Geo-Needs Focus Group Meetings; Naperville, Illinois, 5–7 and 9–11 August 2015
Education & Careers
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Report Stresses Need for Real Research in Undergraduate Classes
Its findings arise from a meeting of educators and scientists called by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine on including "discovery-based" research in undergraduate courses.
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AGU Workshops for Authors and Reviewers
AGU and AGU editors led a number of workshops in 2015 on how to be a successful author to worldwide audiences as well as to how to effectively review scientific papers. First, Yusuke Yokoyama (Editor for Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems) convened a workshop at the JPGU meeting in Tokyo, Japan.
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AGU Signs Agreement with Council on Undergraduate Research
Collaboration between the scientific society and the educational organization aims to foster research opportunities and diversity in undergraduate geoscience education.
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Claudia Joan Alexander (1959–2015)
Alexander is remembered for her leading role in the Galileo and Rosetta missions and her efforts to encourage women scientists from underprivileged and underrepresented groups.
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AGU Opens Its Journals to Author Identifiers
The society is incorporating into its publications new identification codes akin to the digital object identifiers used for journal articles, but for field samples, funders, and more.
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Creating Community for Early-Career Geoscientists
Student involvement in geoscience unions: A case study from hydrology
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White House Data Chief Stresses Benefits of Better Communication
DJ Patil urged scientists to make better use of their data to persuasively communicate findings to broad audiences. Some of the best data scientists work in Earth and space sciences, he added.
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Next-Generation Scientists Get a Taste of Their Future Careers
High school and middle school students mingled with scientists from all over the world when they presented their posters at the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting.
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Opportunities for Improving K-12 Geoscience Education
The Next Generation Science Standards present a set of performance expectations for stronger understanding of Earth and space science.