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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have named Ike Irby (Ph.D., M.P.P. ’17) as Policy Advisor in the Office of the Vice President. Irby, who earned joint graduate degrees from William & Mary and its Virginia Institute of Marine Science in 2017, previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor to Harris in the U.S. Senate, covering climate, environment, energy, transportation, and infrastructure.
Irby brings both a science and policy background to the nation’s capital, with a Ph.D. degree from the School of Marine Science at VIMS and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Public Policy Graduate Program at W&M. He responded to the announcement in a tweet, writing, “Truly honored to serve as Policy Advisor to the next Vice President, Kamala Harris. The climate crisis is the challenge of our time, and I look forward to
Precursors to Arrival? NASA s Juno Discovers Wifi-Like Radio Signal From Jupiter s Moon
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Although alien transmission was ultimately dismissed as improbable, NASA s Ambassador to Utah Patrick Wiggins isn t losing hope of evidence arriving to prove there is someone out there.
The Juno spacecraft, orbiting Jupiter since 2016, has now spotted a unique FM signal, presumably originating from the moon Ganymede. No such detections were previously picked up from the largest and most massive of the Solar System s moons, ABC4 News reported.
Juno happened to cross the radio source when travelling across the gas giant s polar region - a place where magnetic field lines connect to the natural satellite.
Women and minorities in weather and climate fields confront harassment, lack of inclusion Kay Nolan A large crowd attended the Women in Science luncheon at the American Meteorological Society meeting in Boston last year. (American Meteorological Society) Last year the Black Lives Matter movement that intensified with the high-profile deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others led to heightened conversations nationwide around institutional discrimination against marginalized groups in workplaces, academia and government. Women and minorities in the earth and atmospheric sciences were already on it. They started their own “Me Too!” movement, pushing for action within the professional scientific societies that are key to giving scientists visibility and career-enhancing opportunities to publish papers, win awards and speak at conferences.
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Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, who holds the Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology and is associate dean of the graduate division at the University of California, Merced, received the Joanne Simpson Medal for Mid-Career Scientists from the American Geophysical Union.
The American Geophysical Union is the largest professional society for Earth scientists globally and includes more than 62,000 members spanning 144 countries. The society was founded in the early 1900s and focuses on four fundamental areas: atmospheric and ocean sciences; solid-earth sciences; hydrologic sciences; and space sciences. The Joanne Simpson Medal is given to “exceptional mid-career scientists who have made transformative scientific advances or breakthroughs in the Earth and space sciences, demonstrated strong leadership, and provided outstanding service to science and society.”