
An Undergraduate Computer Science Major Engages in Interdisciplinary Research on Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Modeling
Written by Ayush Nag. Ayush is now a software engineer at SpaceX Starlink.
The Southern Ocean is a large part of the global carbon cycle and phytoplankton play a key role by converting CO2 to organic carbon, which can be transported to the deep ocean.
ComSciCon-PNW: A local science communication workshop for graduate students
ComSciCon-PNW is one of multiple chapter conferences around the country that stem from the ComSciCon national conference, a science communication workshop for graduate students which has been held annually in Cambridge, MA since 2013. This conference is a unique professional development program that is organized by and for STEM graduate students.
Read morePaleoclimate Constraints on Future Climate: A Graduate Student Reflection on the 2025 PCC Summer Institute
by Sophia Ludtke, Graduate Student, University of Washington Earth and Space Sciences
Has paleoclimate genuinely changed our understanding of modern day climate?
With an animated pre-Summer Institute paper discussion this past August, my PhD journey at UW began.
Starting graduate school with an immersion in current thinking on paleoclimate via three days spent at Friday Harbor Laboratories attending the Summer Institute felt fitting.





