Director's Note

John Roberts

This month I decided it was time for us all to recognize the group in SSEC whose function is to provide our face to the world, our web page, and to "get us in the news", the Media Team.   Jean Phillips, their leader, was kind enough to provide the following:

"I hope you’ve been noticing some of the improvements in the many ways (and areas) the SSEC Media Team interacts with you and people outside our building...more

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Technical Computing

This month, we would like to remind you of some services TC offers that you may not be aware of...more

Human Resources

New bus passes; Benefits Fair; "Frontline Supervisor"; September TSA Events...more

Academic Staff

You may have recently seen a survey relating to “2013-14 Academic Staff Governance Priorities” in your Inbox. Over 1,200 of our 8,500 academic staff responded...more

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Comings and Goings

Birthdays

	A Weather-Ready Nation Vision: Dr. Louis Uccellini Conducts a Town Hall Dr. Louis Uccellini made clear at the Weather-Ready Nation Town Hall on 22 August 2013 that he and the NWS as a whole are committed to tackling the "Weather-Ready Nation" challenge....more
	EarthNow Presentations at Aldo Leopold Nature Center As part of an ongoing partnership between CIMSS and the Aldo Leopold Nature Center (ALNC), Patrick Rowley and Brenna Holzhauer (ALNC) conducted a climate change and health presentation...more
	Guest Scholars Design Future Venus Missions During the summer of 2013, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus hosted 64 Bhose and Khorana Scholars for an intensive eleven week graduate research immersion experience focused on STEM...more
	Quantitatively Monitoring Dust Events: Better Weather Prediction Ahead To better protect people from dust storms and understand dust’s impact on climate, atmospheric scientists are using satellite observations to detect and predict dust events...more