<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>DIALOG and DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>01/06/2006</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF"><B><I>************************************</I></B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0020FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>RESOURCES</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>MPOWIR (Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention)</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>MPOWIR is a community effort to increase the retention of women with Ph.D.s in physical oceanography in all job sectors. To meet this objective, we are designing a community mentoring program with the support of NSF and ONR. To learn more about MPOWIR, please visit <A href="http://www.mpowir.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.mpowir.org</FONT></SPAN></A>.<B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>New NSF Centers Encourage Collaboration Between Ocean Scientists, Educators</B></DIV><B></B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr06001"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr06001</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B>NSF Releases Solicitation for IGERT Program - The National Science Foundation has released a revised solicitation for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)</B>.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06525"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06525</FONT></SPAN></A>.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0020FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>SCIENCE NEWS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Next big tsunami may hit US west coast from, Expressindia.com</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60471">http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60471</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Global Warming Can Trigger Extreme Ocean, Climate Changes (NSF news release)</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr06003"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr06003</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Tiny Marine Organisms Reflect Ocean Warming</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr06004"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr06004</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P><B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Report: Great Lakes near ecological breakdown</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B></B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)<B></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0020FF"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001EFF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN><B>12th PhD Workshop on International Climate Policy – April 28-29, 2006 - </B><B>Groningen, The Netherlands.</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)<B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Inaugural Science Communication Postgraduate Conference
Science and the Public</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B>Cutting-Edge Workshops for new Geoscience Faculty and Postdocs</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>JOBS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Postdoc, Investigating Estuarine Threshold Dynamics, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)<B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Science News</B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Report: Great Lakes near ecological breakdown</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CNN, Thursday, December 8, 2005 Posted: 2046 GMT (0446 HKT)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>FACT BOX<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>THE GREAT LAKES<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Great Lakes are: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You can remember the names of all five by thinking of the word HOMES which takes the first letter of each lake to make the word.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lake Superior is the largest lake.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Great Lakes provide the largest supply of fresh water on the Earth.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A series of dams, lakes and rivers connect the five lakes.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You could travel on Lake Superior from Duluth, Minnesota, and get all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Source: NASA<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Stresses from polluted rivers to invasive species threaten to trigger an ecological breakdown in the Great Lakes, a group of scientists hoping to sway U.S. environmental policy said Thursday.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Seventy-five scientists who study the world's largest collective body of fresh water released their report on the myriad problems that need cleanup or restoration ahead of two key policy announcements next week.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"This is just a critical period for the Great Lakes," Andy Buchsbaum, director of the National Wildlife Federation's Great Lakes office, said about next week's announcements.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A task force comprising federal agencies, Congress, local government officials and regional Indian tribes is scheduled to release its much-anticipated final plan for preserving the Great Lakes requested by President Bush in 2004.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The body's preliminary report in July recommended $20 billion in federal, state and private funding over 15 years to upgrade antiquated municipal sewer systems, restore 500,000 acres of wetlands, clean polluted harbors and bays, and pay for other efforts.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But a federal oversight group subsequently suggested to the White House that the budget was too tight to allow additional funding. Federal spending on Great Lakes cleanup over the past decade was $800 million, according to the Government Accountability Office.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">After the task force releases its plan Monday, governors representing U.S. states and Canadian provinces that border the Great Lakes will announce revisions to century-old rules that restrict water withdrawals and diversions from the lakes.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">More than 30 million people rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water, and large-scale diversions to far-off states or countries have been forbidden.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Threats to the Great Lakes are converging, scientists who worked on the report said.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"There's widespread agreement that the Great Lakes are under tremendous stress," said Alfred Beeton of the University of Michigan. "Toxic substances ... overfishing, invasive species, changes in hydrology affecting rivers -- now we can add the effects of global climate change.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"These have been dealt with individually. What we need to do is look at the ecosystem -- the combination of stresses," Beeton said. "Historical sources of stress have combined with new ones and we have arrived at a tipping point. What we mean is that ecosystem changes will occur rapidly and unexpectedly."<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The report emphasized the need for large-scale ecosystem restoration and not piecemeal efforts, coauthor Don Scavia said. Particularly important was preserving or restoring shoreline "buffer zones," such as wetlands and lake tributaries to help the lakes heal themselves.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"These are the key areas for filtering the contaminants that enter the lakes. It's also where most of the wildlife habitat is," Scavia said.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Shoreline pollution that fouls Great Lakes beaches is extending into the middle of some of the five Great Lakes, sudden drops in oxygen levels in the water threaten native species, and native fish have been crowded out by invasive species that have changed the character of the lakes, the scientists added.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Helvetica"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN><B>12th PhD Workshop on International Climate Policy – April 28-29, 2006 - Groningen, The Netherlands.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This Workshop is organised by the European PhD Network on International Climate Policy, which is an independent scientific community. As a vital part of the network, the PhD candidates meet twice a year for a workshop session which gives them the opportunity to present their theses and discuss them with other PhD students and scientists working in the area of climate policy.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This workshop is organised by the European Ph.D. Network on International Climate Policy, which is an independent scientific community. It is open to Ph.D. students and researchers from all disciplines working on different aspects of International Climate Policy. As a vital part of the network, the Ph.D. candidates meet twice a year for a workshop session which gives them the opportunity to present their theses and discuss them with other Ph.D. students and scientists working in the area of climate policy.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">The purpose of the workshop is<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>to offer Ph.D. candidates a forum to present their research ideas and results,<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>to provide them with valuable feedback from other scientists,<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>to encourage information exchange and mutual assistance among the members.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The broad range of research topics may inspire the participants’ own research, thereby creating a more fertile research environment.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The meeting will be hosted by the research institute SOM of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Groningen (<A href="http://som.rug.nl/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://som.rug.nl</FONT></SPAN></A>) and the Energy Delta Research Center (<A href="http://www.rug.nl/edrec/index"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.rug.nl/edrec/index</FONT></SPAN></A>). Both days of the event will take place in the Conference Center “Het Kasteel“ (<A href="http://www.hetkasteel.com/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.hetkasteel.com</FONT></SPAN></A>)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Participation:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Conference language: English.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Registration deadline: 28th February 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For registration please send an email to Vlasis Oikonomou <A href="file://localhost/x-msg/::32:v.oikonomou@rug.nl"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">v.oikonomou@rug.nl</FONT></SPAN></A> and inform directly about whether you want to present or not the presentation title and the general field of work your discipline (e.g. economics, law, engineering,...)<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">your actual working status (beginning, intermediate, advanced).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submission of presentations (or papers) by 31st March 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No registration fee. Due to our organisation form we are not able to give any financial support to the participants.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Looking forward to meeting you in Groningen<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Best regards, Vlasis Oikonomou - SOM, Department of Economics, University of Groningen - <A href="http://som.rug.nl/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://som.rug.nl</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Office: Olympiakade 14-2, 1076XP, Amsterdam<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tel: +31 206625340<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mob: +31 645380712<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fax: +31 205254254<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Email: <A href="mailto:v.oikonomou@rug.nl"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">v.oikonomou@rug.nl</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Inaugural Science Communication Postgraduate Conference
Science and the Public:</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Interdisciplinary approaches
Saturday May 20th 2006, Imperial College, London
CALL FOR PAPERS
This day-long postgraduate conference has been organised by Imperial College and the London
PUS Seminar Group to help bring together researchers from the disparate strands of academia that
consider science as it exists and influences public life.
We hope to attract delegates from a wide variety of disciplines; bringing together researchers from
science and technology studies, science communication, history, cultural studies, psychology,
anthropology, literary criticism, education, museum studies, sociology, media studies, policy
studies, geography and others.
Abstracts for submission of a 20-minute paper around the topic of science and the public are
welcomed from research postgraduate students in any field. Abstracts should be no longer than
300 words and emailed to <A href="mailto:scienceandpublic@googlemail.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">scienceandpublic@googlemail.com</FONT></SPAN></A> by 1st March 2006. Enquires to
<A href="mailto:alice.bell@imperail.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">alice.bell@imperail.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A> or <A href="mailto:sarah.davies@imperial.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">sarah.davies@imperial.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A>.
The conference fee is £10 and there may be travel grants available to those giving papers (details
will follow).
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Alice Bell BSc MA
PhD Student
Science Communication Group
Imperial College London - South Ken & Wye Campus
<A href="mailto:alice.bell@imperial.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">alice.bell@imperial.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><B>Cutting-Edge Workshops for new Geoscience Faculty and Postdocs</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I'm pleased to announce the 2006 series of workshops for current and future geoscience faculty. These workshops are part of the professional development program, On the Cutting Edge, which is funded by a grant from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>THE EARLIEST APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 16, 2006. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our website provides more information about the various workshops and gives the deadline for each workshop - Most or all of the on-site workshop expenses (including lodging and meals) are covered for the workshops; participants or their departments pay for their travel to the workshop. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/workshops.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/workshops.html</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WORKSHOPS FOR FACULTY<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Teaching Sedimentary Geology in the 21st Century, July 14-19. 2006, University of Utah. Co-conveners: Heather Macdonald, Kathy Benison, Margie Chan, Tom Hickson, and Chris Paola. Co-sponsor: National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NOTE - APPLICATION DEADLINE JAN 16<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Discoveries from Mars: Using a Planetary Perspective to Enhance Undergraduate Geoscience Courses (emerging theme workshop), April 27-29, 2006, Arizona State University. Co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Philip Christensen, Ronald Greeley, Tracy Gregg, and Eric Grosfils<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Early Career Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career, June 7-12, 2006, College of William and Mary. Co-conveners: Heather Macdonald, Richelle Allen-King, and Richard Yuretich <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences, July 31-August 4, 2006 (on-line workshop): May 31-June 4, 2006 College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA (virtual workshop). Co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury and William Hirt <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Teaching Public Policy in the Earth Sciences (emerging theme workshop), April 20-23, 2006, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, Co-conveners: David Mogk and Cathy O'Riordan (AGU). Co-sponsor: American Geophysical Union<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Teaching Climate Change: Lessons from the Past, August 14-15, 2006, Montana State University. Co-conveners: David Mogk, Allan Ashworth, Sheri Fritz, and Cathy Whitlock. Co-sponsors:AMQUA and INQUA<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>WORKSHOP FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences: A Workshop for Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellows, July 27-30, 2006, Stanford University. Co-conveners: Cathryn Manduca and Robyn Wright Dunbar<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We also have a rich set of resources on a wide range of topics and I encourage you to look at those resources as well. <A href="http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/index.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/index.html</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Jobs</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><B>Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to: </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</SPAN></FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> Or, visit </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FC">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> and click on 'Join this group'</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Postdoc, Investigating Estuarine Threshold Dynamics, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The position is on a project investigating threshold dynamics of shallow-water estuarine communities of the southern New England and how the distribution of distinct, easily recognized alternate communities can be used to develop and measure the success of management decisions on local to regional scales. We seek a candidate with a Ph.D. in estuarine/marine ecology or a related discipline. The ideal person will have broad experience in the development and use of numerical models, in the study of food web dynamics, a background in marine ecology, and a strong knowledge of benthic systems. The selected candidate will work primarily with me but will also interact with Bob Whitlatch and Roman Zajac.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The starting date is flexible but I would like to have someone in place by early summer or sooner. The appointment would be as a Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellow and for 2 years subject to a review after 1 year. The stipend includes an annual salary of $37,000 plus funds to support research and travel. I will begin screening applications soon but the position will remain open until filled. The successful candidate will be housed at SERC. A fuller description of the position can be found on the SERC website at <A href="http://www.serc.si.edu/www.serc.si.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.serc.si.edu/www.serc.si.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anyone interested or has questions should contact me as soon as they can.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Richard Osman<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Smithsonian Environmental Research Center<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>P. O. 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Susan Weiler to distribute information of potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change research, and to build an international sense of community among recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of information and opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. 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