NCAS-M recruited new graduate students at the 2025 AMS Annual Meeting
Dr. Jo-Anne Manswell Butty, Myah Rather, and Margarita Mora hosted the NCAS-M booth, recruiting new students at the 2025 AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
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2025 AMS “Breaking the Cycle” Town Hall Meeting
The African-American diaspora’s employment numbers, and weather, water, and climate (WCH) communities continue to be alarmingly low, despite the collective efforts to enhance diversity. The significant contributions from various actors, including the WCH industries and academia have yet to yield substantial results, while we have witnessed improvements and other demographics employment numbers. Our panel discussion […]
NCAS-M participates in the NOAA Data Assimilation Consortium
Biden-Harris Administration announces $6.6M for new Data Assimilation Consortium to improve weather forecasting through Investing in America agenda Research findings will be used to improve numerical prediction systems, build international collaborations GeoColor imagery from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of Tropical Storm Idalia and Hurricane Franklin on August 30, 2023 (Image credit: NOAA) Today, the Department of […]
Dr. Dave Turner Visits NCAS-M/Howard University
On March 14, 2024, Dr. Dave Turner from NOAA/GSL visited NCAS-M/Howard University. The Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) is one of ten NOAA Research Laboratories and is located in Boulder, Colorado. Their research improves environmental prediction models, develops state-of-the-science decision support tools, visualization systems, and uses high-performance computing technology to support a Weather-Ready Nation.
Howard University Students visited the Beltsville Campus, Oct 18, 2023
Dr. Teron and the students visited the HU Beltsville campus.
Dr. Leticia Williams – Winner of the EEO Special Achievement Award
NCAS-M Proudly Announces: NCAS-M Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr. Leticia Williams is the proud recipient of the NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science EEO/Diversity and the Special Achievement Award Specifically, Vankita Brown (NWS), Leticia Williams (NCAS-M/NWS), Mark Mohs (BMD), and Eric Daniels (BMD) won for their outstanding support of the NPC’s Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) Focus […]
Congratulations, NCAS Alum, Dr. Jose “Joe” Rivas!!
Congratulations to NCAS alum, Jose A. “Joe” Rivas for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation at University of Texas- El Paso (UTEP)!! His dissertation is titled, “Dust Storms and the Dispersal of Aquatic Invertebrates in the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion.” He was advised by NCAS-M Faculty, Dr. Tom Gill and co-advised by Dr. Elizabeth Walsh of the UTEP […]
2019 STEM Women of Color Conclave
NCAS-M Co-Investigator, Dr. Rosa Fitzgerald attended the 2019 STEM Women of Color Conclave, June 8-10, 2019 in Chantilly, VA. This year, the STEM Women of Color Conclave focuses deeply on “Truth above all Else” principle, offering its participants unique professional development opportunities that authentically honor the worth of intersectionality as a lived experience and investigative framework, […]
Meet Nakul Karle
Nakul Karle is a PhD Candidate studying Environmental Science and Engineering at UTEP. He was recently interviewed about his choice of school and experience in his doctoral program. Nakul shouted out some amazing NCAS-M Faculty in his interview! See below and check out the full article here: https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/campus/student-profile-nakul-karle.html Tell us about a hands-on learning experience you’ve […]
ALL ABOARD!! DR. MORRIS’ AEROSE 2019 POSTCARD
This Postcard can be found at https://eos.org/postcards-from-the-field
2019 AMS Washington Forum
On Friday, March 29, several students represented NCAS-M at the 2019 AMS Washington Forum, including: Julio Ceniceros (UTEP), Miguel Cortez (UTEP), Emmanuel Dibia (UMD), Ena Keys (JSU), Wambugu Kironji (UMBC), Catherine Liu (SJSU), and Shadya Sanders (HU). Shadya, Catherine, Emmanuel, Julio, and Miguel gave a brief presentation about their NERTO internship and experience as NCAS-M […]
Dr. Haydar Kurban Invited to Meet and Greet w/ NOAA Economists
NCAS-M Co-Investigator, Dr. Haydar Kurban, will present to NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality (OWAQ) and the chief economist team on: Tuesday April 30, 2019 at 10 AM. Presentation Title: Estimating the Value of Economic Resiliency Created by Weather Forecasts He will present the following components of his research: a) methodology, b) data collection, c) […]
NCAS-M Distinguished Scientist, Dr. Charles Ichoku, at AGU
Date and Time: Friday, December 14; 08:00 – 12:20 Location: Convention Ctr; Hall A-C (Poster Hall) Session ID and Title: #48905, Climate Variability and the African Environment, Water Resources, and Food Security Posters
Check Out NCAS-M Fellow, Julio Ceniceros, Poster at AGU
Date and Time: Monday, December 10, 08:00 – 12:20 Location: Walter E Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall), Abstract Title: Evaluating Possible Linkages Between Marine Chlorophyll-a Concentrations and Cloud Properties Over the Arctic Chukchi Sea Session Number & Title: A11G: Aerosol Exchange Across the Air–Sea Interface: Deposition and Emission I Posters
NCAS-M Director, Dr. Vernon Morris, a Panelist at AGU
Dr. Vernon Morris, Panelist Screening and Discussion Film Title: Can We Talk? Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color: Sense of Belonging and Obstacles to STEM Fields. Date and Time: Wednesday, December 12, 10:30 am to noon Location: AGU Career Center & Student Lounge Theater, Washington Convention Center- Exposition Hall E
