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USAPECS e-lightening talk at AGU 2024
Come join our elightening talk at AGU 2024 titled C41C-03 Empowering the Polar Science Community: A Decade of USAPECS in Supporting Early...
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AGU 2024 Polar Early Career Researcher Social
Join other Arctic and Antarctic researchers for a short and fun networking social activity and head out for food with new friends...
USAPECS
Nov 221 min read
New USAPECS Publication
Members of the 2023-2024 USAPECS Board just wrapped up their term activities with a published paper! If you are interested in USAPECS...
USAPECS
Nov 191 min read
9th Annual International Polar Film Festival
In conjunction with APECS International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the ninth...
USAPECS
Nov 166 min read
Annika Horlings: Icy Reflections: Fieldwork and the Calling to Study Glaciers
I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S. I...
USAPECS
Nov 166 min read
Magkena Szemak: Antarctic Mud Mysteries!
I am a first year Ph.D. student, focused on interpreting diatom records to better understand paleoenvironmental conditions and facies...
USAPECS
Nov 161 min read
1,700 followers on BlueSky!
USAPECS’s social media reach is growing! We are proud to announce that our subscriber count on BlueSky has quickly grown to 1,700. We...
USAPECS
Nov 151 min read
PFF 2024 Online Filmmaker Roundtable Recording Available Now!
The recording of USAPECS's Online Filmmaker Roundtable, part of the 2024 international Polar Film Festival (PFF), is now available on...
USAPECS
Sep 201 min read
8th Annual International Polar Film Festival (PFF) is Live!
USAPECS’s 8th Annual International Polar Film Festival (PFF) is live. The PFF will run from Sept. 23-Sept. 27, 2024. This online event...
USAPECS
Jul 112 min read
Call for Board Members 2024-2025
Call for Board Members 2024-2025
USAPECS
Jul 15 min read
How I Got to the Chilean Antarctic as a Working Biologist
How I Got to the Chilean Antarctic as a Working Biologist
USAPECS
May 266 min read
Arctic Early Career News - May 2024
IARPC Newsletter May 24
USAPECS
Apr 261 min read
8th Annual International Polar Film Festival - Call for Films
In conjunction with APECS International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the eighth...
USAPECS
Mar 283 min read
Early Career Newsletter - March 2024
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Community of Practice will...
USAPECS
Mar 111 min read
USAPECS Webinar: Water in a Frozen Arctic: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
The United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar, “Water in a...
USAPECS
Jan 174 min read
Early career newsletter - January 2024
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Jan 31 min read
2023-2024 Call for Blogs
This year, USAPECS is hosting a blog series entitled “Exploring Polar Science Across Disciplines”! We are looking for US-based scientists...
USAPECS
Dec 20, 20232 min read
International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences 2024 (ICASS XI) - Abstract submission
We are currently accepting paper abstracts for our upcoming open session Cross/Trans-Disciplinary Collaborations and Advancing Community,...
USAPECS
Nov 20, 20236 min read
Early Career Newsletter - November 2023
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Sep 19, 20233 min read
Early Career Newsletter - September 2023
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Polar Film Festival 2023 is Live!
The Polar Film Festival 2023 is live with all films available for viewing during International Polar Week (Sept. 18-22, 2023). Please...
USAPECS
Aug 17, 20231 min read
7th Annual International Polar Film Festival - Call for film submissions EXTENDED!
In conjunction with International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the seventh annual...
USAPECS
Aug 3, 20232 min read
Call for Board Members 2023-2024
Call for new board members 2023-24
USAPECS
Jul 5, 20233 min read
Arctic Early Career News - July 2023
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Jun 26, 20231 min read
USAPECS Webinar: Launching Your Online Science Persona
July 20, 2023, 10:00 am-11:00 am Alaska/2:00 pm-3 pm Eastern The United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS)...
USAPECS
Jun 14, 20231 min read
7th Annual International Polar Film Festival - Call for film submissions!
Polar Film Festival 2023
USAPECS
May 29, 20233 min read
Eleanor Horvath: About as Early-Career as a Researcher Gets
My name is Eleanor, and I am in my final year at Boston University, where I’ve been simultaneously pursuing my Bachelor’s degree in Earth...
USAPECS
May 8, 20234 min read
Sarah Johnson: Finding the People and Places in the Polar Acronym Soup
I chose my college courses by which ones had the best field trips. Biology and geology field work paired well with my outdoor and...
USAPECS
May 4, 20234 min read
Arctic Early Career News - May 2023
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Apr 20, 20234 min read
Olivia Williams: Of Chronologies and Chronic Illness
My experiences in polar science and my experiences with chronic illness are closely linked. My first introduction to the field of...
USAPECS
Mar 6, 20233 min read
Arctic Early Career News - March 2023
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Jan 19, 20234 min read
Melissa Ward Jones: Grad School Frustrations Become Career Strengths
When unplanned graduate school courses become career strengths and tips for increasing your interdisciplinary literacy I did all three of...
USAPECS
Jan 10, 20233 min read
Arctic Early Career News - January 2023
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Happy New Year! Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will...
USAPECS
Nov 4, 20222 min read
Arctic Early Career News - November 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Sep 16, 20221 min read
USAPECS Get to Know Us & Listening Session
US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) will be hosting a “Get to Know Us & Listening Session” webinar on Thursday,...
USAPECS
Sep 1, 20224 min read
Arctic Early Career News - September 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Aug 29, 20223 min read
Steve Vavrus: Polar Journey
Almost every day there is another news story about the rapidly changing polar environments and how amplified climate change is...
USAPECS
Jul 7, 20223 min read
Arctic Early Career News - July 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Call for Board Members: 2022-2023
USAPECS announces our call for applications for the 2022-2023 executive board. Members of the USAPECS Board work together to develop and...
USAPECS
May 31, 20222 min read
Maintaining Motivation throughout Fieldwork Delays
I still remember getting an email when I was a senior at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019 about a last-minute opportunity to...
USAPECS
May 16, 20222 min read
Arctic Early Career News - May 2022
Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research from, and opportunities for, early career researchers working...
USAPECS
Mar 31, 20223 min read
Early Career News - September 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
Mar 19, 20222 min read
Ukraine crisis
Dear USAPECS Members and the Polar Science Community, We, the Board of USAPECS, as the national committee representing United States...
USAPECS
Feb 18, 20222 min read
2022 Call for Blog Ideas
USAPECS is hosting a Becoming a Polar Scientist/Becoming part of the Polar Scientific Community blog series this year! We are looking for...
USAPECS
Aug 31, 20212 min read
2021 Call for Board Members (CLOSED)
This call has closed for 2021/2022. Please look for a call in the Summer of 2022 for the 2022-2023 year. Are you an early career...
USAPECS
Jun 10, 20215 min read
Building Smart Arctic Communities
From Carbon Emissions to Colonization Bearing the brunt of others’ footprints, from carbon emissions to colonization, is not a new...
Kristin Timm
Apr 22, 20215 min read
Key Ideas for Working at the Boundary of Science and Society
As a kid, I spent my days running around the forests and fields of rural central Wisconsin (USA) learning the names of all the trees and...
USAPECS
Mar 25, 20219 min read
Cryoactivism
In 2006, a geologist from San Juan, Argentina named Juan Pablo Milana laid out a map on the desk of Argentina’s highest environmental...
USAPECS
Feb 22, 20215 min read
Boundary Organizations
How do I know what a policymaker is interested in? How do I make connections? When is the best time to meet with policymakers? If you,...
USAPECS
Jan 20, 20214 min read
Arctic Indigenous communities shape conservation planning and policy
From a global perspective, Indigenous communities are increasingly shaping the conservation of lands, waters, and species around the...
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