Author: EES Social Media Fellow

3/2 #Colloquium: #EnergyProduction & #FishMigration in #AtlanticRivers w/ Prof #JohnWaldman

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JOHN WALDMAN of  Biology, Queens College – CUNY  on “Maybe the Twain can meet: energy production and fish migrations on Atlantic rivers” Hydroelectric power is often touted as clean energy, but this claim is true only in the narrow sense of not causing air pollution. In many places, such as the U.S. East Coast, hydroelectric dams have damaged the ecological integrity of nearly every major river and have decimated runs of migratory fish. This need not continue. Our rivers can be liberated from their concrete shackles, while also continuing to produce electricity at the site of former hydropower dams. How might …

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Spring 2017 Colloquium Schedule!

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GEOSColloquium_SPR17 February February 23, 2017 ENRIQUE CURCHITSER Environmental Science, Rutgers University “Imagining the future: towards an integrated multi-scale earth system model” March March 2, 2017 JOHN WALDMAN Room 9206 Biology, Queens College – CUNY “Maybe the Twain can meet: energy production and fish migrations on Atlantic rivers” March 9, 2017 DAVID LINDO ATICHATI Engineering Sci. & Physics, College of Staten Island – CUNY “Diagnosis of oceanographic controls on fish productivity in the South Atlantic Bight” March 16, 2017 RYAN MATHUR Geology, Juniata College “Copper isotope geochemistry: applications from archaeology to environmental geology” March 23, 2017 DEBANUJ DASGUPTA Geography, University of …

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Prof Cecilia McHugh of @GC_CUNY @QC_News @GCsciences named #OceanDiscovery Distinguished Lecturer!

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For over 20 years, the Ocean Discovery Lecture Series (formerly the Distinguished Lecturer Series) has brought the remarkable scientific results and discoveries of the International Ocean Discovery Program and its predecessor programs to academic research institutions, museums, and aquaria. Since 1991, over 750 presentations to diverse audiences have been made through the Lecture Series. We are thrilled to congratulate ESS Professor Cecilia McHugh on being named a Distinguished Lecturer for the 2017-2018 academic year!  As part of her duties Dr. McHugh will give at least 6 lectures this year on her work on Pleistocene Seismicity in New Zealand.   Abstract …

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Early Research Initiative (ERI) Archival Research Grants Deadline 3/1

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Early Research Initiative (ERI) Archival Research Grants Deadline for Applications: Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 3pm The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the following summer research grant programs to support advanced doctoral student research and travel. The Early Research Initiative Knickerbocker Award for Archival Research in American Studies is designed to support doctoral students whose projects necessitate work in archives, repositories, and special collections (public and private) during the summer of 2017. Particular attention will be given to research projects that are interdisciplinary in nature. Students need not be members of the American Studies Certificate Program in order to apply, …

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Urban Geography Workshop/Seminar Support Award RfP

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Urban Geography Workshop/Seminar Support Award Request for Proposals Urban Geography will award up to $2,000 to support a seminar series, workshop, or similar event which will bring together leading scholars to focus on a cutting-edge theme within Urban Geography. The expectation is that this award will be supported by the host department and institution either in-kind (e.g., staff time, event planning, space, scheduling, and other forms of administrative support) and/or in terms of more direct financial support. It is also hoped that the award will be used to leverage additional co-sponsors. Proposals are welcome from scholars and programs without regard …

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.@NASA GISS Summer 2017 #Internship Program Recruitment Notice due 3/1

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The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) offers paid internship opportunities to high school, undergraduate and graduate students who reside within a 50-mile radius of the institute, which is located which is located in the Upper West Side-Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City. To apply for our current and/or future NASA internship opportunities, please visit One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) webpage: https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/students/login/ The application period closes on March 1st, 2017 and are considered throughout the application period. Also, please see the information below for application instructions and requirements. Application Instructions: 1. Click here 2. Visit “Student Login/Registration” to sign …

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Seeking out individuals to partner on teach-in series #TeachIn #CERRU @QC_News

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In response to the election cycle, which feels like it’s ushering in a wave of increased intolerance and hate, we are sponsoring a Teach-In Series. CERRU vehemently feels during this time in history it’s important for all of us to work together in all of our capacities to stop the spread of intolerance and hate. Reminiscent of the 1960s Teach In Series, we would like to offer this semester long programming to provide students with accessible stories and histories of ordinary courageous organizing in the face of racism, sexism, imperialism, ableism, nationalism and so forth. It would serve as a …

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1/30: Rally for detained GC student Saira Rafiee! Today! #getsairahome

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RALLY ANNOUNCEMENT  1:00 PM, MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT – EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 225 CADMAN PLAZA EAST DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams and City University of New York (CUNY) student leaders, including members of the University Student Senate (USS) and CUNY DREAMers, will speak out in concern for Saira Rafiee, a young woman enrolled at the CUNY Graduate Center through an F1 visa who is being denied reentry into the United States due to President Donald J. Trump’s executive order banning the migration of citizens from several Muslim-majority countries; the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens resident, …

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