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      NCEAS ?   Yuck<br>
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      On 8/4/15 8:01 PM, John Vande Castle wrote:<br>
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      Pretty much sounds like the UNM LNO (or UW LNO for that matter)
      never existed. A very sensitive and compassionate "NEWS"
      announcement. Glad to be getting out.<br>
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      -jvc<br>
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        <b>From:</b> LeeAnne French <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:french@nceas.ucsb.edu"><french@nceas.ucsb.edu></a><br>
        <b>Sent:</b> August 4, 2015 6:17:35 PM MDT<br>
        <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:news@nceas.ucsb.edu">news@nceas.ucsb.edu</a><br>
        <b>Subject:</b> [NCEAS News] NEWS from NCEAS -- Awarded new
        Communication Office for LTER<br>
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                  <div dir="ltr"><big>Dear NCEAS residents, Working
                      Group participants and Alumni-</big><br>
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                              <big>Today is an exciting day for NCEAS.
                                The National Science Foundation (NSF)
                                has awarded UC Santa Barbara and NCEAS
                                $3.5 million to create the first <a
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                                  Communications Office</a> for the Long
                                Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network</big>.
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                                This announcement coincides with NCEAS'
                                celebration of 20 years as a Synthesis
                                Center and the launch of a new
                                visualization tool, VizSearch.</big><br>
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                                        target="_blank">NCEAS to Operate
                                        New Communications Office for
                                        LTER Network</a></h3>
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                                    <p>UC Santa Barbara has recently
                                      been selected by the National
                                      Science Foundation (NSF) as the
                                      site of the first national
                                      communications office for the Long
                                      Term Ecological Research (LTER)
                                      network. A $3.5 million NSF grant
                                      will fund this communications
                                      office and it will be operated by
                                      UCSB's National Center for
                                      Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
                                      (NCEAS) — taking advantage of
                                      NCEAS' experience in the support
                                      of multi-site collaboration and
                                      synthetic research, along with
                                      graduate training and
                                      environmental science
                                      communication. <a
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href="https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/nceas-new-communications-office-lter-network"
                                        target="_blank">More></a></p>
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                                    <h1><small> <a
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                                          target="_blank">NCEAS is
                                          celebrating 20 years as a
                                          synthesis center! </a></small></h1>
                                    <p>For the past two decades, NCEAS
                                      has brought together scientists,
                                      policy-makers, and resource
                                      managers in dynamic Working
                                      Groups, with the goal of tackling
                                      significant questions in ecology
                                      and the environment in order to
                                      rapidly advance scientific
                                      understanding and address critical
                                      environmental challenges for the
                                      benefit of society. The
                                      Anniversary Report explores the
                                      impacts NCEAS has had over the
                                      last 20 years, celebrates our
                                      collaborators, and highlights the
                                      programs which are driving future
                                      collaborations and discovery. <a
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href="https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/hot-press-nceas-20th-anniversary-report"
                                        target="_blank">More></a></p>
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                                                    NCEAS Research
                                                    Projects and
                                                    Publications</a></small></big></h2>
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                                      <p>More than 2,200 scientific
                                        publications have been
                                        attributed to work at NCEAS
                                        since its inception in 1995. To
                                        better communicate the scope and
                                        impact of the collective work of
                                        the NCEAS community, we have
                                        just launched a new
                                        visualization tool - VizSearch.
                                        We encourage you to explore and
                                        search for your work or working
                                        group and discover how your
                                        efforts have contributed to the
                                        broad ecological, conservation
                                        and informatic themes that have
                                        emerged. <a
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                                          target="_blank">Launch
                                          VizSearch</a></p>
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                                    you at ESA</i></font></big></big></b><br>
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                          The NCEAS leadership team will be at ESA in
                          force next week in Baltimore. Frank Davis,
                          Mark Schildhauer, Matt Jones and I will be
                          moderating, giving talks, and hosting
                          receptions and mixers.  Please join us and
                          raise a toast to NCEAS' 20 years and many more
                          to come!<br>
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                              <blockquote><big><b>Tuesday</b><b>, Aug 11</b></big><br>
                                <blockquote>8:00 - 11:30am   <b>SNAP
                                    Symposium</b> (Rm 308) - <b>Ecology,

                                    Conservation and Human Well-being:
                                    Improving Outcomes for Nature and
                                    People</b>   Moderator:  Frank Davis<br>
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                                  5:30 - 7:30 pm    <b>Synthesis Center
                                    Reception</b> - Family Meal
                                  Restaurant (621 East Pratt St) light
                                  refreshments will be served (cash bar)<br>
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                                <big><b>Wednesday, Aug 12</b></big><br>
                                <blockquote>1:30 - 5:00 pm    <b>Symposium</b>
                                  (Rm 309) - <b>Coupled Natural and
                                    Human Systems Science: The Need,
                                    Challenges, and Rewards</b><br>
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                                  5:30 - 7:30 pm    <b>Mixer - SNAP</b>:
                                  <b>Science for Nature and People</b> -
                                  Pratt Street Ale House (206 West Pratt
                                  Street) light refreshments will be
                                  served (cash bar)<br>
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                                <big><b>Thursday, Aug 13</b></big><br>
                                <blockquote>1:30 - 5:00 pm    <b>Symposium</b>
                                  (Rm 337) - <b>Beyond the Spreadsheet:
                                    Data Integration and Informatics</b><b>
                                    for the Next Century of Ecology</b>    


                                  Speaker:  Matt Jones<br>
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                                <big><b>Friday, Aug 14</b></big><br>
                                <blockquote>8:00 - 11:30 am   <b>Symposium</b>
                                  (Rm 308) - <b>Global Ecology in the
                                    Era of Big Data: Challenges and </b><b>Promises



                                    for Plant Ecology in the 21st
                                    Century       </b>Organizer: Mark
                                  Schildhauer<b><b>  </b>  </b><br>
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LeeAnne French, MESM
Deputy Director Science for Nature and People (SNAP)
Director of Programs
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:French@nceas.ucsb.edu">French@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>
805-893-7551
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LeeAnne French, MESM
Deputy Director Science for Nature and People (SNAP)
Director of Programs
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:French@nceas.ucsb.edu">French@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>
805-893-7551
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