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Translating science into policy: the power of boiling it down
I am not the typical graduate student. Before starting graduate school, I served as a submarine officer in the Navy for seven years. While I was on active duty, I served at a command where scientists frequently briefed us on how their research would impact our work. Sitting in many of these presentations, I noticed that the scientists often spoke exclusively in technical jargon – to the extent that the military-minded decision-makers did not know what questions to ask for clarification.
Read moreGCeCS Capstone Opportunity
Posted January 26, 2017 The Northwest Climate Science Center (NW CSC) has an opportunity for a graduate student to develop a GCeCS capstone project that will help them with their ongoing climate science communication efforts. The NW CSC provides climate science support to managers of our region’s natural resources. The UW office is looking for a student interested in helping improve their communication projects while also working on a capstone project.
Read moreIf I were going to blog ….or guidelines for grad students blogging about their capstone communication
Miriam Bertram, January 23, 2017 You’ve completed your capstone project; maybe you gave a series of presentations on “The Road to Paris: Climate Change Science and Policy” or developed a lab for a high school classroom. You’ve evaluated what your audience retained or learned, written your capstone report. Now those Program on Climate Change tyrants want you to write a blog.
Read moreCongratulations to Miriam Calkins and Stephanie Rushley, awarded the new PCC interdisciplinary fellowships!
These awards are to encourage students to think across disciplinary boundaries and engage in research that is distinct from their dissertation research. Proposed research must have the support of advisors in two different departments. Two awards were made for 2017/2018. Miriam Calkins, a graduate student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) will be working on “Near future projections of heat-related workers compensation injury claims in Washington State, 2020-2050” and will be advised by Kris Ebi (Global Health), Tania Busch-Isaksen (DEOHS) and Karin Bumbaco (JISAO/State Climatologists Office).
Read moreGCC's 10th Anniversary - 93 graduate students from near and far talking and tweeting climate
GCC 2016 Summary -Greg Quetin, Atmospheric Sciences, PCC Graduate Student Representative The 10th Annual Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) was hosted between October 28th and 30th at the University of Washington Pack Forest Facility. 93 graduate students from both USA and international institutions gathered to discuss climate science, with sessions including talks and posters on “Atmospheric Dynamics, Clouds and Chemistry”, “Ocean Dynamics and Interactions”, “Biosphere Interactions”, “Biogeochemistry”, “Water, Ice, and Snow”, “Paleoclimate” and “Human Dimensions”.
Read moreEarthGames - "Climate Quest and EcoTrivia: Save the Animals"
Dargan Frierson’s EarthGames, an educational video game about the environment, is now available on iOS, Android, Mac and PC.
Read moreUW Atmos Outreach w Jeff Renner explain the Coriolis Force in a new video!
Find out what the merry-go-round misconception is.. and many other videos from UW ATMOS outreach!
Watch the Video!PCC Poster at NW Climate Conference illustrates a pathway for bringing climate data into the classroom
Engaging Students in Climate Science with Place-Based Data and Models — NWCC Poster Final 10_30
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