USAPECS Get to Know Us & Listening Session
US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) will be hosting a “Get to Know Us & Listening Session” webinar on Thursday,...
USAPECS
- Sep 1
- 4 min
Arctic Early Career News - September 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
- Jul 7
- 3 min
Arctic Early Career News - July 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Call for Board Members: 2022-2023
USAPECS announces our call for applications for the 2022-2023 executive board. Members of the USAPECS Board work together to develop and...
USAPECS
- May 16
- 2 min
Arctic Early Career News - May 2022
Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research from, and opportunities for, early career researchers working...
USAPECS
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Early Career News - March 2022
USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Early Career Newsletter Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
USAPECS
- Mar 19
- 2 min
Ukraine crisis
Dear USAPECS Members and the Polar Science Community, We, the Board of USAPECS, as the national committee representing United States...
USAPECS
- Feb 18
- 2 min
2022 Call for Blog Ideas
USAPECS is hosting a Becoming a Polar Scientist/Becoming part of the Polar Scientific Community blog series this year! We are looking for...
USAPECS
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
2021 Call for Board Members (CLOSED)
This call has closed for 2021/2022. Please look for a call in the Summer of 2022 for the 2022-2023 year. Are you an early career...
USAPECS
- Jun 10, 2021
- 5 min
Building Smart Arctic Communities
From Carbon Emissions to Colonization Bearing the brunt of others’ footprints, from carbon emissions to colonization, is not a new...
Kristin Timm
- Apr 22, 2021
- 5 min
Key Ideas for Working at the Boundary of Science and Society
As a kid, I spent my days running around the forests and fields of rural central Wisconsin (USA) learning the names of all the trees and...
USAPECS
- Mar 25, 2021
- 9 min
Cryoactivism
In 2006, a geologist from San Juan, Argentina named Juan Pablo Milana laid out a map on the desk of Argentina’s highest environmental...
USAPECS
- Feb 22, 2021
- 5 min
Boundary Organizations
How do I know what a policymaker is interested in? How do I make connections? When is the best time to meet with policymakers? If you,...
USAPECS
- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
Arctic Indigenous communities shape conservation planning and policy
From a global perspective, Indigenous communities are increasingly shaping the conservation of lands, waters, and species around the...
USAPECS
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
The Importance Of Meaningful Relationship Building
As an Anthropologist, researcher, and advocate, I find that relationship building work is just as important, if not more important, than...
USAPECS
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
Exploring the Global Arctic
My name is Mia Bennett and I’m a political geographer working at the University of Hong Kong. I’ve been studying and writing about the...
USAPECS
- Aug 3, 2020
- 5 min
Training for the future of science by Dr. Alyson Fleming
A major solidifying force in my decision to pursue an interdisciplinary career came from taking a course in graduate school on the...
USAPECS
- Jun 30, 2020
- 4 min
Your First Steps on the Path toward Science Policy by Max Showalter
Policy is rarely far-removed from our lives as polar scientists; from climate change to food-web dynamics, cryosphere research touches...
USAPECS
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
USAPECS Board: Response to Current Events
Dear USAPECS Members and the Polar Science Community, . . . . [Content warning: USAPECS response to current events. This CW is...
USAPECS
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
Arctic Data Center Webinar
Hi Everyone, We are providing a copy of the slides as well as the "script" for the Arctic Data Center Webinar that is being hosted later...
USAPECS
- May 21, 2020
- 1 min
Polar Film Fest and an upcoming webinar with the Arctic Data Center
We have announcements concerning the Polar Film Fest and an upcoming webinar with the Arctic Data Center! - First, USAPECS is organizing...
USAPECS
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
2020 Board Recruitment & Year End Survey
Are you an early career researcher doing work in polar or alpine regions? USAPECS would like to invite you to take our survey on our...
USAPECS
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
2020 Board Recruitment & Year End Survey
Are you an early career researcher doing work in polar or alpine regions? USAPECS would like to invite you to take our survey on our...
USAPECS
- Nov 23, 2019
- 1 min
Headed to AGU? Check out some of the Exciting ECR Events hosted/collaborated by USAPECS.
Schedule of USAPECS events at AGU Early Career Workshop (YESS, YHS, USAPECS) – Saturday December 7th, 1 – 5 PM @ the Hyatt Regency San...
USAPECS
- Nov 23, 2019
- 1 min
Headed to AGU? Check out some of the Exciting ECR Events hosted/collaborated by USAPECS.
Schedule of USAPECS events at AGU: Early Career Workshop (YESS, YHS, USAPECS) – Saturday December 7th, 1 – 5 PM @ the Hyatt Regency San...
USAPECS
- Nov 4, 2019
- 1 min
USAPECS Panel at AGU
This panel session focused on discussing: (1) Navigating Your Early Career and Beyond; (2) With panelists from the polar and alpine early...
USAPECS
- Nov 4, 2019
- 1 min
USAPECS Panel at AGU
This panel session focused on discussing: (1) Navigating Your Early Career and Beyond; (2) With panelists from the polar and alpine early...
USAPECS
- Sep 22, 2019
- 1 min
Watch Films with USAPECS for 2019 Polar Week
The 2019 Polar Week is happening right now! Head over to our 2019 Polar Film Fest page to check out all the exciting films showcasing the...
USAPECS
- Sep 22, 2019
- 1 min
Watch Films with USAPECS for 2019 Polar Week
The 2019 Polar Week is happening right now! Head over to our 2019 Polar Film Fest page to check out all the exciting films showcasing the...
USAPECS
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Polar Film Fest
The 2019 Polar Film Fest will take place from September 23 – 27. The event has received a selection of exciting and diverse film...
USAPECS
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Polar Film Fest
The 2019 Polar Film Fest will take place from September 23 – 27. The event has received a selection of exciting and diverse film...
USAPECS
- May 15, 2019
- 1 min
Announcing New Blog and Webinar Series
We are excited to announce the start of both a new Blog Series and Webinar Series beginning this month (May 2019)! Head over to our Blog...
USAPECS
- May 15, 2019
- 1 min
Announcing New Blog and Webinar Series
We are excited to announce the start of both a new Blog Series and Webinar Series beginning this month (May 2019)! Head over to our Blog...
USAPECS
- Feb 12, 2019
- 3 min
Diversity and Inclusion in the Polar Sciences
On December 10th, 2018 USAPECS held a panel on Diversity and Inclusion in the Polar Sciences at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall...
USAPECS
- Nov 26, 2018
- 3 min
USAPECS to host a panel on diversity and inclusion at the AGU Fall Meeting
USAPECS is excited to announce an Early Career Panel on Diversity and Inclusion in the Polar Sciences at the 100th Annual AGU Fall...
USAPECS
- Sep 17, 2018
- 1 min
2018 Polar Film Festival!
Happy Polar Week! The US APECS Board as been busy planning and curating films for this year's Polar Film Festival, and we are happy to...
USAPECS
- May 15, 2018
- 3 min
Making Science Communication Training More Widely Available and Practical
Join an upcoming webinar hosted by IARPC to learn about future online science communication training opportunities...
USAPECS
- May 15, 2018
- 1 min
Upcoming Webinar: Science Communication Lightning Talks
Attend the webinar put on by IARPC on May 22, 2018 (16:00 UTC) about effective science communication, and how you can most effectively...
USAPECS
- Apr 1, 2018
- 1 min
Science Communication Blog Series
Over the next several months USAPECS will be launching a blog series focusing on effective science communication. Posts within the series...
USAPECS
- Jul 31, 2017
- 1 min
Announcing Polar Film Fest 2017!
Following the success of last year’s Polar Film Fest 2016, US APECS is organizing of the second-ever Polar Film Fest, which will take...
USAPECS
- Apr 12, 2017
- 0 min
USAPECS
- Jan 7, 2017
- 8 min
Recapping the APECS-AGU Cryosphere Career Panel: Applying for the Next Step
L-R: Dr. Asa Rennermalm, Dr. Twila Moon, Dr. Bob Rich, and Dr. Sophie Nowicki at the APECS-AGU Cryosphere Careers Panel, December 14,...
USAPECS
- Nov 30, 2016
- 0 min
USAPECS
- Sep 20, 2016
- 1 min
Day 2 of polar week!
We had some great films yesterday. Join us today for #PolarFilmFest for Partly Frozen, Mostly Cute: polar ecology and biology. Today is...
USAPECS
- Sep 19, 2016
- 1 min
It's day 1 of Polar Week!
The Polar Film Fest starts today - check out films on all aspects of the Frozen World.
USAPECS
- Jul 21, 2016
- 2 min
USAPECS Work-Life Panel Summary (from IGS @ La Jolla)
Work-life balance is something most scientists, researchers, and professionals struggle with. Some people even call it an oxymoron....
USAPECS
- Mar 29, 2016
- 2 min
Science and Policy workshop at ASSW
APECS hosted an Early Career Arctic Policy Workshop on Monday, March 14 during Arctic Science Summit Week in Fairbanks, Alaska. This...
USAPECS
- Mar 4, 2016
- 1 min
USAPECS Announces Spring Webinars: Communicating Your Science
USAPECS will be organizing a series of webinars in spring (April-June) 2016. We'll be updating the webinars page as they are scheduled....
USAPECS
- Mar 4, 2016
- 1 min
2016 USAPECS Board and Co-Chairs
USAPECS would like to announce the 2016 Board and Board Co-Chairs. Ellyn Enderlin (Research Assistant Professor at the Climate Change...
USAPECS
- Jan 22, 2016
- 2 min
Apply for 'Make an Impact' Workshop at ASSW 2016
Registration Now Open for Researchers and Teachers Make an Impact Workshop at ASSW 2016 The Arctic in the Classroom Project Kick-off...