LTER sites—and research—are remarkably varied. Please join Dr. Evelyn Gaiser, Chair of the LTER Executive Board and Marty Downs, Director of the LTER Network Office, for an introduction to the types of research conducted at LTER sites and the principles that guide our program. Learn what's happening across the LTER Network, what opportunities that might present, and how to stay connected.
Register here >>
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 Watch the Lightning Talks from the 2023 Science Council Meeting
At our annual Science Council meeting earlier this month, sites gave 5 minute lightning talks on spatial scaling. The recordings are up on YouTube, and they're a great way to explore our network and see the variety of science conducted across sites.
Watch the lightning talks >>
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 See photos from the 2023 Science Council Meeting
This year's Science Council field trip was remarkably well documented—two photographers and a video team accompanied the group! Check out the two photo galleries below:
KBS Photo Gallery (Paul May)
LNO Photo Gallery (Gabe De La Rosa)
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LTER-related events -- including committee meetings, site all-hands meetings, and even brown bags -- are available for your reference at any time on the publicly-shared LTER Network Calendar. Google users can add the entire calendar or just key events to their own calendar to stay updated.
- May 31, 2023, 12pm PT: Sara Cannon, NCEAS DEIJ Seminar
- June 2, 2023, 12-1pm ET: FCE Brown Bag by Dr. Melissa Bernardo. Contact Mike Rugge for registration.
- June 5, 2023: Luquillo LTER Annual Meeting, general session. Registration required.
- June 14, 2023, 12pm PT: Grace Wu, NCEAS DEIJ Seminar
- July 6, 2023 2 pm PT (5 pm ET): Orientation to the LTER Network for REUs
- August 4, 2023, 12-1pm ET: FCE Brown Bag by Dr. Kelsey Solomon. Contact Mike Rugge for registration.
- August 6-11, 2023: Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR
- September 11-16, 2023: Annual Meeting Organization of Biological Field Stations, La Selva Biological Station
- October 26-28, 2023: SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, Portland, OR
- December 11-15, 2023: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- February 18-23, 2024: Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA
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DEIA Resource of the Month
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 Supporting neurodiverse students in your internship program
(YouTube video 1hr:27min)
Summer internship season is upon us (the network is engaged with over 100 REU's this year!), and we strive for every student to have a well supported, positive experience during their summer. This recorded webinar, hosted by NCAR and UCAR, has excellent background on neurodiversity and covers tactics for supporting neurodiverse interns through a summer program.
Watch the webinar >>
DEIA Resource of the month is brought to you by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Contact Committee chairs Nameer Baker (nameerbaker@gmail.com) or Mariah Patton (mtpatton@unm.edu) for additional information.
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Reflecting on EDI: A Decade in Review
By Thomas Shannon
Appreciating the history, work, and future of LTER’s data repository, the Environmental Data Initiative. Read more >>
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(Who Blessed) The Rains Down at the CAP LTER
By Emily Ortega
An experimental approach takes a ground-level look at the ecological winners and losers of desert soil communities under shifting precipitation regimes at the Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER. Read more >>
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The Luquillo LTER hosts the public session of their annual meeting on June 5, and anyone can attend! Register here.
Read In Their Own Words: Osvaldo Sala in BioScience, where the Jornada LTER researcher shares his experience through science.
The Santa Barbara Coastal LTER's Amelia Ritger received a Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood, which recognizes women doctoral students for their academic achievements and potential for positive impact on society. Congratulations!
The Kellogg Biological Station's Culture and Inclusion Committee, which includes several LTER personnel, earned an Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion award from Michigan State University. We love to see our sites and their field stations pushing for a better, more inclusive tomorrow.
Airy Peralta, graduate student at the Niwot Ridge LTER, received an INSTAAR Graduate Community Award in recognition of her efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in her community. Congratulations!
The Santa Barbara Coastal LTER's Alyson Santoro was named a 2023 Simons Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Congratulations
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 The Florida Coastal Everglades LTER hosts two LTER-focused brown bag talks this summer:
- June 2, 2023, 12-1pm ET: Actually-existing Resilience: Mobilizing co-production for problem identification in South Florida environmental governance by Dr. Melissa Bernardo
- August 4, 2023, 12-1pm ET: Using benthic algae to inform protective water quality standards for the Big Cypress National Preserve
Dr. Kelsey Solomon
Please contact Mike Rugge (ruggem@fiu.edu) for Zoom details if you'd like to attend an upcoming seminar.
Does your site host a virtual or hybrid brown bag discussion?
We'd like to know! Add your information to the form on the bottom of the LTER Events page or email delarosa@nceas.ucsb.edu with information and we'll add sessions to the network calendar.
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National Science Foundation
Other Media
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LTER Publications of Interest
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Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunities
Research and Career Opportunities
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
International Opportunities
Education Opportunities
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We often see the results of research—the published papers, the Twitter summaries, the polished presentations—but rarely do we get to peek behind the scenes to see how all that fieldwork gets done. Turns out, to get to the ice in the Arctic, you get lowered down in a cage! That doesn't come across in a journal publication!
And, another shoutout to KBS for hosting our All Scientists Meeting this month. There's so much going on at the site—from education initiatives, art and science collaborations, partnerships with other organizations, and more—and we learned all about it from the folks involved. It was such a good time—can't wait until the next Science Council!
Remember to tag us at @USLTER for retweets and possible features! And, give @lter_community a follow on Instagram. Or, check out our new Mastodon page: https://ecoevo.social/@USLTER
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