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AGU congratulates its 2011 class of Fellows. The Fellows program recognizes AGU members who have made exceptional contributions to Earth and space sciences as valued by their peers and vetted by section and focus group committees. To qualify, the nominees must have attained acknowledged eminence in the Earth and space sciences. Primary criteria for evaluation in scientific eminence are major breakthrough/discovery and paradigm shift. This honor is bestowed on only 0.1% of the membership in any given year. The 2011 Fellows will be recognized during the Honors Ceremony at the Fall Meeting.
The deadline to nominate a Fellow for the 2012 class is 15 July. See nomination details.
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A new record for the Fall Meeting – AGU received 892 session proposals!
Conveners will be notified by 6 June if their session proposal has been accepted.
All approved sessions will be posted on the Fall Meeting site prior to the beginning of abstract submissions on 8 June.
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The AGU Board of Directors held its third meeting at AGU headquarters on 27-28 March 2011. The key outcomes of the meeting are posted on the AGU website.
Following the Board meeting, the Mission: Alignment Project (M:AP) team met to incorporate the findings from the online member survey with proposals for three organizational issues: 1) affiliation/organization of the science, 2) honors and recognition/Fellows, and 3) Council role/composition. The M:AP team is finalizing their work so the entire Council can engage in a robust dialogue about the future of AGU. Read the full report in Eos (see About AGU, Eos, 92(16), 137, 2011).
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On 31 March, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing on "Climate Change: Examining the Processes Used to Create Science and Policy". In response, AGU Executive Director Christine McEntee submitted a post to The Hill’s Congress Blog titled, “Science ÷ Politics = A Loss for Everyone”.
Read the post
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In recognition of the mutual interests among their members, leaders from AGU and the European Geosciences Union (EGU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Vienna, Austria, during the EGU General Assembly 2011. The agreement will facilitate the furthering of common goals and objectives of both organizations.
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From left to right: Christine McEntee (AGU Executive Director) - Mike McPhaden (AGU President) - Donald Bruce Dingwell (EGU President) - Philippe Courtial (EGU Executive Secretary) - Tuija Pulkkinen (EGU Vice-President)
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There are 21 Section and Focus Group Awards accepting nominations this Spring, and most have deadlines of 1 May, 15 May, or 1 June. Many of the awards support graduate and early career researchers, and all recognize outstanding work of AGU members. Nominate a colleague today.
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The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) will hold an Open Science Conference (OSC), 24-28 October 2011, in Denver, Colorado, with the theme of “Climate Research in Service to Society”. The conference will commemorate the 30th anniversary of WCRP. AGU is pleased to be a sponsor of this conference, and will be extending memberships to the winners of the student awards.
Learn more about the conference
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Want to read Eos before the cover date? Eos is posted online late Monday afternoons (Eastern time). When you subscribe to the Eos E-alert service, you'll get an e-mail message as soon as Eos "goes live." Sign up today!
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AGU’s Public Information (PI) department offered free science communication training for attendees at the Chapman Conference on Climates, Past Landscapes, and Civilizations, 21-25 March in Santa Fe, New Mexico. PI staff taught three 2-hour workshops during the week of the conference: “How journalists work and how scientists can (successfully) cooperate with them”, “Online outreach to the public: Using social media to communicate science”, and “Talking science.” At these seminars, the participants learned practical tips, from preparing and acing a media interview to describing their science in less than 2 minutes (and on camera!).
Learn more about the workshops
View conference and field trip photos
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Eos delivery, access to the Member Directory, and eligibility to submit an abstract to the Fall Meeting are just some of the reasons to keep your membership status active. Renew today!
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Editor’s Assistant Lauren Lee led an
effort among AGU staff to create origami paper cranes in a show of support for those impacted by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. On the one month anniversary of the events, 11 April, AGU staff members delivered 1000 paper cranes to the Embassy of Japan.
Nobuaki Norizuki, Second Secretary in the Management and Coordination Section of the Embassy of Japan received the cranes
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Over the last few months several scientific communities have come together from around the world to convene and confer on topical, relevant, highly-targeted research in newly emerging fields.
AGU Chapman Conference on Modeling the Ionosphere/Thermosphere System
9–12 May 2011,
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
AGU Chapman Conference on Dynamics of the Earth's Radiation Belts and Inner Magnetosphere
17–22 July 2011, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
AGU Chapman Conference on The Galápagos as a Laboratory for the Earth Sciences
25–29 July 2011, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador
Abstract Submissions deadline: 28 April 2011
Travel Grant Application deadline: 28 April 2011
Advances in Lagrangian Modeling of the Atmosphere
Grindelwald, Switzerland
10 – 14 October 2011
Abstract Submissions deadline: 7 June 2011
Travel Grant Application deadline: 7 June 2011
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