UNAVCO, as a university-governed consortium, elected new members to the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. New members serve 3 year terms beginning January 2021. Board Directors are responsible for managing the business and affairs of UNAVCO, Inc. President Becks Bendick states:I’m so grateful to all of the members of our community who stepped forward … Continued
This short panel discussion includes caregivers from academic administration, the National Science Foundation (NSF), UNAVCO, and IRIS sharing their personal experiences and practical resources for managing work and caregiving. It will hopefully provide some comic relief, a support network, and specific sources of assistance including universities, NSF and the GAGE and SAGE facilities.
2020 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) is virtual and will take place 1-17 December. Scientific program content will be available on-demand, with pre-recorded oral presentations and virtual posters available for attendees to view and peruse outside of the scheduled live Q&A sessions during the meeting.
Project Overview Through a grant from the EarthScope Program of the National Science Foundation, the Cascadia EarthScope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP) offers four-day workshops to foster community engagement in earthquake and tsunami science and preparedness and to encourage collaboration and exchange between formal and informal educators. The project is collaborative between Oregon State … Continued
Project Overview Monitoring a Shifting Earth is a new science exhibit on display at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center (HMSC), a Sea Grant Institution in Newport, Oregon. UNAVCO Science Education Specialist Shelley Olds worked with Bob Butler from the University of Portland and Bob Lillie and Nancee Hunter from Oregon State University to … Continued
Project Overview Three of the world’s largest rivers, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, and the Meghna, converge in the country of Bangladesh and dump one gigaton of sediment there annually to form the world’s largest delta (The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta, or GBMD). This delta overlies the rapidly subsiding junction of three tectonic plates. Significance Almost 160 million … Continued