Meetings & Conferences
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIC MARINE SEISMOLOGY WORKSHOP
The registration is now open for the upcoming workshop, “Challenges and Opportunities in Academic Marine Seismology,” to be held March 22-24, 2010, in Incline Village, Nevada (and hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno). The purpose of this workshop is to establish community consensus on several key issues, including: Defining science goals that require a healthy marine seismology facility over the next decade; Improving the process of soliciting, evaluating, funding, and scheduling seismic cruises; and Broadening access to Langseth products for scientists and educators. Participants from academia, government and industry, who have research interests in marine reflection seismology (both 2D and 3D), refraction and passive source seismology, general oceanography and marine geology, as well as educators interested in bringing the products of such research into the classroom, are welcome. Students, postdocs and early-career scientists are particularly encouraged to apply.
For more information, including the registration form, accommodations and travel, visit http://www.unols.org/meetings/2010/201003mls/201003LW_details.html.
The workshop will be preceded on the afternoon of Sunday, March 21, by a short course on 3D seismic data processing sponsored by LDEO — if you would like to participate in that short course, please indicate that in the “comments” section of the application form, and plan your travel to arrive in Reno by noon on Sunday.
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 2010 PATTULLO CONFERENCE IN CHARLESTON
MPOWIR (Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention) invites you to the 2010 Pattullo Conference in Charleston, South Carolina on May 23-26, 2010. The Pattullo Conference brings together junior women and senior scientists to share research ideas, experiences and concerns.
Conference participants build community networks with peers and senior scientists while also learning skills for promoting their work and their careers. The Pattullo Conference is open to all female physical oceanographers within one year of obtaining a PhD and up to two years after obtaining a PI position (including postdocs) at all U.S. universities, government labs and research institutions. Generous support from the MPOWIR sponsors (DOE, NASA, NOAA, NSF and ONR) will cover participant costs.
For more information and to register, please visit www.mpowir.org.
FROM SHIP TO SHORE TO THE NEWS: NSF WORKSHOP ON SCIENCE JOURNALISM
When: Wednesday, February 24th (11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.)
Where: Ocean Sciences meeting in Portland, Oregon; Room E141
Gulf of Mexico Double-Whammy. Methane-Devourer Discovered in Arctic Seas. Antique Whale Oil and the Origin of Industrial Chemicals. These headlines introduced recent marine science news stories. Did these stories attract readers? If so, what’s the secret to their success?
Participants in this workshop will learn how to present science in an interesting way while retaining factual accuracy—the key to good science communication and science journalism. Science journalism aims to transmute scientific concepts and results from jargon-based language often understandable only by scientists, to news relevant to the lives of the general reader (listener/viewer).
This workshop will explore science communication for a non-scientific audience. Participants will review examples of good science writing from news outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post, Science News and New Scientist; “dissect” the structure of science news and feature articles; discuss how popular coverage of science has changed in recent years through “new media”; and learn the basics of science journalism. Participants will have the opportunity to write a general-audience science article about research presented at the conference, and individual critiques will be offered to those interested.
The workshop is free, but pre-registration is appreciated. Please contact: Cheryl Lyn Dybas, National Science Foundation, cdybas@nsf.gov, 703-292-7734.
