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ESWN Currents | May 2018
ESWN Newsmakers Katharine Hayhoe wins Award For Outstanding Climate Science Communication Jurors for this award called Dr. Hayhoe “a unique voice in the climate communication world… able to reach audiences…
Read MoreCurrents | April 2018
Media Round Up In case you’ve sworn off Facebook or have been too busy to web-surf this month, we’ve combed through our discussion group archives and pulled the links that…
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Register for ESWN's Science-A-Thon 2018, a five day online celebration of science
Science-A-Thon is a five day celebration of science and scientists – from the lab to the field, from learning to teaching, from routine tasks to major discoveries! Participating scientists will…
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Welcoming Women into Geosciences
Early results of a program* to foster the careers of women entering the geosciences demonstrate the effectiveness of several specific factors – including the importance of same gender mentoring and…
Read MoreCurrents | March 2018
Quality of Life Many were moved by a recent profile of two geoscientists (& ESWN members) featured on NPR’s recurring StoryCorps segment. The piece highlights how these two women successfully…
Read MoreCurrents | Feb 2018
The Leadership Board is interested in what topics are resonating within the ESWN community. As part of this effort and thanks to ESWN member Wendy Chou, we will now post…
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NSF is soliciting public comments on their new sexual harassment policy
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is soliciting public comment on the agency’s proposed implementation of the new reporting requirements specified in NSF Important Notice No. 144, dated February 8, 2018.…
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Open Letter to the Geomorphology Community
This letter is to alert the community to ongoing online harassment by a registered sex offender who targets individuals in geomorphology and related fields. This has been a problem for…
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Navigating NSF Workshop
For those of you who couldn’t be at the workshop or didn’t get a handout, here is the PowerPoint presentation that Jennifer Wade from the National Science Foundation gave on…
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