National Science Foundation–funded EDventures program delivers successful training in proposal writing to graduate students and postdocs.
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USGS Acting Director Receives Support at Senate Hearing
Confirmation of Suzette Kimball as U.S. Geological Survey director might happen this time. In 2014, a Senate committee approved her nomination, but Congress adjourned before voting on confirmation.
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Donors Can Help AGU Climb to Greater Heights
The American Geophysical Union appeals for stepped-up giving to better support members' work, careers, and efforts to solve global problems.
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Students with Disabilities Not Just Welcome but Expected
A geoscience study-abroad program breaks new ground in the United States by planning the course's curriculum from the get-go to include students with disabilities.
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U.S. Launches 13 New Minisatellites
Tiny CubeSat satellites made of one or more cube-like modules roughly the size of coffee mugs offer a compact and inexpensive way to conduct research and other activities in space.
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Riding a "Roller Coaster" at National Geographic
Ph.D. geologist loves doing science, but a summer gig chasing news and explaining the science behind it touches her storytelling heart.
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Helping Early-Career Researchers Succeed
Early-career scientists face many hurdles. Targeted programs can help them build skills, ease workloads, and form the collaborations they need to advance their careers.
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A Guide to Writing an AGU Abstract
Thinking of an abstract as a miniature scientific paper and its creation as a series of simple steps can ease becoming a presenter at an AGU meeting.
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Prioritizing Development
The chair of AGU's new Development Board announces the board's members and a fundraising goal for this year: getting 12% of our 60,000+ members to donate to the organization's programs.
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Geoscientists: Focus More on Societal Concerns
The unprecedented toll from a powerful tsunami shocked a theoretical geophysicist, now an international geoscience organization leader, into action and advocacy to use science to aid society.