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NCAS-M Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Researchers Deepen Expertise in Data Assimilation at CADRE Workshop

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June 2025 – Washington, D.C. — Graduate students and researchers from NCAS-M recently participated in the 2025 CADRE Data Assimilation Workshop, an intensive training designed to build foundational and advanced skills in data assimilation methods used in weather and climate research. NCAS-M and Howard University graduate students, postdocs, and research scientists at the Cooperative Institute […]

Christian Díaz-Cáez Recognized as Bison Trailblazer

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Christian Díaz-Cáez, an NCAS-M summer intern, was recently recognized as a Bison Trailblazer. Howard doctoral alum Christian O. Díaz Cáez is now a radar imagery scientist with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Díaz Cáez recalls his first internship with NCAS-M as a defining moment. “I was accepted into Howard’s NCAS summer program to work with […]

NCAS-M at 2025 NOAA EPP/MSI Biennial Education & Science Forum

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NCAS-M II fellows, faculty, and staff were well represented at the 2025 NOAA EPP/MSI Biennial Education & Science Forum. The theme was Educate, Innovate, Sustain: Enhancing America’s Global Competitiveness by Preparing a Future Workforce for Ocean, Coastal, and Atmospheric Challenges. NCAS-M II participants showcased impactful NOAA mission aligned research during oral and poster presentations. The […]

Celebrating Howard University’s Groundbreaking R1 Designation

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The American Council on Education (ACE) announced that Howard University has been officially conferred a Carnegie Classification Research Activity Designation of Research 1, often referred to as “R1.” Institutions receive this designation for “very high research productivity,” according to ACE. Howard is the only institution to be both an R1 and historically Black college and university […]

Article Highlight: Tuskegee (Weather) Airmen

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In celebration of Black History Month, NCAS-M is highlighting a journal article from Air Power History that discusses the contributions of Black Meteorologists during World War II: Tuskegee (Weather) Airmen. While [Black people] represented approximately 10 percent of the American population in 1940, they comprised just 6.2 percent of the overall Army Air Forces (AAF) […]

The AMS Outstanding Student Oral Presentation Award goes to Lauren L. Taylor

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Lauren Taylor, NCAS-M Fellow, received an “Outstanding Student Oral Presentation Award” at the 105th AMS Annual Meeting. The title of her presentation was “The Fire Next Time: Investigating Wildfire Disaster Resilience in Lahaina, HI”. “Your presentation was incredibly insightful and engaging and clearly demonstrated the depth of your research and your passion for this important […]

NCAS-M Presentations at 2025 AMS Annual Meeting

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NCAS-M fellows and faculty were involved in 35 presentations during the 2025 AMS Annual Meeting. The table below provides additional details on these presentations. Presenters Title Date Time Location Kyle J. Thiem, Z. Tolby, E. Wells, B. J. Hatchett, J. Vickery, S. M. Hoekstra, and A. T. Triplett FIREWX NOAA’s Fire Weather Testbed’s Inaugural, In-Person […]