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ESWN Events at AGU Fall Meeting 2016

Sep 30, 2016

If you’ll be attending the AGU Fall Meeting, check out ESWN’s many exciting events! These events (hosted or co-sponsored by ESWN) offer our members and colleagues the opportunity to see…

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GIRLS in STEM Bill

Sep 20, 2016

The ‘Getting Involved in Researching, Learning, and Studying of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Act’ (H.R. 2762) was introduced to the 114th Congress by Representative McNerney. I know from personal…

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Special ESWN Tour of the California Academy of Sciences

Sep 14, 2016

Join ESWN for an exciting tour of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS), a leading planetarium, aquarium, and natural history museum all in one! Our tour will be personally led by…

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Scientific Societies Speak Out Against Sexual Harassment

Sep 12, 2016

Leaders from scientific societies, government agencies, and academia come together to discuss sexual harassment in the sciences 12 September 2016 Joint Release WASHINGTON, DC – More than 60 leaders in…

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Share Your Photos with ESWN!

Jul 22, 2016

ESWN now has a Flickr group, with the goal of building a cool image archive for our shared use, outreach, and fundraising activities (with credit of course!). We are inviting you…

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ESWN Leadership Board Meeting at Brown University

Jun 10, 2016

Brown University hosted our ESWN Leadership Board Meeting in May. ESWN contributed to the Young Scholars Conference, which was a professional development workshop designed for senior graduate students and postdocs…

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ESWN Aims to Raise $20,000 by May 1

Feb 19, 2016

ESWN hopes to jumpstart fundraising for their endowment campaign fund with short-term goals ESWN is well on the way to reaching their May 1 donation goals! Over $3,400 has already…

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AGU From the Prow: Sexual Harassment and the Scientific Community

Feb 4, 2016

22 January 2016 Posted by Joan Buhrman By Margaret Leinen, President, American Geophysical Union, Eric Davidson, President-elect, American Geophysical Union, and Carol Finn, Past President, American Geophysical Union UPDATE, 29 January…

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Steps to Building a No-Tolerance Culture for Sexual Harassment

Feb 4, 2016

By Erika Marín-Spiotta, Blair Schneider, and Mary Anne Holmes 28 January 2016 Published in EOS doi:10.1029/2016EO044859 The American Geophysical Union can lead the way in building an environment where sexual…

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