Awardees receive free conference registration! Three registration scholarships (valued at approximately $650/each) will be awarded to individuals, one from each of the following categories: A Cooperative Extension System employee who would be a first-time attendee of the National Urban Extension Conference. A Land Grant University (LGU) Champion. This is an individual who works within a […]
Thursday, March 28, 2019 1:30-2:30 PACCAR 202 “Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Sciences – Opportunities at the National Science Foundation”. A reception will follow. Hampton is also a professor in WSU’s School of the Environment. She was tapped to serve as the DEB division director in May 2018. Prior to her NSF appointment, Hampton served as […]
Wednesday, March 20 4:00-5:00 pm, University of Idaho Teaching and Learning Center room 122 Enjoy an opportunity to hear what makes a good story for science journalists. Learn how current events influence science journalism and join in a discussion about the challenges and opportunities for science in the media. Meet and greet starts at 3:30 […]
Ecosystem Field Studies is still accepting applications for our summer-break section of Caribbean Ecosystem Field Studies and Colorado Ecosystem Field Studies. Can you please help us by distributing the EcoFS 2019 Course Announcement (pdf), or the below copy/paste message, to undergraduate students in your department? Feel free to forward this email as well. This course […]
April 22, 2019, 11am – 2pm @ CUB Senior Ballroom The WSU Sustainability Fair is an opportunity for WSU faculty, staff, students, and affiliates to celebrate, promote, and share sustainability focused research, projects, services, operations, and projects with the WSU community. For more information and to learn about the first-ever Green Coug Award
Nominations for the first annual Green Coug Awards are open! . These awards take the time to appreciate the hard work that individuals and departments do to maintain a clean and healthy campus for students of today and tomorrow. Green Cougs are always innovating to make our campus more environmentally sustainable. Improvements come in the form […]
The community-based strategy of The Kresge Foundation’s Climate Change, Health & Equity initiative is anchored by a multi-year effort that seeks to strengthen the leadership and effectiveness of community organizations working to implement policies and practices that improve climate resilience and reduce health risks equitably. Projects funded through the community-based strategy will advance the adoption […]
30 April 2019 We support social entrepreneurs across the United States who are spearheading game-changing solutions to our society’s most urgent challenges. • Up to ten Prizes will be awarded to those ’ nonprofits and mission-driven for-profits ’ tackling our country’s most pressing needs through social innovation. • Specifically, the Prize seeks to support innovation […]
A Joint Meeting with Northwest Lichenologists at Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID, March 26-29, 2019. Keynote Address by Dr. Brian Atwater–“American and Japanese clues to the 1700 Cascadia Earthquake” Dr. Jim O’Connor–“The Bonneville Landslide and Bridge of the Gods–Folklore, Forests, and Floods” Nick Zentner – “Eastern Washington’s Greatest Hits….Geologically” Banquet Presentation by Jack Nisbet – […]
Will take place at the Tiffany Center in Portland on April 4-5. The conference line-up includes opening remarks by Joe Palca from NPR, keynotes by Maryam Zaringhalam (500 Women Scientists) and Dianna Cowern (YouTube’s Physics Girl), exciting science communication workshops by COMPASS, AAAS, and other organizations, networking, panel discussions, and a film festival. We are […]