[Southern_AZ_MWS] Bulletin from the University of Arizona Institute for the Study of Planet Earth 11/19/07

Tue Nov 20 11:32:44 MST 2007

 ISPE Bulletin 11/19/07 

In this Issue

New this week:

1. NSF awards $2.5 million grant to study the future of Amazon forests 
2. IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program 2008
3. Call for papers for CAP Award for Water Research
4. New graduate course for spring semester 2008
5. Spring 2008 semester course in sustainable design and the LEED initiative
6. New spring course: Climate and Water 
7. Request for Proposals: Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program
8. Environment and energy information through NCSE 
9. Science fair judges needed
10. Wanted: citizen scientists 
11. This week's seminars

Announcements:

12. Researchers to Build, Test Advanced Spaceborne Climate-Monitoring
Instrument 
13. UA Water Center Wins UNESCO Prize for Arid Zone Hydrology Work
14. Paleolimnology and limnogeology course for spring 2008 semester 
15. Call for Abstracts for CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium
16. Congratulations to ISPE Graduate Student Poster Competition Winners!
17. New online guide for interdisciplinary hiring, tenure, and promotion
18. New spring 2008 course: Education and Sustainability 
19. About this listserv

1. NSF awards $2.5 million grant to study the future of Amazon forests 

An international team of scientists led by UA Professor Scott Saleska has
received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science
Foundation to improve society's understanding of the future of the Amazon
forests under climate change and provide an international education to
science students.

For more information, visit
http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/news/articles/general/amazon.html. 

2. IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program 2008

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is
accepting applications for its 2008 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP).
IIASA's annual summer program offers research opportunities to talented
young researchers whose interests correspond with IIASA's ongoing research
on issues of global environmental, economic, and social change. Funding is
available to cover travel to IIASA and a modest living allowance.
Applications are due by January 15, 2008. The program will last from June 2
to August 29, 2008.

For more information, visit http://www.iiasa.ac.at/. 

3. Call for papers for CAP Award for Water Research 

Papers are now being accepted for the CAP Award for Water Research. Winners
will present their research at the Arizona Hydrological Society's annual
symposium. The award for first and second place is $1,000 and $500,
respectively. The CAP Award is available to students at any college or
university in the State of Arizona. The deadline is June 1, 2008.

For more information, visit
http://www.cap-az.com/static/index.cfm?contentID=54.

4. New graduate course for spring semester 2008 

A new seminar, Law, Geography, and Property (GEOG 596L), will be offered
during the spring 2008 semester, bringing together law, geography, and
political economy where they overlap in matters of nature and environment.
The course is also designed to prepare graduate students to do
interdisciplinary legal and policy analysis as part of their academic
research. The day, time, and location have not been determined..

For more information, contact the instructor, Assistant Professor Carl
Bauer, at cjbauer at email.arizona.edu.

5. Spring 2008 semester course in sustainable design and the LEED initiative

Sustainable Design and the LEED Initiative (ARC461e/561e) is a 3-credit
course that will be offered during the spring 2008 semester on Thursdays
from 3:30 to 6:15 PM. It is open to all graduate student and upper-division
undergraduates. The course focuses on sustainable design through energy
conservation, passive solar architecture, and advanced computer energy
simulation techniques.

For more information, contact the instructor, Professor Nader Chalfoun, at
chalfoun at u.arizona.edu.

6. New spring course: Climate and Water 

Professor Connie Woodhouse is teaching a new graduate-level course this
spring semester. Climate and Water (GEOG 532) is designed to foster an
understanding and appreciation of the finite nature of water in the western
US and other regions and an awareness of the impacts of climate change on
water resources in the future. The tentative class schedule is Mondays and
Wednesdays, 2:00 PM-3:15 PM.

For more information, visit
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~conniew1/geog532/Geog532home.html.

7. Request for Proposals: Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program 

The Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program (WHPRP) is soliciting Letters
of Intent for its competitive awards program. Application for the awards is
open to everyone, and the submission deadline is December 3, 2007. The WHPRP
will fund six specific projects in 2008 related to the implementation of
State Wildlife Action Plans and wildlife habitat conservation in the United
States. Awards are expected by mid-April 2008 and will range from $100,000
to $150,000 each, depending on the project.

For more information, visit http://www.whprp.org <http://www.whprp.org/> .

8. Environment and energy information through NCSE

NCSE University membership provides the UA with access to leading
information sources for comprehensive coverage of environment and energy
policy issues. These publications can be accessed online (there is no need
for a password):

Environment and Energy Daily - http://www.eenews.net/eed/
Greenwire - http://www.eenews.net/gw/
Land Letter - http://www.eenews.net/ll/
E&E News PM - http://www.eenews.net/pm/

You also can sign up for daily e-mail alerts from Greenwire, Environment &
Energy Daily or Land Letter at http://www.eenews.net/email_alerts/. For
information about access to E&E publications, contact Laiza Melena at (202)
530-5810.

9. Science fair judges needed 

Tucson's Sunnyside United School District is seeking judges for its science
fair on January 30, 2008, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Those interested in
judging should contact Ava M. Bemer at (520) 545-4929, as soon as possible.

10. Wanted: citizen scientists

The non-profit organization SustainUs invites people between the ages of 13
and 26 to submit original scientific research or position papers to the
Citizen Science Technical Board for the 2008 CitizenScience paper
competition. Winners will, in addition to publication, have the chance to
present their work at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development in New York City in May 2008. Papers will be accepted on a
rolling basis until January 1, 2008.

For more information about the competition, visit
http://www.sustainus.org/citizenscience. 

11. This week's seminars

For more details and a list of UA environmental seminars, visit the ISPE
seminars page:
http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/events/seminars.asp

Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Paleosol Profiles as a Basis for Resolving
Greenhouse Worlds
Neil J. Tabor, Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist
University
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
3:00 PM-4:00 PM in Marley, Room 230
Sponsored by: Soil, Water and Environmental Science
http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/events/seminar_details.asp?seminar_id=123

12. Researchers to Build, Test Advanced Spaceborne Climate-Monitoring
Instrument

ISPE faculty member and UA atmospheric scientist Robert Kursinski is leading
a project to build a prototype instrument to demonstrate a revolutionary
idea for a satellite-borne remote sensing system. It will measure water
vapor, temperature, and ozone anywhere over the globe with unprecedented
vertical resolution and accuracy.

To read the article visit http://uanews.org/node/16703

13. UA Water Center Wins UNESCO Prize for Arid Zone Hydrology Work 

The UA's SAHRA Center is one of two institutions that have won the 2007
International Great Man-made River Prize. The prize is awarded every other
year by UNESCO, the United Nations Education, Science and Culture
Organization. SAHRA Director Jim Shuttleworth will accept the prize for
SAHRA at a ceremony in Budapest, Hungary, on Nov. 10.

To read the UA News press release, visit http://uanews.org/node/16839

14. Paleolimnology and limnogeology course for spring 2008 semester

Paleolimnology and Limnogeology (GEOS 596) will be offered during the spring
2008 semester for one to three credits and will cover approaches to the
study of lake sediments and the interpretation of lake deposits for
paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental reconstruction. The interpretation of
lake sediment records is a rapidly expanding field for understanding global
change and regional/local scale anthropogenic processes and impacts.
Graduate students from any background are welcome, and qualified
undergraduates may enroll through independent study enrollment. Meeting time
TBA.

For more information, contact the instructor, Andy Cohen, at
cohen at email.arizona.edu or 621-4691.

15. Call for Abstracts for CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium

The Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project (CAP-LTER)
is hosting its 10th Annual Poster Symposium, "Moving Forward: 10 Years of
Socioecological Research in Central Arizona-Phoenix," to discuss current
research and promote future research on urban systems. The symposium will be
held at the ballroom of Old Main on the Arizona State University Tempe
campus on Thursday, January 10, 2008. 

The focus of the Symposium is on current research in CAP-LTER and associated
programs. We are particularly interested in posters that present
interdisciplinary approaches to understanding urban systems and posters that
represent university-community partnerships. Abstracts, in both electronic
and paper formats, are due by November 30, 2007, and should be submitted to
cindy.zisner at asu.edu, (480) 965-2490. The abstract should be single-spaced,
12-point font size, no more than 250 words in length, and in Word or
WordPerfect. Posters need not be submitted by November 30, but should be
submitted as close to the symposium as possible.

Contact Marcia Nation (marcia.nation at asu.edu) for more information about
poster requirements.

16. Congratulations to ISPE Graduate Student Poster Competition Winners! 

ISPE would like to thank all who attended ISPE Fest 2007 and helped make the
5th annual event such a success. ISPE also would like to recognize the six
winners of the Graduate Student Poster Competition. For social science,
Shoshana Mayden, Geography and Regional Development; Ashley Coles, Geography
and Regional Development; and Colleen Boodleman, School of Natural
Resources, won first, second, and third places, respectively. In the
physical/natural sciences category, Erika Gallo, Hydrology and Water
Resources, and Erika Wise, Geography and Regional Development, took first
and third place, respectively, with Kiyomi Morino, Geography and Regional
Development, and Jennifer Davison, School of Natural Resources, tying for
second. Congratulations!

Last but certainly not least, a tremendous thanks goes to poster judges
Jennifer Duan, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Paul Blowers,
Chemical and Environmental Engineering; Kathleen Lohse, School of Natural
Resources; and Paul Robbins, Geography and Regional Development.

17. New online guide for interdisciplinary hiring, tenure, and promotion

The Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (CEDD) of the National
Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is pleased to announce a new
online resource: Interdisciplinary Hiring, Tenure and Promotion: Guidance
for Individuals and Institutions, presenting the first comprehensive
approach that deals with the entire pre- and post-tenure experience. Barbara
Morehouse, ISPE's deputy director, was one of the authors.

For more information, visit http://www.ncseonline.org/CEDD/cms.cfm?id=2042.

18. New spring 2008 course: Education and Sustainability 

A new 3-credit course, Education and Sustainability (TTE 596 C), will be
offered for the spring 2008 semester on Tuesdays from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM,
and is open to all graduate student and upper-division undergraduates.
Through a mix of theory and practical activities, this inter-disciplinary
course will teach you how to make a school "green" through decisions that
are energy and environmentally conscious, fiscally responsible, and well
connected to the real world. Professor Alberto Arenas
(alberto.arenas at arizona.edu) will be the instructor.

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