UW Earth & Space Sciences

INT SCI 403 autumn class offering

uwess — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:51:58 +0000

INT SCI 403 is a new class being offered in the fall that looks at scientific processes and ways sciences interacts with politics and religion.

INTSCI_403.pdf

Apply now for AAAS Emerging Leaders program

uwess — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:25:07 +0000

Dear Graduate and Professional Students at the University of Washington,
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> This past fall, many of you participated in an online signature drive in support of a new professional development program for graduate and professional students who are eager to contribute to solutions to real-world problems. We submitted enough signatures to earn the University of Washington an invitation to become one of only four founding partner campuses for this competitive, national program.

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> Emerging Leaders in Science and Society (ELISS) is now recruiting graduate and professional student volunteers from ALL fields – including professional programs like law and medicine, natural and social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the arts – for this competitive (2-5 fellows per campus), extra-curricular (2-5 hours per week), year-long (Jan – Dec 2014) experience. To be eligible, you must be enrolled in a graduate or professional program through at least the end of 2014 and complete a short pre-application by June 15, 2013. See our website for more information and to apply: www.aaas.org/eliss.

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> ELISS fellows will collaborate with students from other campuses and at home to gather expertise from your communities to illuminate the causes and potential courses of action to address a societal challenge in one of our theme areas: Energy & Environment or Health & Wellbeing. Fellows will create an online resource; organize events in their home communities; and attend a final briefing in Washington D.C. In return, fellows will gain leadership skills, join a diverse and dynamic professional network, and identify opportunities to contribute to society throughout their professional and civic lives. ELISS will provide training, tools, mentors, and funds to support fellows’ initiatives and leadership development.

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> ELISS is hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which publishes Science magazine,and is supported in part by the University of Washington’s Graduate School. Please help us spread the word to graduate and professional students across campus, and join the UW ELISS google group to participate in an online exchange with other student leaders at UW who are eager to change the world eliss-uw. If you have any questions, please email us at UW.

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> See our website for more information: www.aaas.org/eliss. If you are not eligible to apply for ELISS, but would like to contribute to the program, please fill out this volunteer interest survey http://bit.ly/ZD8Ukz.

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> Sincerely,
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> Jaclyn Saunders, Nisha Randhava, and Stephanie Cruz
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> ELISS Liaisons to UW
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> Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/EmergingLeadersInScienceSociety
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> Department of Anthropology
> Program in Sociocultural Anthropology
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Adam Campbell Townhall Talk

uwess — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:04:05 +0000

We want to let everyone know that Adam Campbell will be giving a talk at Townhall Seattle on Wednesday May 22 at 6:00pm. The title of his talk is, "How did life survive the snowball?" Tickets are $5 but FREE if you are a UW student with ID. These talks are part of the UW Engage program series.
I hope to see as many of you as can attend either of these events.

Links:
My talk at Townhall Seattle
Townhall Seattle Website
UW Engage

DO-IT Student Hourly Office Assistant Position

uwess — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:34:54 +0000

Now Hiring Student Office Assistants

Department: DO-IT, College of Engineering

Job Title: Student Hourly Office Assistant

Location: 4545 15th Ave NE

Take advantage of this great opportunity to build your resume, support people with disabilities, and work on campus for an award-winning program!

DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) supports people with disabilities to succeed in college and careers. We are hiring detail-oriented, computer-savvy, self-motivated undergraduates with excellent customer service skills and Macintosh experience. Duties include reception, office support, word processing, data entry, desktop publishing, and much more in a team-oriented environment.

Work 12-19.5 hours/week (more hours usually available during breaks and summer). Shifts available Mon-Fri, 9:00AM-5:15PM. Must be enrolled for at least 6 credits Fall Quarter and able to commit for a year or more. $10.50/ hr to start.

For a complete job description and application instructions, visit this website:

http://www.washington.edu/uwit/employment/sjobs.html#doit_assistant

For more information, contact Laura Roy, lhyndman.

Tomorrow (05/16): Free Public Lecture – “Are We Alone?: Searching for Earth’s Twin”

uwess — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:31:22 +0000

Tomorrow evening, UW Astrobiology presents:

Are We Alone? : Searching for Earth’s Twin
Jon Jenkins, NASA’s Kepler Mission

When: Thursday, May 16, 2013 – 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm)
Where: 120 Kane Hall, University of Washington

For the past four years, NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has been searching for Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like stars in the “habitable zone”—where liquid water could exist on a planet and perhaps support alien biology. Exquisitely precise monitoring of 200,000 stars has revealed more than 2700 probable planets, of which 122 have been independently confirmed. The most recent discoveries include a planetary system with five planets, of which two are in the habitable zone, and have diameters of 1.4 and 1.7 times that of Earth. Dr. Jenkins will also give a brief overview of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), NASA’s next mission to detect Earth’s closest cousins.

This event is FREE and open to the public! Please join us!

POE Capstone Symposium

uwess — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:31:53 +0000

Please distribute the flyer widely! Thanks and have a great day!

Julie Johnston
Undergraduate Adviser
Program on the Environment
University of Washington
Wallace Hall 012 [map]
E: j6.1208
PoE Blog Calendar

New AAAS fellowship opportunity for graduate students combining science & public policy

uwess — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:21:31 +0000

Dear Graduate and Professional Students at the University of Washington,

This past fall, many of you participated in an online signature drive in support of a new professional development program for graduate and professional students who are eager to contribute to solutions to real-world problems. We submitted enough signatures to earn the University of Washington an invitation to become one of only four founding partner campuses for this competitive, national program.

Emerging Leaders in Science and Society (ELISS) is now recruiting graduate and professional student volunteers from ALL fields – including professional programs like law and medicine, natural and social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the arts – for this competitive (2-5 fellows per campus), extra-curricular (2-5 hours per week), year-long (Jan – Dec 2014) experience. To be eligible, you must be enrolled in a graduate or professional program through at least the end of 2014 and complete a short pre-application by June 15,2013. See our website for more information and to apply: www.aaas.org/eliss.

ELISS fellows will collaborate with students from other campuses and at home to gather expertise from your communities to illuminate the causes and potential courses of action to address a societal challenge in one of our theme areas: Energy & Environment or Health & Wellbeing. Fellows will create an online resource; organize events in their home communities; and attend a final briefing in Washington D.C. In return, fellows will gain leadership skills, join a diverse and dynamic professional network, and identify opportunities to contribute to society throughout their professional and civic lives. ELISS will provide training, tools, mentors, and funds to support fellows’ initiatives and leadership development.

ELISS is hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),which publishes Science magazine, and is supported in part by the University of Washington’s Graduate School. Please help us spread the word to graduate and professional students across campus, and join the UW ELISS google group to participate in an online exchange with other student leaders at UW who are eager to change the world eliss-uw. If you have any questions, please email us at UW.

See our website for more information: www.aaas.org/eliss. If you are not eligible to apply for ELISS, but would like to contribute to the program, please fill out this volunteer interest surveyhttp://bit.ly/ZD8Ukz.

Sincerely,

Jaclyn Saunders, Nisha Randhava, and Stephanie Cruz

ELISS Liaisons to UW

Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/EmergingLeadersInScienceSociety

Climate and health discourse project

uwess — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:20:59 +0000

I am the lead investigator on a new project sponsored by the University of Washington’s School of Public Health, “Expanding Climate Change Discourse in Washington State”. Numerous studies have documented the harmful consequences that a changing climate may bring to our state. We hope to address the importance of public engagement on this issue. The purpose of our project is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of different strategies designed to promote a meaningful discussion of climate change in rural regions of Washington State.

We need your help in identifying promising students in your program/school who would participate in student-community leader teams in rural communities. Students should 1) be informed about climate change, 2) have a strong ties to a rural Washington community, and 3) be willing to make an 10-month commitment to the project.

Benefits to students include course credit (independent study) and opportunities to work with university and community leaders locally and statewide. Most of the work will be conducted in the student’s rural community. Students will be reimbursed for travel expenses. Duration of student involvement is from June 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014.

A project description for students is attached. A flyer for posting is also attached.

To apply, please have students email their resume/CV and a cover letter (indicating interest in joining this project) to Dr. Victoria Breckwich Vásquez at vbreck. Deadline: May 31, 2013.

For more information, please contact me or Dr. Breckwich Vásquez:

Victoria Breckwich Vásquez, DrPH, MPH, MA – Project Coordinator

Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety & Health Center

University of Washington School of Public Health

vbreck (206) 478-3024

Thanks for your help.

Rich

Richard Fenske, PhD, MPH

Professor

Dept of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

University of Washington School of Public Health

Box 357234

Seattle, WA 98195

206-543-0916 (office)

206-616-2687 (fax)

ClimateCh_StudentProjectDesc.pdf

ClimateCh_PostingFlyer.pdf

Officer elections!

uwess — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:19:35 +0000

GeoClubbers,

So far I have NOBODY running for officer positions! This is your club; if you want to see it keep going next year, please consider running for a position, and email me asap! All I need from you is your name, the position you’re running for, and why (and a photo if you can).

Cheers,
Taryn

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Taryn Black wrote:

Hi GeoClubbers,

Elections for 2013-2014 GeoClub officers are next week! We will meet on Tuesday, May 14 at 5:30pm in JHN 127 to hear candidates speak and then hold a vote. If you can’t make it to the meeting, absentee ballots will be available in the mailroom (JHN 065) and will be due by 5pm on Friday, May 17. We will send out statements from the candidates prior to the meeting so you know who is running and can think about who you want to vote for.

If you would like to run for an officer position, please email me a statement including:

Your name and year

What position you are running for

A paragraph explaining why you think you are a good candidate for the position.

A photo of you (at least your face)

The officer positions are:

President (contact Taryn Black for questions, teblack)

Vice President (contact Katie Herr for questions, katherr4)

Secretary (contact Kim Smith for questions, ksmith18)

Treasurer (contact Habibah Yusoff for questions, hhmy)

Looking forward to welcoming the new set of officers!

Cheers,

Taryn Black

DUE 5/21: Undergraduate nominations for Excellence in Teaching Award

uwess — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:16:05 +0000

Who inspires you?

The UW’s Tolo Chapter of Mortar Board invites all undergraduates to nominate an outstanding professor who has inspired and has made exceptional contributions towards the education of UW undergraduates.

Mortar Board’s Excellence in Teaching Award annually recognizes an extraordinary professor who has proven to be particularly dedicated to the intellectual success of undergraduates. Over the years, selected professors have represented a diversity of academic departments.

All nominations for the 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award must be received by Tuesday, May 21, at 5 pm. A nomination form is attached to this announcement.

Nominations are submitted through Catalyst at this link:

catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/mortarbd/201457

The oldest continuing national honor society at the University of Washington,

Mortar Board recognizes college seniors for distinguished ability and

achievement in scholarship, leadership, and service. Mortar Board, Tolo Chapter, was founded at the University of Washington in 1909, is the oldest continuing honor society on campus, and has included numerous distinguished alumni.

For more information, e-mail Mortar Board, Tolo Chapter, at

mortarbd or visit the website at https://sites.google.com/site/uwtolo/

Thank you very much

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Amanda Tanadinata University of Washington
BS Biochemistry/ BA Chemistry

Cell: (206) 619-9570
Email: antuw