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PLEASE NOTE:
The NRESS Program Office will be closed
Wednesday, January 22-31,2020
. If you have questions or urgent issues, please c
ontact the office
before 1/22. The office will reopen Monday, February 3rd. Thank you!
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Monday, January 13, 2020-Friday, January 17, 2020
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The Winter Writing Retreat
January 13 - 17, 2020
Hamilton-Smith, Rooms 232, 240 & 202
The retreat is five days dedicated to supporting your productivity, featuring support from faculty, the Writing Center, the UNH Library, Health & Wellness, and Hamel Rec Center. We also provide coffee, tea, snacks, and lunch—you just bring the work! While our 9am-5pm support focuses on writing, you are free to do whatever kind of work you need, as long as you can do it at a desk in the company of your peers.
The Winter Writing Retreat is a great way to start the spring semester.
Register for 1 or more days
here.
FAQs
here.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020-Thursday, January 16, 2020
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The January Teaching and Learning Workshops are open for registration.
Morning workshops are followed by lunch and informal discussion. Attendees at January Workshops are each eligible for 1-point toward the
CEITL Participation Certificate
.
- CEITL Workshop Series: Feedback, Part II: Peer Review: Practices and Pitfalls (MUB Room 164) Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, 9am–12noon.
- Career and Professional Success Workshop Series: Part II: Facilitating Career Readiness (MUB Room 162) Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, 9am-12noon.
- Incorporating Experiential Learning into the Classroom (MUB Room 162) Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, 1pm-3:30pm.
- Global Education Center Presents: Cultural Variability in the Classroom Part II: Universal Design for Learning: “Teaching to the Edges” (Conant Hall: Global Education Center, Room 113) Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, 9am-12noon.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Media Panel and Training
“I’d like to interview you about your research for a news story.”
Most of us dream of such an opportunity to share our work through the media, but for some the thought can be a nightmare. Come hear from a panel of news media experts including
Kim Haas
of the
Union Leader
,
UNH media relations
specialists and a faculty member experienced in news interviews (Marine School assistant research professor
Jennifer Dijkstra
) on how to make any news interview a positive experience in communicating your scholarship. Learn what to expect, what to do -- and what not to do – when a reporter calls and hear stories from the panelists’ personal media experiences.
Horton Hall 307
1:00-2:30pm
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 & Tuesday, February 11, 2020
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NOAA’s Environmental Leadership Seminar Series, 2020
This webinar series seeks to provide insight into NOAA’s leadership in environmental science, by those who lead it and make it happen. NOAA leadership and Subject Matter Experts, and NOAA partners speak on topics relevant to NOAA’s mission.
Webinar access and other details are at the OneNOAA Science Seminar Series website at
www.nodc.noaa.gov/seminars/
.
Webinars are available on a first come, first served basis.
First two webinars with details are below.
January 14, 2-3pm ET
My Personal Leadership and Philosophy and Principles: All In, All Good, and
All for One, by
Admiral Timothy Gallaudet, PhD
, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere/ Deputy NOAA Administrator.
February 11, 2-3pm ET
Fostering a Culture of Scientific Integrity in NOAA, by Cynthia J. Decker, PhD
,
Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board and NOAA’s Scientific Integrity Officer at NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research.
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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Spring 2020 Graduate Assistant Orientation (GAO)
This is a mandatory program for all newly appointed graduate assistants and fellows (as well as those who hold an appointment but have not yet been able to attend an orientation). Over the course of a single morning, the GAO provides teaching, research and graduate assistants with the tools needed to understand and meet the demands of an assistantship.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
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Spring 2020 Semester Classes Begin
- Register for classes by Tuesday, January 28 (4:30pm EST)
- Graduate student registration continues for GRAD 800 or NRES 999 through February 7 (4:30pm EST)
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Thursday, January 23, 2020 - NRESS PhD Dissertation Defense
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NRESS PhD Dissertation Defense:
Pamela Moyer
Understanding Earthquake Rupture Processes: Insights from Mid-Ocean Ridge Transform Faults and Submarine Volcanoes
Join colleagues and friends for
Pamela Moyer
's PhD Dissertation presentation. Pamela is advised by Dr. Margaret Boettcher.
More about Pamela's research:
A key issue in earthquake science is to understand properties that control where earthquakes start, stop and spread, as well as their ground shaking potential. Earthquakes recorded by seismometers on the seafloor at an oceanic transform fault and a submarine volcano serve as models to examine a variety of seismic behavior. This dissertation explores how variations in fault zone properties (such as damage and pore fluids) affect earthquake rupture, and how this behavior reflects the evolution of fault strength through seismic and volcanic cycles.
James Hall, Room 254
12:40-2:00pm
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Courses, Workshops, Funding Opportunities, Etc.
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Deadline to submit an abstract for the Salt Lake City conference is
February 20, 2020.
We invite contributed abstracts (
talks
and
posters
) for ESA's 105th Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2-7, 2020. The meeting theme is "Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution".
Although abstracts relevant to the meeting's theme are encouraged, any timely and coherent subject of broad interest to ecologists will be considered. Abstracts will be peer reviewed using the guidelines described in the abstract calls.
Abstracts must be submitted through the
online form
by
February 20, 2020,
at
5:00 PM Eastern Time (2:00 Pacific Time)
. No late or emailed abstracts will be considered. You can start a submission and log back in later to complete it any time before the deadline.
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Spring 2020 Graduate Course of Interest for NRESS Students
BIOL 950 (catalog
link)
Scientific Communication
2 credits; CRN:
54131
Meets once a week (Friday 10:10-12)
Professional success in science depends on the ability to communicate, both by publishing in professional journals and by explaining the implications of research to a broader audience. This course covers a wide range of topics related to scientific communication. Students work on multiple forms of communication, practice communicating science to the public, strengthen peer-reviewing skills, explore online scientific communities, and enhance awareness of relevant economic, legal, and ethical issues. This 2-credit course is open to graduate students across COLSA, SMSOE and beyond—the broader the disciplinary diversity, the better!
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2020 CEITL Courses on College Teaching
College Courses on College Teaching
The Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CEITL), in collaboration with the UNH Graduate School, is offering two online GRAD courses in college teaching during the 2020 January term. These 2-credit courses will count toward meeting the requirements in the elective category of the Cognate and Certificate in College Teaching. You do not need to be enrolled in the Cognate or the Certificate to take either of these courses. Registration is now open. Please refer to attached document for details.
The two courses are:
- Teaching and Learning with Multimedia This course will offer an exploration of contemporary multimedia principles. We will review the literature on teaching and learning with multimedia over the past two decades in the context of the science of learning that has direct applicability to teaching and learning across fields and disciplines.
- Course Design: Best Practices for Course Development and Implementation will help your preparation for teaching in any college/university field or discipline. In this course, you will examine issues and models involving integrated course design—from developing course learning goals to creating instructional approaches to address those goals; Students will learn to develop authentic assessments to ensure that learning goals have been achieved.
Course projects to promote student learning
Are you interested in working with CEITL to promote student learning in the courses you teach? Each of the projects listed on our website are eligible for four points toward the
CEITL Participation Certificate.
Please refer to attached document for details.
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English as a Second Language Course Offering for Grad Students
Spring 2020
This course is designed as English language support for grad students. It is variable credit (1-4), runs in the evening (M,W 5-7), and aims to support grad students with their current assignments including conducting and presenting research, giving speeches and 3-minute theses, as well as addressing individual language needs such as pronunciation and note-taking skills.
Faculty can make recommendations for their students to enroll or you can share this with your students to give them the option.
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Learning Skills in Data Science!
UNH's Online Graduate Certificate in Data Science
exposes students to current, cutting edge algorithms, coding languages, statistical modeling and visualization tools through guided, online instruction and applied case studies.
Learn more about this UNH online offering here:
https://online.unh.edu/program/graduate-certificate/data-science
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Spring 2020 - Course of Interest for NRESS students!
Design, Analysis, and Interpretation of Experiments
ANFS 933 (4 credits)
CRN 56970
TR 11:10am-12:30pm
This course is designed to build technical capacity of COLSA graduate students (AFNS, DBS, MCBS, and NREN) and NRESS PhD students, undertaking quantitative research. Whether beginning your program or in the midst of research, this course is for you.
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Andrea Jilling, Ph.D., NRESS Alum '19G
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- Master fundamental concepts and statistical methods necessary to plan, conduct, and interpret effective experiments
- Learn the powerful, open-source statistical software R (no previous programming experience necessary)
- Receive feedback on the experimental design and analysis of your research
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Deadline January 15
The Garden Club of America offers a range of awards in areas including botany, coastal wetland studies, conservation, garden history & design, and more. See website
here
. If you find an award that is a good fit and decide to apply, please reach out to the UNH Office of National Fellowships for support in putting together a competitive application. Contact
Jeanne.sokolowski@unh.edu
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Call for Proposals -- NASA Fellowship Activity 2020
Deadline February 21
The NASA Research Announcement (NRA) NNH20ZHA001N: NASA Fellowship Activity 2020 is seeking student-authored and independently conceived graduate research proposals responding to a NASA Research Opportunity. The 2020 NASA Fellowship Activity is designed to support OSE objectives and provide academic institutions the ability to enhance graduate-level learning and development.
To be eligible to submit a proposal, candidates must be U.S. citizens or a national who hold a bachelor's degree in a STEM field earned before Aug. 31, 2020.
Candidates must be enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program no later than Sept. 1, 2020, and intend to pursue a research-based Masters or Ph.D. program in a NASA-relevant field.
Proposals are due February 21, 2020.
For full program details, visit:
2020 NASA Fellowship Activity
.
An informational webinar about this fellowship will be presented
February 5, 2020
– time to be announced.
The telecom number is 1-844-467-6272, and the passcode is 549325. The information to join the meeting via the web will be posted on the solicitation webpage once the information is available.
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The Graduate School
A unique and
free
resource to help you navigate the unique experience of being a graduate student, complete with
great videos, articles, and guided experiences aimed at helping develop good writing habits, managing the intricacies of life after your proposal, or simply reminding you to take breaks.
Be sure to check out the Self Assessments, Webinars, and Opt-Ins! Be on the lookout for an email from
unh.doctoralnet.com
with login information, or checkout more info
here
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Graduate Student Support Group
Tuesdays, 5-6:30pm, Smith Hall (third floor)
UNH’s
Psychological and Counseling Services
(PACS) is a strong supporter of Grad Student health. While every grad student is entitled to 8 individual sessions per academic year, PACS also offers a variety of
Group Counseling options
, including a Graduate Student Support Group. This counselor-facilitated group will meet weekly to discuss topics related to the graduate student experience, such as work/life balance, navigating relationships, and stress management. The culture of this group is to help members feel validated, supported, and to share at your own pace. The group will begin meeting at the start of the spring semester; if you are interested in joining, please call 603-862-2090 to schedule an initial intake.
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UNH Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science (NRESS) PhD Program
Voice
: 603.862.2227
Email:
nress.phd@unh.edu
Website:
https://gradschool.unh.edu/natural-resources-earth-systems-science-phd
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