❄️👀US-SCAR is planning to host a series of online public workshops with NSF Antarctic Sciences and would like feedback from the US Antarctic Community on topics of interest. 🗓️Please respond by March 20, 2024. ➡️docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Want to work in the polar world but not sure if academia is for you? There's alternatives to conducting research and science - APECS Germany recently held a webinar on this very topic. Here's the of key take-away points: apecs-germany.de/event-summary-…

Extended until March 15!

We are pleased to announce the release of the ARCUS Annual Report for 2023. Get to know the researchers who make up the ARCUS community and discover the range of activities that have defined our collective efforts over the past year. Read it at arcus.org/publications/3…

Dr. Diana Wall, famed ecologist and Tyler Prize recipient, began working in the Dry Valleys in the late 1980s and was a co-PI of the project from 1993 to 2016. She touched the lives of many generations of students, postdocs, and scientists in MCM LTER. She is sorely missed.

Jane Willenbring was the first to blow the whistle on sexual harassment and assault in Antarctica. Years later, women are still coming forward with tales of horror as a government investigation unfolds. wired.trib.al/cxF00iG

Successfully defended my master’s thesis today! 🇦🇶

Woohoo! Denise is my first graduate student and I’m so proud of her for this amazing accomplishment!!

Confirmed: Dragonfly is a GO! 🚁 🪐 NASA’s #DragonflyMission to Saturn’s moon Titan has been confirmed, enabling the ocean world mission to progress through its final design to construction, testing and launch in 2028. jhuapl.link/ejc NASA Solar System NASA Astrobiology: Exploring Life in the Universe

It takes more time, but I mark-up all HWs/exams, quickly review the marking for consistency, then go through and assign grades once I get a feel for how the class did on each question. Helps me get rid of fatigue bias in grading. Curious what others do!

🚨New postdoc position in my lab!! Part of a new #NASA IDS project with Kevin Peter Hand, Catherine Colello Walker and Chris German, we're hiring a postdoc for research at the ice-ocean interface. Help spread the word! Network for Ocean Worlds (NOW) Future Leaders of Ocean Worlds ARCUS @arctic osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job…

Ohio State student protesters are being arrested for “criminal trespassing” on our South Oval, a public outdoor space we use every day for gathering, studying, playing, and relaxing. #OhioState

We're still accepting applications for this position! Please share broadly with your networks and reach out with any questions :)

Proud advisor moment 🥹 My two advisees are going to grad school! Denise Mondragon (she/her) was accepted for a PhD with me The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences, with a university fellowship! And Sofia Vakhutinsky will start a MS UW Atmospheric and Climate Science, continuing a legacy of success through #AGUBridgeProgram!

Congratulations to one of our newest co-PIs, Hilary Dugan Hilary Dugan, for winning the ASLO 2024 Yentsch-Schindler Award! Celebrate Dr. Dugan at the ASLO summer meeting in Madison this week! aslo.org/aslo-awards/20…

Lots of cool science from McMurdo LTER this week! US LTER

Usually I don’t talk about stuff like this because frankly it happens way too often. But not today… As I pulled into the same faculty parking lot that I park in all the time Mississippi State, a white woman was coming out of my office building. Her car was parked next to the space I

Diana Wall's commitment to the next generation continues through a generous gift 🐛 source.colostate.edu/diana-walls-le… #nematodes #ecology

This absolutely DOES NOT reflect the sentiments of most faculty at OSU. Shameful.

➕ Peter Crockford (Peter Crockford), Melisa Diaz (Melisa Diaz) and Oliver Warr (Oliver Warr) will join the Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration program. cifar.ca/cifarnews/2025…