ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Research Experience for Undergraduates:
From Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake
The Academy for the Environment, facilitating student involvement in
environmental research and education at UNR, and the Great Basin Institute, an environmental research, education and conservation
organization, invites applications for the Summer 2010 REU program in natural resources – conservation
and socioeconomic issues, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
The program will take place during the ten consecutive weeks of 7 June through 13 August 2010. Review of applications will begin on March 8, 2010. Applications received after this date will be considered on a space-available basis.
Application (.pdf) (Attention Adobe Acrobat Reader users: You will not be able to save the filled in information, only print. Please use the Word format below)
Application (.doc)
Click here for more information.
Click here for Mentor Profiles and Research Project Overviews.
COMING UP:
5th Biennial Lake Tahoe Basin Science Conference
March 16-17, 2010
Mark your calendars for the 5th Biennial Conference to learn about the progress made in understanding the Lake Tahoe Basin environment. This two-day event (March 16-17, 2010) will be held at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences in Incline Village, Nevada.
The purpose of this two-day conference is to provide an open forum in which individuals involved in the science and management of the Basin can learn about and discuss the latest relevant science and information.
The conference is hosted by the Tahoe Science Consortium. For the registration form, click here. For the Conference Schedule, click here.
Save the Date: April 20-22, 2010
Great Basin/Mojave Desert Climate Change Workshop
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Park Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with several other agencies and organizations, are sponsoring a workshop focusing on natural resource research, adaptation, and mitigation needs related to climate change in the Great Basin and Mojave Desert. The workshop, will be held April 20-22, 2010 at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and will examine how climate change is affecting natural resources in deserts of the western U.S., as well as the land, water, and species management and research needs that are essential to address in the coming decade.
For more information visit: www.wr.usgs.gov/workshops |
Visit Earth Portal for valuable information and more links to Earth News, Encyclopedia of Earth, and Earth Forum.
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STUDENTS:
Get Involved!
Students at UNR with an interest in the environment have lots of options— get involved!
The Environmental Action Team, or EnAcT, is an ASUN club sponsored by the Academy for the Environment. EnAcT’s mission is to help promote student action toward sustainability on the UNR campus and beyond. Click here to interact with EnAcT on their local N'ing site.
To get more information, or to sign up for the EnAcT emailing list, contact EnAct at: unrenvironmentalactionteam@gmail.com |
The Academy for the Environment, established in 2004, is an interdisciplinary institute at the University of Nevada, Reno, whose mission is to develop, enhance and coordinate environmental teaching, research and service at the University.
