willing to embrace physical labor, a demanding work environment, and occasional long hours outside in the field in all weather conditions. Manager must be able to take primary day-to-day responsibility for field station operations during much of the year when the Director and Associate Director are not in residence, including irregular hours and weekend days as needed.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">An understanding of field biology is desirable. A graduate degree in biology or a related field with knowledge of field-based research and teaching is desired. Experience at a field station or research facility, and experience with experiential education, supervision, managing or the hospitality industry will be useful. First aid, EMT, CPR, or other medical and/or emergency training/certification would be beneficial. Station Manager will report to the Associate Director. On-site housing may be provided but residency on station grounds is not required.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Annual Salary Range: $30,146 - $61,872</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Application review will begin February 9, 2007</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> but the position is open until filled. For more information or questions about the position please contact Butch Brodie (Director </FONT><A href="mailto:bbrodie@virginia.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">bbrodie@virginia.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">434-243-1068) or Eric Nagy (Associate Director </FONT><A href="mailto:enagy@virginia.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">enagy@virginia.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">434-982-5486).</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Official over-generic UVA HR posting link: </FONT><A href="http://as400.hrs.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/db2www/jobs/ucdet06.mac/details?jva=AS%20MLBS%20E09DA%20001"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://as400.hrs.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/db2www/jobs/ucdet06.mac/details?jva=AS%20MLBS%20E09DA%20001</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">To apply: Submit a Virginia State Application </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.hrs.virginia.edu/employment/howtoapply.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">www.hrs.virginia.edu/employment/howtoapply.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> to: University Recruitment & Staffing, P.O. Box 400127 , Charlottesville , VA 22904-4127 , or fax to 434-924-6911. Please indicate position number C2204.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Please also send a cover letter and resume to: Director, University of Virginia, Mountain Lake Biological Station, P.O. Box 400327, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4327, or fax to 434-982-5626, or email attachment to </FONT><A href="mailto:bbrodie@virginia.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">bbrodie@virginia.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(JOB 2) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Climate Change Ecology / Community & Ecosystem Modeling - The Boston-Area Climate Experiment - University of Massachusetts – Waltham, MA (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ecosystems.umb.edu/bacepostdoc.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.ecosystems.umb.edu/bacepostdoc.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">In spring 2007, we plan to hire a postdoctoral researcher to study and model how climate change will affect plant growth and succession in old-field ecosystems.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The postdoc will join a team of researchers conducting the Boston-Area Climate Experiment (BACE).</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The BACE seeks to understand responses of old-field ecosystems to a variety of possible climatic changes.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Located in Waltham, Massachusetts (25 minutes from the UMass Boston campus), the experiment exposes old-field plots to a gradient of warming (four treatments) and altered precipitation regimes (three treatments), both independently and in combination.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">We seek a motivated individual to conduct both field research and ecosystem modeling in the context of the BACE in collaboration with the Moorcroft lab at Harvard University.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Applicants with previous experience in field-based ecosystem research, development and application of individual-based forest ecosystem models (gap- models), a background in community and/or ecosystem ecology, and a strong interest in the effects of climate change on the environment are strongly preferred.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The successful candidate will have strong writing and interpersonal skills, and a solid statistical and mathematical background.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Starting salary will be approximately $38k/year plus benefits.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">To apply, send a letter detailing your background, interests, preferred start date, and professional goals (i.e., what you hope to do after the postdoc), along with a CV, representative reprints, and contact information for three professional references to: </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Jeff Dukes, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">02125</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:jeffrey.dukes@umb.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">jeffrey.dukes@umb.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Review of applications will begin in February 2006</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> and continue until the position is filled.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The start date is somewhat flexible, but ideally in June 2007.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The position is funded by the National Institute for Climatic Change Research, and is renewable annually for up to three years.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">More information on the Dukes lab can be found at </FONT><A href="http://www.ecosystems.umb.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.ecosystems.umb.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">/.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-weight:normal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(JOB 3) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Research Asst. - Climate Change and Industry - Institute for European Environmental Policy - Brussels (UK)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ieep.eu/aboutIEEP/jobs.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.ieep.eu/aboutIEEP/jobs.php</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Institute for European Environmental Policy currently has a vacancy for a research assistant in the Climate Change Programme in Brussels. The position would cover a range of issues associated with climate change, clean energy systems, and industrial emissions, at European level. The candidate should have an interdisciplinary, scientific or engineering background, and be able to do policy analysis in excellent written English.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">All applications must reach us by Friday, 19 January 2007</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-weight:normal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">********************</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(JOB 4</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">) Instructors (part-time) - Science and society – Gallatin School of Individualized Study – New York University – New York NY (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.nyu.edu/gallatin/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.nyu.edu/gallatin/</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study seeks part time instructors to teach undergraduate interdisciplinary seminars in science studies (25 students). We are open to a range of topic areas. The proposed seminars should broadly fall under the rubric of “science and society” and should consider an aspect of science in relation to its historical, social, cultural, literary, and/or philosophic context. The professor should have a PhD (or be a senior graduate student) and have a background in some domain of science studies. Proposals may be sent to Mary Witty (</FONT><A href="mailto:mary.witty@nyu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">mary.witty@nyu.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">) or Brad Lewis (</FONT><A href="mailto:bl466@nyu.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">bl466@nyu.edu</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">). For more information on Gallatin, please see . </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">********************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(JOB 5) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Asst. Prof. tenure track - Environmental Geophysics – Washington State University, Vancouver Campus – Vancouver, WA (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/default.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/default.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Vancouver Campus of Washington State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in environmental geophysics. Area of research emphasis is open, but candidates working on surface or shallow sub-surface processes are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates must demonstrate a high potential for establishment of an externally-funded research program. Teaching duties are expected to consist of two courses per year, to be spread across the curriculum (i.e., graduate, upper-division and lower-division/general education undergraduate levels), plus mentoring graduate students and directing graduate student research.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in a geophysics-related discipline with primary expertise in environmental geophysics by date of hire. Preferred Qualifications: demonstrated ability to develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses; successful externally-funded research program; strong publication record; and ability to contribute to WSU's diversity goals in research, teaching and/or service. The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to conduct research or instruction in an interdisciplinary setting, to mentor diverse students, to complement the strengths of existing faculty in Vancouver, </FONT><A href="http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/default.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/default.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> and elsewhere within WSU, and to help build a new research and teaching program in Earth Systems Science. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">WSU Vancouver offers both undergraduate and graduate programs and is expected to double its student body (currently 2,300) and faculty in the coming years, with science and engineering as an area of emphasis. Research expectations and teaching loads are consistent across the four WSU campuses. WSU, a Tier I research institution, offers competitive salaries and start-up packages. WSU Vancouver is located across the Columbia River from Portland, OR and offers significant opportunities for research, a variety of neighboring institutions and agencies for collaboration (e.g., the USGS Cascades Volcanoes Observatory), and an excellent quality of life. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Send: 1) a cover letter discussing training and experience as related to the required and preferred qualifications, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) statement of research interests and accomplishments, 4) statement of teaching philosophy and interests, 5) copies of two publications, and 6) three letters of reference to: Stephen M. Bollens, Environmental Geophysics Search , </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686-9600 </FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(phone: 360-546-9116; fax: 360-546-9037)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Review of completed applications will begin on February 1, 2007</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> (this is a revised posting).</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">*******************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(JOBS 6</FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">) Lectureship (two permanent positions) - Biological Sciences - University of Essex – Colchester (U.K.)</FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><A href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/joblist.htm#ac&t">http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/joblist.htm#ac&t</A></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">1) Lectureship in marine or aquatic microbial biogeochemistry, particularly with experience in carbon, nitrogen or sulphur cycling in sediments, coastal environments or open water. (AC248) </FONT><A href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/details/AC248W.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/details/AC248W.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">2) Lectureship in the area of physiological responses of cells and organisms to environmental stress. We are looking for candidates with experience in disease mechanisms, metalloproteins, molecular cell biology, or signalling as related to radicals and oxidative stress and the effects of high light, UVB and nutrient limitation of microalgal photosynthesis, motility and calcification, salinity and temperature stress on bacterial and archaeal communities, and climate change impacts (bleaching, thermal stress) on corals and coral endosymbionts. Candidates with research interests that complement our cross-disciplinary centre for radicals and oxidative stress (CROSS) are particularly encouraged to apply (AC246/7) <A href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/details/AC246W.htm">http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/details/AC246W.htm</A></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Both positions are permanent, with a salary range of £32,795-£39,160 per annum. Further details and application forms are available on the Personnel web links. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Closing date for Applications, 29th January 2007</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">********************</FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">(JOB 7) </FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Visiting Fellows Program - Center for Philosophy of Science - University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburg, PA (USA)</FONT></B><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/visiting_fellows_program.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/visiting_fellows_program.htm</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Basics: Visiting the Center for a term or a two-term academic year is easily done through the Visiting Fellows Program and we encourage all interested philosophers of science to apply.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Visiting Fellows are provided:</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">* A centrally located office on the 8th floor of the Cathedral of Learning, an international educational landmark; a computer (Windows or Mac) with a standard suite of software; library privileges in Hillman Library, whose Archives of Scientific Philosophy houses papers of many leading, modern philosophers of science; on-line services, including email and access to electronic journals; and some minimal office support.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">* A full calendar of talks, workshops, conferences and other activities; access (with instructor permission) to graduate seminars taught in the Departments of Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science; and the company of other Visiting Fellows, Resident Fellows in many departments of the University of Pittsburgh, and Center Associates drawn from other universities in the Pittsburgh area.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">* A stimulating and friendly environment in which to hear about philosophy of science, to talk about philosophy of science, to think about philosophy and to create philosophy of science.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">* A supplementary stipend of $1000-$1200 per month.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Visiting Fellows have no formal duties. They are expected to pursue their own research, to give a lunchtime talk, to participate in the intellectual life of the Center, by attending talks and discussions, to reside in Pittsburgh and to make daily use of their offices. Many Fellows are pleasantly surprised by the city of Pittsburgh and enjoy exploring it and the surrounding countryside.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">**************************************************</FONT></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">T</FONT>his newsletter has been developed by C. 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