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Incentivizing Equity and Diversity in AGU Honors Nominations
These five common myths persist about nominating your colleagues. AGU can pursue several methods of ushering in change more quickly.
Equal Representation in Scientific Honors Starts with Nominations
This AGU section formed a task force to make visible underrepresented scientists deserving of recognition for their work.
Tyler Prize Awarded to Climate Scientists Washington and Mann
Prestigious award recognizes Warren Washington and Michael Mann for efforts to advance climate change knowledge through their research and in public policy.
Encouraging African Research for the Next Generation
A Celebrate 100 Grant winner is organizing a series of Girls Science Day camps.
Mann Receives 2018 Climate Communication Prize
Michael E. Mann received the Climate Communication Prize at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held 12 December 2018 in Washington, D. C. The prize recognizes an individual “for the communication of climate science.”
Dugan Receives 2018 Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize
Brandon Dugan received the Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held 12 December 2018 in Washington, D. C. The prize recognizes an individual “for outstanding transdisciplinary research accomplishment in ocean drilling.”
Hall Receives 2018 David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–News
Shannon Hall received the David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–News at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held 12 December 2018 in Washington, D. C. The award recognizes a journalist for “excellence in science news reporting, defined as work prepared with a deadline of one week or less.”
Fox Receives 2018 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–Features
Douglas Fox received the Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism–Features at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held 12 December in Washington, D. C. The award “is presented annually to a journalist for a feature story or series in any medium except books that makes information about the Earth and space sciences accessible and interesting to the general public.”
Davis Receives 2018 Science for Solutions Award
Kyle Frankel Davis received the Science for Solutions Award at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held 12 December 2018 in Washington, D. C. The award recognizes a student or postdoctoral scientist “for significant contributions in the application and use of the Earth and space sciences to solve societal problems.”