News
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Jonathan Patz speaks about the health affects of climate change in a podcast from Montana Pubic Radio (4/14/13)
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Congratulations to Professor Greg Nemet on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure! (3/15/13)
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How Wisconsin's climate is changing – Chris Kucharik talks about climate change and agriculture on Madison WKOW, Channel 27.
(2/21/13)
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In the spotlight: Rob Beattie helps students reach their full potential read the feature article on the Nelson Institute website (2/6/13)
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Tracey Holloway named as Deputy Leader of the NASA Air Quality Applied Science Team (AQAST). NASA AQAST was created in 2011 by the NASA Applied Sciences Program to serve the needs of US air quality management through the use of Earth Science satellite data, suborbital data, and models. AQAST members have expertise in the wide array of Earth Science tools and data sets available from NASA and other agencies.
AQAST member Tracey Holloway was appointed deputy leader in December 2012. She assumes specific responsibility for external relations with the public, air quality agencies, and NASA. Tracey has had training in public outreach and engagement as a 2011 Stanford University Leopold Leadership Fellow, media training at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, and outreach experience in her role as research center director at UW--Madison. In support of this work, Holloway will be working with recent UW-Madison journalism graduate Sarah Witman. If you are on Twitter, follow Prof. Holloway tweeting for NASA AQAST here. (Read article on Nelson Institute website)
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Student News and Awards
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Congratulations to Dr. Maggie Grabow Koszewski, SAGE's newest PhD! Maggie defended her thesis "Understanding the Predictors and Environmental Health Co-Benefits of Transforming Communities to Support Active Transportation" on 6/4/13.
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Dr. Micah Hahn won the Award for Best Student Presentation at the 2013 US-International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IAL) meeting. She will receive a check for $300 and a waiver of the registration fee and complimentary attendance to a field trip or workshop at the 2014 US-IALE annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, 18-21 May 2014.
(5/21/13)
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Alexandra Karembelas was appointed as an EPA ORISE summer researcher, working on the Southeast Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS). For the 2013 Summer, she will be working at the EPA Air Office in North Carolina, analyzing aerosol measurements, and evaluating interactions between natural and man-made particulate air pollution. The work complements Alex' M.S. thesis research in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, working with Prof. Holloway at SAGE (5/20/13).
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Caitlin Kontgis awarded the prestigious NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, for her proposal "Urbanization, climate change, and rice crop sustainability". This fellowship will fund Caitlin's research for three years, as she works to determine the sustainability of rice systems in Vietnam in coming decades by integrating findings on agricultural land lost to urbanization, future land cover and climate scenarios, and simulations from a crop systems model. (5/15/13)
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Maggie Grabow Koszewski and Vijay Limaye received Nelson Institute Student Travel Grants and will use the awards to present research findings at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology conference in Basel, Switzerland in August 2013. (5/2013)
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Events
Weston Rountable Lecture Series
Our lecture series has concluded for Spring 2013 and we are working on the Fall 2013 speaker list. Stay tuned!
View previous Weston speakers
WEBCASTS by date (for most lectures) - click on the "Energy Institute" folder in the left hand column, then click on "SAGE Weston Lecture Series", then choose the lecture. Lectures are posted at the Engineering Mediasite
Contact: Carol Barford for more information
All lectures are free and open to the public
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For email updates of SAGE events, email Mary Sternitzky with "Join SAGE Friends List" in the subject line.
Are you a SAGE alum? (Or interested in where we go after UW?) Visit our Alumni page, and send us your current info!
Positions Available
Post-Doctoral Scientist Position – Soy and Land-Use Change in
the Brazilian Amazon: The Gibbs Land Use and Environment Group (GLUE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks an exceptional Post-Doctoral Research Associate. The researcher will help lead a large project investigating deforestation-free agricultural commodity supply. Download the position description.
Student Hourly Computer Support: Students with experience with Mac OSX and WIndows maintenance and troubleshooting interested in working in a scientific research environment are encouraged to submit their resume and letter of interest to Mary Sternitzky. Experience with Unix/Linux a plus.
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