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A Recap of the 2024 Spring Symposium
The Program on Climate Change (PCC) community gathered for the annual Spring Symposium highlighting undergrad and grad student research. The event was hosted by the PCC Graduate Steering Committee (P-GraSC) on the evening of Thursday, May 2nd in the Ocean Sciences Building. The event began with P-GraSC introductions and updates on past and upcoming events, like the City Nature Challenge and the Schooner Series.
Read moreUCo: Grad School Explained Panel
The PCC Undergraduate Cohort (UCo) hosted a “Grad School Explained” session on the afternoon of Monday, April 29th, 2024. This event was formed to supply undergraduate students interested in climate grad school with the opportunity to learn more about the process and connect with current climate grad students to ask questions. Hosted in the Life Sciences Building, the event began with Pagliacci pizza and time to socialize with fellow undergrads.
Read moreClimate Change at the Poles: An Overview of the 2023 PCC Summer Institute
The Arctic has warmed four times faster than the lower latitudes over the historic record whereas warming and sea ice loss in polar regions of the Southern Hemisphere has been limited until very recent years. These hemispherically asymmetric trends in observed polar climate challenge our basic understanding of atmospheric, oceanic and cryospheric processes contributing to climate change and their representation in the climate models used to predict future climate change.
Read moreA Wonderful 2024 Winter Welcome
This year’s annual Winter Welcome was held on Wednesday, March 6th beginning at 5pm in the Fisheries Science Building. We were excited to have all PCC Directors, past and present, in attendance. Don’t know who they are? Look to Jim Murray, Chris Bretherton, LuAnne Thompson, Cecilia Bitz and Becky Alexander. We are also very thankful to have such a wonderful turnout from our PCC community, from board members, faculty, and researchers, to grad students, undergrads, and even some alumni.
Read morePathways to Climate Careers: The Undergraduate Cohort Career Panel
Climate Sciences is a growing field seeing expansion in both educational and career pathways. This growth is seen within UW as more and more students partake in climate change courses, programs, and research. As education in environmental and climate sciences expands, knowing where to take a climate education beyond college is important. To address this, UCo, The PCC’s Undergraduate Cohort, hosted the “Careers in Climate Panel.” The panel, hosted on the evening of Tuesday, February 13th, featured professionals currently working in climate-focused careers, including UW and PCC alumni.
Read moreBecky Alexander, PCC Director, giving the Future Horizons in Climate Science lecture at AGU next week
Becky Alexander, professor of atmospheric sciences, and director of the UW Program on Climate Change, was awarded the AGU Future Horizons in Climate Science-Turco Lectureship for 2023. Her lecture, “The role of short-lived climate forcing agents in past and future climate change” is scheduled for next Wed (Dec. 13, 2023) at the AGU’s fall meeting. Get there early to get a seat!
Read moreThe Undergraduate Cohort: Back and Bigger Than Ever
As we enter the Program on Climate Change Undergraduate Cohort‘s (UCo) third official year, it is amazing to reflect on how far we have come. What began simply as an interest survey has now blossomed into a Cohort of students dedicated to sharing, learning, and developing together into a new, informed generation of climate scientists at the University of Washington. That newfound connection was underscored at the UCo’s kickoff meeting, on 9/26, which drew over 40 attendees from across the college and university.
Read moreThe First Annual Spring Welcome: The Best of Both Worlds
The Program on Climate Change (PCC) community came together on the evening of Wednesday, April 5th for a Spring Welcome event, a combination of our Winter Welcome and Spring Symposium. Over 90 students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, and staff turned out for the event to socialize, talk about research, and listen to a set of short talks by graduate students and postdoctoral scholars over refreshments.
Read morePCC Undergraduate Cohort Hosts Professional Development Workshop!
Although tourists were flocking to the Quad to see the Sakura trees in bloom on a gorgeously sunny day, members of the PCC Undergraduate Cohort were there for a different reason. During a sunny afternoon on 4/2, the UCo gathered on the third floor of Smith Hall, a room with a lovely aerial view of the cherry blossoms that certainly enhanced the atmosphere of the professional development workshop they were hosting.
Read moreSolutions to Climate Change: “UW Grad Students in Hot Pursuit" Schooner Series draws a full house at Bickersons Brewhouse
The PCC Graduate Student Steering Committee (P-GraSC) hosted a winter Schooner Series event in collaboration with Cascadia Climate Action focused on climate solutions at Bickersons Brewhouse in Ballard on March 8, 2023. The Schooner Series started as an offshoot of the popular Climate Science on Tap from Cascadia Climate Action, a member of the regional CascadiaNow! nonprofit family. This month’s Schooner featured three presentations and a subsequent panel discussion under the theme “Solutions to Climate Change: UW Grad Students in Hot Pursuit”.
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