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LTER Grad Student Representatives Monthly Meeting

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January 1, 2024-January 1, 2025 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm –

LTER Grad Rep Meeting

The LTER Graduate Student Committee was established to foster interaction among graduate students working at LTER sites and between students and senior LTER scientists, to create student opportunities for intersite research, and to develop interdisciplinary graduate student training programs. Membership includes student representatives from each of the LTER sites.

Shared Google Drive (request access from a google-associated email account)
2024 Meeting Notes
Committee Web Page
LTER Forum Group Page

LTER Diversity Committee Monthly Meeting

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January 1, 2024-January 1, 2025 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm –

The LTER Network DEIJ Committee meets monthly:

Second Tuesday of each month at
Noon Pacific Time / 3 pm Eastern Time

The purpose of the LTER Network DEIJ Committee:
Engagement, integration and retention of a diverse community of students, scientists, and educators within LTER. Provides concrete and deliberate actions and resources at individual sites and at the Network to foster diversity and inclusion.

Key links:
Shared google drive (current committee members may access zoom link here)
Committee web page
Join email list (diversity@lternet.edu) or change settings
LTER Forum Broadening Participation group

LTER Education & Outreach Committee Monthly Meeting

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January 4, 2024-January 1, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm –

LTER recognizes the value of sustained interactions between students, teachers, and scientists, and strives to integrate LTER science with K-12 education. Most LTER sites conduct individual programs at the local level, and the network supports centralized approaches to educational initiatives.

The LTER Education and Outreach Committee meets monthly:

First Thursday of each month at
Noon Pacific Time / 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

2025 Agenda/Notes document (current committee members can find the zoom link here)
Education and Outreach Committee Web Page
Join email list here (education@lternet.edu)

 

Meet the LTER Network

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January 24, 2024 @ 9:00 am-10:00 am – Our January call provided an orientation to the sites, science, and structure of the LTER Network as well as ways to connect with colleagues and get involved. It is most appropriate for investigators, students, and staff who are new to the network, but all are welcome.

Information Management Virtual Watercooler

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February 12, 2024-December 10, 2024 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm –

The LTER Information Management Committee meets monthly via video conference to share information and ideas relevant to information management in the LTER Network. Information Managers from all LTER sites are invited and encouraged to participate in these meetings.

Meetings are regularly scheduled for the second Monday of each month at Noon Pacific Time / 3 pm Eastern Time

Participants may obtain the zoom link by visiting the:

Increasing Diversity in Fieldwork through Access Transparency

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February 28, 2024 @ 9:00 am-10:00 am – Haley Branch, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University. Dr. Haley Branch (postdoctoral fellow in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University) will lead us through an NSF proposal she wrote to help promote fieldwork inclusivity for disabled researchers. Many disabled students do not consider a career in EEB because of the dominance of and emphasis that the […]

LTER Community Call: Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers

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March 27, 2024 @ 9:00 am-10:00 am – Group synthesis projects use and combine data from multiple sites, times, or approaches. They also build professional networks, expand your scientific perspective, and produce impactful science. But doing them well requires a particular combination of skills, including both technical and interpersonal skills. In the Fall of 2024, the LTER Network Office will begin offering a […]

Synthesis RFP Informational Webinar

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April 9, 2024 @ 9:00 am-10:00 am –

The 2024 LTER Request for Synthesis Proposals is now open! This informational webinar will review the RFP and the submission and review process, as well as new resources for developing an effective proposal and recruiting a string team.

Information Management Virtual Watercooler

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April 15, 2024 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm –

The LTER Information Management Committee meets monthly via video conference to share information and ideas relevant to information management in the LTER Network. Information Managers from all LTER sites are invited and encouraged to participate in these meetings.

Meetings are regularly scheduled for the second Monday of each month at Noon Pacific Time / 3 pm Eastern Time

Participants may obtain the zoom link by visiting the:

LTER Visual Media Series: Kelso Harper

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April 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am-11:30 am –

Communicating science through photography and videography with Kelso Harper, Multimedia Producer at Scientific American

Friday, April 19 at 1pm ET/ noon CT/ 11 am MT/ 10 am PT/ 9 am AKT

Kelso Harper works across visual media and science journalism, from photography to podcasts to video. They currently run Scientific American’s vertical video operation. They have previously worked as a writer, producer, editor, and host for outlets like WIRED, Science, Popular Mechanics, Retro Report, and TED Ed, and has degrees in chemistry and science writing from Johns Hopkins University and MIT.

https://www.kelsoharper.com/

Webinar participants will also have the opportunity to submit their own work by Friday, April 12, and participate in a 30-min show-and-tell discussion. After the 1-hr lecture, participants who have submitted work will spend 30 minutes receiving feedback in a small-group setting to improve their own graphics.