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Events, Workshops

Climate Science Communication Workshop

Following on the September PCC Summer Institute “Extreme Events and their Attribution to Climate Change,” the Program on Climate Change is hosting a related science communication workshop–Communication Hazards: Causes and Consequences of Extreme Events–on Thursday November 19 from 3:30-5pm in Life Sciences Building Room 401.  Sign-up is required, as only 30 seats are available.  UW graduate students are our primary target audience, with some space for interested postdocs, and fewer spots for others.  

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Blog Post, Events

My First Third Thursday

Attending events that are more tailored to graduate students was not on my undergraduate experience bingo card.  However, serving as the Program on Climate Change (PCC) Undergraduate Assistant has welcomed me to a diverse, yet like-minded community I am thrilled to socialize with whenever the chance arises. I got this chance last Thursday (10/15/26) at the Third Thursday Event hosted by the PCC Graduate Steering Committee (P-GraSC).  

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Blog Post, Outreach, PGraSC

Join the new PCC Peer Interdisciplinary Climate Lab (PICL)

The Program on Climate Change Graduate Steering Committee (P-GraSC) is excited to launch the Peer Interdisciplinary Climate Lab (i.e., PICL). This is a new peer community for PCC-affiliated/interested graduate students and postdocs working on climate-related research. What is PICL? PICL is a cohort-based group (up to 20 participants) that will meet once per quarter to share in-progress research, build cross-disciplinary connections, and sharpen communication skills. 

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Events, Graduate Climate Conference, Outreach

Graduate Climate Conference Public Session

The Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) brings together graduate student researchers from around the United States and the globe to connect and share their research with fellow students. This year, attendees have the opportunity to share their research with a broader audience at a public session and share their work on topics ranging from atmospheric dynamics to paleoclimate to climate adaptation in a warming world. 

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People, Undergraduate Cohort

A Reflection on Climate, Education, and Community

Hi! For those of you I haven’t met, I’m Elise, the departing Program for Climate Change (PCC) undergraduate assistant and a graduating senior in oceanography. I’ve been working in the PCC for the last three years, and during that time I’ve learned and grown a lot. I started at UW as a transfer student during my sophomore year. I moved to Seattle not knowing a single person. 

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Blog Post, Gifts

Exploring Climate Data and Technology with Frontline Communities

Western Washington has experienced several climate-related events over the last few years, such as the 2021 heatwave and flooding this past December. However, experiences of these events are not evenly distributed across the population. Frontline communities, including people of color and low-income communities, experience climate change and environmental hazards first and worst. Community organizations like Front and Centered, a coalition of community of color-led groups across Washington state that work towards a just transition, environmental justice, and climate justice, work to make sure frontline communities are equipped to advocate for their needs and build power. 

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Announcements, Blog Post, Fellowships, Gifts

2025/2026 Graubard Fellowship Awards

Graduate fellowship awards to students working on climate are a part of the PCC’s identity.  The first fellowships were awarded in 2002 to incoming graduate students in the natural sciences.  Twenty years later, in 2022, a gift from William Calvin and Katherine Graubard brought new energy to the program with the establishment of the Graubard Fellowship.  We can now also support students working on climate-related problems in departments across campus who are in need of support to complete their PhDs. 

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Blog Post, GCeCS Capstone

Hope in Practice: My Climate Story

My climate story started when I was seven or eight. We had a huge snowfall—feet of snow. Our neighbor’s white dog got lost in it, and playing outside with my family was the best thing I knew (never fear, we found the dog hiding under our other neighbor’s basement fridge). Over the next decade, snow became less frequent. Sometimes just a dusting. 

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Blog Post, Events, Outreach, PGraSC

Building Climate Community One Coffee Chat at a Time

This past spring, P-GraSC launched a Coffee Chat matching program for graduate students and postdocs to help foster one-on-one conversations, build a stronger sense of PCC community, and encourage climate-focused collaboration across the natural and social sciences.  Despite shared interests in broader climate-related questions, many grad students and postdocs rarely have opportunities for informal conversations outside the academic and social circles of their department. 

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Blog Post, Undergraduate Cohort

UCo: Heading Outside!

This quarter the PCC Undergraduate Cohort, UCo, spent time building community, connections with nature, and professional portfolios. As spring sprung, we headed outside on Earth Day with Beautify UDub for a campus clean-up. Joining this event helped build our greater campus presence and connection with undergraduate students and environmental student organizations. We worked together to reduce litter and joined in conversation about the Earth and climate.  

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