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USAPECS Panel at AGU
This panel session focused on discussing: (1) Navigating Your Early Career and Beyond; (2) With panelists from the polar and alpine early...
Nov 4, 20191 min read
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USAPECS Panel at AGU
This panel session focused on discussing: (1) Navigating Your Early Career and Beyond; (2) With panelists from the polar and alpine early...
Nov 4, 20191 min read
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Dealing with the reality of that dream job by Sally Carraher
Dr. Carraher is an applied medical anthropologist. She studies health and illness experiences among the peoples of the Alaskan and...
Oct 14, 20197 min read
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Watch Films with USAPECS for 2019 Polar Week
The 2019 Polar Week is happening right now! Head over to our 2019 Polar Film Fest page to check out all the exciting films showcasing the...
Sep 22, 20191 min read
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Watch Films with USAPECS for 2019 Polar Week
The 2019 Polar Week is happening right now! Head over to our 2019 Polar Film Fest page to check out all the exciting films showcasing the...
Sep 22, 20191 min read
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2019 Polar Film Fest
The 2019 Polar Film Fest will take place from September 23 – 27.  The event has received a selection of exciting and diverse film...
Sep 12, 20191 min read
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2019 Polar Film Fest
The 2019 Polar Film Fest will take place from September 23 – 27. The event has received a selection of exciting and diverse film...
Sep 12, 20191 min read
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Navigating the two-body problem in academic science by Billy Armstrong
Dr. Billy Armstrong is currently Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University in the Department of Geological and Environmental...
Sep 11, 20194 min read
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Ask for what you need and don’t give up by Julienne Stroeve
Julienne Stroeve Professor at University College London twitter: @JulienneStroeve Julienne Stroeve is an American climatologist known for...
Aug 13, 20194 min read
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Early Career: mix of ambition, fortune (good and bad) and travel lust by Jodi Young
Jodi Young Assistant Professor at the University of Washington twitter: @uw_young instagram: @youngalgae I am an Assistant Professor in...
Jul 15, 20193 min read
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Does imposter syndrome ever fade? by Sarah Evans
Dr. Sarah Evans is an assistant professor at Appalachian State University, a primary undergraduate-serving public institution located in...
Jun 18, 20193 min read
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Announcing New Blog and Webinar Series
We are excited to announce the start of both a new Blog Series and Webinar Series beginning this month (May 2019)! Head over to our Blog...
May 15, 20191 min read
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Announcing New Blog and Webinar Series
We are excited to announce the start of both a new Blog Series and Webinar Series beginning this month (May 2019)! Head over to our Blog...
May 15, 20191 min read
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Arguing for the 40-Hour Work Week by Ginny Catania
Dr. Ginny Catania is a professor at the University of Texas, Austin. She is a glaciologist with her research focusing on what makes large...
May 15, 20197 min read
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Diversity and Inclusion in the Polar Sciences
On December 10th, 2018 USAPECS held a panel on Diversity and Inclusion in the Polar Sciences at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall...
Feb 12, 20193 min read
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USAPECS to host a panel on diversity and inclusion at the AGU Fall Meeting
USAPECS is excited to announce an Early Career Panel on Diversity and Inclusion in the Polar Sciences at the 100th Annual AGU Fall...
Nov 26, 20183 min read
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2018 Polar Film Festival!
Happy Polar Week! The US APECS Board as been busy planning and curating films for this year's Polar Film Festival, and we are happy to...
Sep 17, 20181 min read
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Balancing Act: How to maintain a positive public blogging presence whilst encountering challenges in
Antarctica is a beautiful but harsh continent. No matter your training or preparation, the cold, wind and snow makes delays and...
Aug 1, 20184 min read
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Practicing your way to effective science communication
The alarmist approach to conveying science doesn’t really work for me: The earth is warming, glaciers are melting, all the phytoplankton...
Jul 15, 20185 min read
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On the Organisation of Climate Change Outreach Events
I am Sarah Mercer, a Research Masters student in Geography and Archaeology at Durham University, UK. I have been lucky enough to have...
Jul 1, 20186 min read
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