News for the Geoscience Community

If you are going to AGU, check out ESWN’s professional development workshops: Navigating the NSF System, Getting on the Tenure Track and Succeeding, and Opportunities Beyond Academia. ESWN is also involved in the workshop, Improving Your Success for AGU Honors: Tips, Tools, and Tactics. There will be an icebreaker on Monday at 6-8 PM and a networking reception…

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is hosting the ESWN Leadership Board this week! Come join us for many amazing events! If you can’t make it in person, you can still watch the webcast of the Weston Roundtable discussion. We look forward to seeing many of you in Madison! Thursday, November 20 9:00-12:00 and 1:30-3:00 You can…

Press Coverage: Press Release from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Press Release from Brown University New Non-Profit Launches to Promote Women in Science Press Contacts:  Prof. Tracey Holloway, taholloway@wisc.edu Cell 608.443.6678  Prof. Meredith Hastings, Meredith_Hastings@brown.edu Cell 206.778.9656   PRESS RELEASE – Wednesday, October 8, 2014   Rarely is a new non-profit organization born with an international…

Long-time ESWN Member Tami Bond has been awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship. MacArthur fellows are “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction”(MacArthur Foundation). Tami is an environmental engineer and professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research is aimed at understanding…

Four female scientists were recently honored by the American Geophysical Union. Congratulations! Jessica Tierney is a 2014 James B. Macelwane Medal Winner. This medal is conferred to outstanding early career scientists in recognition of significant contributions to the geophysical sciences. Dr. Tierney is an Assistant Scientist and lead PI of the Molecular Paleoclimatology group at…