E-Newsletter Vol. 21 – 2011

Welcome Back! The Fall 2011 semester officially begins on Monday, August 29.

The first Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, August 31, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Dr. Caroline Muller from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at Princeton University will present a seminar entitled, “Intensification of Precipitation Extremes with Warming in a Cloud-Resolving Model.” All are welcome to attend. First year graduate students, please remember to sign the attendance sheet which will be on the coffee table in the back of the room.

The Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) series will be begin on Friday, September 9. Additional information will be provided in next week’s newsletter.

The first Friday Weather Discussion for this semester will take place on September 2 at 2:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Please mark your calendars for the ITPA faculty meeting on Monday, September 26, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 113.

From August 27 through September 1, Professor Daniel Knopf will be attending the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in Denver, Colorado, where he will be presenting two invited talks and Chairing a session.

From August 29 through 31, Professor Marvin Geller will be attending a meeting of the National Research Council Heliophysics Decadal Survey Committee in Irvine, California.

Student News

ITPA would like to extend a warm welcome to our new students: Jingyi Chen, Sara Ganetis, Sabrina Geraci-Yee, Jue Huang, Michael Layer, Jaclyn Schuck, Matthew Sienkiewicz, and Albert Yau.

Miscellaneous

Save the date! The new student BBQ will take place on Friday, September 30, beginning at 12:30 p.m. behind Discovery Hall. Volunteers are needed for set up and clean up. To volunteer, please send an email to Cliff Jones at cjones@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Save the date! SoMAS will host an all-day, Open House on Saturday, September 24 beginning at 10:00 a.m. The purpose of the Open House is to introduce ourselves to the local community. There will be displays and exhibits, lab tours, public lectures, and activities for children. Volunteers are needed for this important event. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Bill Wise at wwise@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

ITPA would like to welcome Mark Lang, the new SoMAS IT Specialist. Mark’s office is located in Endeavour Hall, room 133, and his telephone number is 2-3723.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 7, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Vasilii Petrenko from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rochester will present a seminar entitled, “14CH4Measurements in Ancient Glacial Ice: Investigating Last Glacial Termination CH4 Sources.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Professor Petrenko, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

The first Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, September 9, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Paul Bowser from Cornell University will present a seminar entitled, “High Resolution Visual and Acoustic Sea Floor Mapping for Marine Archeology and Benthic Habitat Assessment.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

Friday Weather Discussions for this semester will take place at 3:30 p.m. rather than the 2:30 p.m. time announced in last week’s newsletter. Weather discussions take place in Endeavour Hall 139 and all are welcome to attend. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

As a reminder, the ITPA faculty meeting will be held on Monday, September 26, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 113.

Faculty who wish to modify their addenda, please note that the database will remain open only until Friday, September 9.

Student News

Applications are available for the 2012 Ford Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching. Eligibility information and online applications may be obtained athttp://nationalacademies.org/ford.

Many fellowship opportunities are available through The National Academies and information may be accessed at http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/

Two new Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Senators are needed for SoMAS. If interested, please contact Anne Cooper Ellefson at anne.cooper.ellefson@gmail.com.

Miscellaneous

New walkways are being planned for SoMAS/South Campus. All are welcome to attend the planning meeting on Thursday, September 15, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour 120.

All are invited to attend New York Sea Grant’s 40th anniversary reception on Friday, September 9, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Long Island Maritime Museum. The Museum is located at 86 West Avenue in West Sayville. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Leigh Hubbard atleigh.hubbard@stonybrook.edu or at 2-6905. Vans have been reserved but space is limited.

The Office of Research Services has assembled an annual report which can be accessed athttp://www.stonybrook.edu/research/vpr/annualreports/AR-08-10.pdf

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 14, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Jan-Huey Chen from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at Princeton University will present a seminar entitled, “Predictability of Tropical Cyclone Inter-annual Variability with 25-km High-Resolution Global Model.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Professor Chen, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, September 16, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Chris Roman from the University of Rhode Island will present a seminar entitled, “High Resolution Visual and Acoustic Sea Floor Mapping for Marine Archaeology and Benthic Habitat Assessment.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

The TLT Faculty Center fall workshop schedule for faculty, postdocs and TAs may be accessed athttps://tlt.stonybrook.edu/FacultyServices/Events/Pages/On-campusCalendar.aspx. The Center is also hosting two events regarding the new online course evaluation process. For details, please accesshttps://tlt.stonybrook.edu/FacultyServices/Events/Pages/On-campusCalendar.aspx or contact Patricia Aceves at 2-2780.

Faculty members, please provide Carol Dovi (cdovi@notes.cc.sunysb.edu) with a copy of your course syllabus for this semester.

The Undergraduate Admissions Office is preparing for their “Visit a Class Program.” Faculty who are willing to have prospective students visit their class, please contact Mary Scranton atmscranton@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Student News

The first Graduate Student Club meeting for this semester will take place on Monday, September 12, at 5:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. For additional information, please send an email toSoMASGradClub@gmail.com.

The SoMAS Graduate Student Club is planning for this year’s Okubofest and is in need of microbrewers. To participate, please send an email to SoMASGradClub@gmail.com.

Graduate Research Fellowships are available through the National Science Foundation (NSF) for domestic, first-year graduate students. Details may be accessed at
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11582/nsf11582.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

The first installment of the Provost’s Graduate Student Lecture Series will take place on Thursday, September 15, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the Wang Center Chapel. Landon Firm from the Philosophy Department will present a lecture entitled, “Substance Abuse: Postmodern Misreadings of Spinoza.” All are welcome to attend.

Miscellaneous

The Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University invites applications for several tenure-track faculty positions. For information, please contact Jeffrey Collett atfacultysearch@atmos.colostate.edu. Additional details are posted on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall.

As a reminder, the planning meeting for the new walkways at SoMAS/South Campus will take place on Thursday, September 15, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour 120. All are welcome to attend.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 21, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor James Booth from the Department of Applied Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University will present a seminar entitled, “Revisiting the Influence of Surface Moisture and Heat Fluxes on Midlatitude Storm Intensification During the Late Stages of Development.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Professor Booth, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, September 23, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Jaye Cable from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, will present a seminar entitled, “Variations in Nitrogen Fluxes Across the Subterranean Estuary.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

The latest edition of the SUNY University Faculty Senate Bulletin may be accessed athttp://suny.edu/facultysenate/

Student News

Leadership Opportunity for Graduate Students: The National Residence Hall Honorary Graduate Mentor Program is seeking candidates to help guide undergraduates through the Graduate School application process and to act as a resource for different opportunities in your area of study. All majors and areas of study are welcome. The first workshop will take place on Wednesday, October 12 at 12:50 p.m. in the Student Activities Center, Ballroom A. For further information, please send an email to aearl@notes.cc.sunyb.edu.

The Waste Reduction and Management Institute is seeking candidates for the Evan R. Liblit Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship award. The $1,200 award will be given to a promising undergraduate who is enrolled as a full time student, is an environmental studies major or science/engineering major with an environmental studies minor or an emphasis on waste management. Details are posted on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall. For further information, please contact Bonnie Stephens at 2-8704.

Miscellaneous

The SoMAS Open House will take place on Saturday, September 24, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Volunteers are still needed for a variety of tasks. For further information, please contact Bill Wise at wwise@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Stony Brook University’s annual SEFA Campaign kicked off on September 1. To obtain a copy of the pledge card, please contact Darshay Harris in the Provost’s Office at 2-4360. Additional details are also posted on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall.

Donations are needed for Long Island Cares, a hunger assistance program. The food donation box is located in front of the ITPA office, Endeavour Hall 129. Suggested items: boxed cereal, canned goods, oatmeal, macaroni and cheese, rice, peanut butter, pasta and canned pasta sauce (no glass jars please).

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 28, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Justin Minder from the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University will present a seminar entitled, “How Mountains Shape their Own Snow-Lines: Mesoscale Observations, Modeling, and Processes.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Professor Minder, please contact the host, Professor Brian Colle, at 2-3174.

Due to the Rosh Hashanah holiday, there will be no Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) or Friday Weather Discussion on September 30.

Faculty News

On September 26-27, Professor Brian Colle will be attending a meeting of the Science Advisory Board for the Developmental Test Center at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO.

Congratulations to Professor Minghua Zhang who was appointed to serve as Dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, effective September 1, 2011. Please join us for a wine and cheese reception to honor him on Thursday, October 13, at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. RSVP to Steve Ortega at 2-8781.

The ITPA faculty meeting will take place on Monday, September 26, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 113.

Student News

All are welcome to attend the new student barbecue on Friday, September 30, beginning at 12:30 p.m. behind Discovery Hall. Volunteers are needed to assist with various tasks. To volunteer, please contact Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Miscellaneous

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 5, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Nicole Davi from the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University will present a seminar entitled, “Droughts, Dzud and Archaeology in Mongolia: A Tree Ring Perspective.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Professor Davi, please contact the host, Professor David Black, at 2-8676.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, October 7, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Mary-Louise Timmermans from Yale University will present a seminar entitled, “Dynanics of the Deep Arctic Ocean.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

This week, Professor Sultan Hameed will be in Boulder, CO to represent ITPA at the annual meeting of the University Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).

Student News

The new student BBQ will take place on Friday, October 14, beginning at 3:00 p.m. behind Discovery Hall. Volunteers are needed for set-up and clean-up. To volunteer, please send an email to Carol Dovi at cdovi@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Miscellaneous

A very special thanks to all those who participated in last week’s SoMAS Open House. Photos from this event may be accessed athttp://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/news_events/galleries/2011/soh11.htm

UUP members are invited to attend a “Campaign for the Future of Higher Education,” on Wednesday, October 5, at 12:00 noon in the Wang Center, room 301. The Campaign was launched by faculty organizations in 21 states to address the crisis in higher education by providing a framework in which to discuss change. Lunch will be provided but RSVP is necessary, http://www.uupsbu.org.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 12, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Dong L. Wu from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will present a seminar entitled, “New Challenges of Cloud Remote Sensing from Space.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Professor Wu, please contact Sultan Hameed, at 2-8319.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, October 14, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Daniel Knopf from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciencers will present a seminar entitled, “The Ice Forming Potential of Aerosol Particles: Implications for Clouds and Climate.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Dean Minghua has agreed to resume support for external faculty members to attend proposal exams and dissertation defenses. Five-hundred dollars will be available to defray travel costs. For more information, please contact Anne McElroy at amcelroy@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Student News

The new student BBQ will take place on Friday, October 14, beginning at 3:00 p.m. behind Discovery Hall. Volunteers are needed for set-up and clean-up. To volunteer, please send an email to Carol Dovi at cdovi@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Ph.D. scholarships are available from the ARC Center of Excellence for Climate System Science at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Details are posted on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall, or you may contact Dietmar Dommenget at dietmar.dommenget@monash.edu. Deadline for applications is October 31.

The UCAR Visiting Scientists Program, in collaboration with the NOAA Climate Program Office, announces the 2012 call for applications to Postdocs Applying Climate Expertise (PACE). For details, please access http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/pace/ or see flyer posted on the ITPA bulletin board.

The UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs announces the 2012 recruitment for NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellows. Details may be accessed at http://www.globalchange.gov/ and are posted on the ITPA bulletin board.

Miscellaneous

October is hunger awareness month. Please consider donating to Long Island Cares, a hunger assistance program. The food donation box is located in front of the ITPA office, Endeavour Hall 129. Suggested items: boxed cereal, canned goods, oatmeal, macaroni and cheese, rice, peanut butter, pasta and canned pasta sauce (no glass jars please).

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 19, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Margaret Hurwitz from Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) will present a seminar entitled, “Response of the Antarctic Stratosphere to Two Types of El Nino Events.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Professor Hurwitz, please contact Sultan Hameed, at 2-8319.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, October 21, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Ivano Aiello from the Moss Landing, California Consortium for Ocean Leadership will present a seminar entitled, “Diatom Oozes, Archives of Past Climate Change and Habitats for Microbial Life.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

From October 17-21, Professor Edmund Chang will be visiting Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he will present two talks: “Storm Track Climatology and Variability: Do Climate Models Get them Right?” at Caltech, and “Wave Packets and Weather Forecasting,” at JPL.

The most recent Spring 2012 course schedule was distributed on October 10. Faculty members are asked to review it and and contact Carol Dovi at 2-8681 if revisions are required.

Student News

Graduate students are invited to attend a workshop entitled, “Presenting the WOW Factor: How to Give a Great Science Seminar,” on Wednesday, November 2, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in Humanities 3017, presenter Professor Michael Hadjiargyrou from the Department of Biomedical Engineering. For details, please access http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/postdoc/events.html#wow

Miscellaneous

Save the date! Okubofest will be held on Friday, October 21 at 4:00 p.m. Additional details will be provided in a future newsletter.

As a reminder, if you reserve one of the SoMAS vehicles on the calendar in Discovery Hall, please print your name, phone number, and an estimate of how long the vehicle is needed.

The Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department at McGill University is seeking a new faculty member in the area of Clouds, Aerosols and Climate.” For details, please accesshttp://www.mcgill.ca/meteo/positions#faculty.

San Jose State University, California, is seeking an Assistant Professor with a strong background in physics, astronomy, meteorology, or climate science. Details are posted on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall.

As part of the “Fall 2011 Front Page Discussions for Academics and Professionals,” UUP members are invited to attend a lecture by John Weeks, Professor of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, at the University of London. The lecture entitled, “What’s Up in England? Riots? Austerity? A Report and Analysis from the Front,” will be held on Wednesday, October 19, at 12:00 noon in the Wang Center, room 301.

AFLAC enrollment sessions for UUP members will take place on Tuesday, October 18, and Thursday, October 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the UUP Office, Melville Library, room S54125. For additional information, please call the UUP office at 2-6570.

Stony Brook University, UUP Community Services, and Long Island Cares are seeking donations of non-perishable boxed and canned food items. The donation box is located in Endeavour Hall, room 129.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 26, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor David Ferreira from the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will present a seminar entitled, “Climate Determinism Revisited: Multiple Equilibria in a Complex Climate Model.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Professor Ferreira, please contact Sultan Hameed, at 2-8319.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, October 28, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Leslie Thorne from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences will present a seminar entitled, “The Importance of Local Oceanographic Features and Associated Prey Distributions to the Foraging Habitat of Top Predators.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Professor Mary Scranton is seeking donations of non-perishable food items, baby items, and toiletries for the Island Heart Food Pantry. Donations may be dropped off at her office, Challenger Hall 115.

Student News

Graduate Student Distinguished Travel Awards for 2011-2012 are available through the Graduate School and Graduate Student Organization. For details, please access http://sbgso.org/node/8073.

Miscellaneous

Congratulations to Mark Lang and his wife on their birth of their daughter, Madeleine Michelle. Madeleine arrived on October 21 at 2:40 p.m., weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces.

The SoMAS holiday party has been scheduled for Monday, December 12, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. at Flowerfield in St. James. This year’s celebration includes a 4-hour cocktail party, DJ, and dancing. Tickets prices are as follows: Students $24, Staff $30, Faculty $35. For details, please see Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office.

There will be a UUP General Membership meeting on Tuesday, October 25, at 12:00 noon in the Student Activities Center, Ballroom B.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 2, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Dr. Kostas Tsigaridis from the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University will present a seminar entitled, “Organic Aerosols in the Earth System: Current Status and Future Challenges.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Dr. Tsigaridis, please contact Sultan Hameed, at 2-8319.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, November 4, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. William M. Wise from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences will present a seminar entitled, “The Development of the Menhaden Fishery in New York.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

In connection with the Stony Brook Southampton Lecture Series, Dr. Michael G. Frisk, Assistant Professor from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, will present a lecture entitled, “Movements and Residence of Winter Flounder Within Long Island Estuaries,” on Friday, November 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke/Chancellors Lecture Hall on the Southampton Campus. All are welcome to attend lecture and the reception following.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

On November 2-3, Professor Brian Colle, Postdoctoral Associate Kelly Lombardo, and graduate students David Stark, Michael Erickson, and Matthew Souders will each present talks at the Northeast Regional Operational Workshop in Albany.

Student News

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Associates are eligible to attend a job fair in Manhattan on November 5-6 free of charge. For details, please access http://www.whatcanyoubewithaphd.net/. This event is co-sponsored by Stony Brook’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Graduate School.

Miscellaneous

The Physics and Astronomy Department at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, has an open tenure-track position in Atmospheric Physics. Details may be accessed at
http://careers.agu.org/jobs/4520471/tenure-track-assistant-professor-atmospheric-physics

UUP Individual Development Awards are available for enhancing teaching and research capabilities and improving professional knowledge and skills. Applications may be obtained from the chapter office, Melville Library, S-5415, 2-6570. Deadline for applications is January 5, 2012.

Opportunities available for Postdoctoral Associates: (1) The Ewing Kauffman Outstanding and Emerging Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award, http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/programs-resources/postdoctoral-entrepreneur-awards, and (2) the NYAS Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, http://www.nyas.org/awards/blavatnik.aspx

Save the date! The SoMAS holiday party has been scheduled for Monday, December 12, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. at Flowerfield in St. James. This year’s celebration includes a 4-hour cocktail party, DJ, and dancing. Tickets prices are as follows: Students $24, Staff $30, Faculty $35. For details, please see Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office.

Long Island food pantries are in desperate need of donations, especially with the holidays approaching. Please consider making a donation for those less fortunate. Collection boxes are located outside of Endeavour 129, and Challenger 115.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 9, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Dr. Tianle Yuan from the Climate Radiation Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will present a seminar entitled, “Evidence for Aerosol Enhancement of Lightning and Convective Invigoration.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Dr. Yuan, please contact Sultan Hameed, at 2-8319.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, November 11, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Edmund Chang from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences will present a seminar entitled, “Wave Packets and Weather Forecasting.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

The second portion of the “Joint SBU-BNL Symposium on Climate Change Modeling” will take place on November 9 and 10. Dr. Sungsu Park of the National Center for Atmospheric Research will present lectures on “Moist Convection and Turbulence in the CAM.” The November 9 lecture begins at 10:15 a.m. in Endeavour 120, and the November 10 lecture begins at 10:00 a.m., also in Endeavour 120. An agenda for the symposium is posted on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

From November 5-11, Professor Marat Khairoutdinov will be in London to attend the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Workshop.

As a reminder, faculty members who plan to be out of town are asked to send Gina (ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu) an email with the dates, location, and name of the meeting you will be attending. The information is needed for the “out of town” board in the ITPA office, as well as the newsletter. Thank you for your cooperation.

Student News

The Undergraduate Academic Affairs Office is seeking nominations for the Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence 2012. Students graduating between June 2011 and May 2012 are eligible for consideration. Deadline for nominations is December 16. Further information is posted on the ITPA bulletin board, or you may contact Donna Di Donato at 2-7081.

Miscellaneous

The UUP “Fall 2011 Front Page Discussions for Academics and Professionals” series is hosting a talk by Professor Michael Zweig from the Department of Economics entitled, “Sorting through the Federal Budget Deadlines.” The talk will take place on Wednesday, November 9, at 12:00 noon in the Wang Center, room 301. Lunch will be provided. RSVP to http://www.uupsbu.org

The UUP Women’s Concerns Committee presents “UUP Self Defense 101,” on Thursday, November 10 at 12:00 noon in the Wang Center, room 201. Sensei Dan Hayes will teach basic self defense principles and techniques. Lunch will be served. RSVP required to http://www.uupsbu.org

Save the date! The SoMAS holiday party has been scheduled for Monday, December 12, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. at Flowerfield in St. James. This year’s celebration includes a 4-hour cocktail party, DJ, and dancing. Tickets prices are as follows: Students $25, Staff $30, Faculty $35. For details, please see Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office.

Long Island food pantries are in desperate need of donations, especially with the holidays approaching. Please consider making a donation for those less fortunate. Collection boxes are located outside of Endeavour 129, and Challenger 115.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 16, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Dr. John P. McCormack from the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, will present a seminar entitled, “The Effect of Zonally Asymmetric Ozone Heating on the Northern Hemisphere Winter Polar Stratosphere.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Dr. McCormack, please contact Sultan Hameed, at 2-8319.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, November 18, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Cynthia Pilskaln from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, will present a seminar entitled, “Particles and Particle Fluxes.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

All are welcome to attend a seminar at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) on Friday, November 18, at 11:00 a.m. in the conference room of Building 815E. Dr. Ed Luke of BNL’s Atmospheric Sciences Division will present a seminar entitled, “Observing Cloud Microphysics and Dynamics Using Radar Doppler Spectra.” A photo ID is required to enter the BNL site.

All are welcome to attend the Living World Lecture on Friday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Earth and Space Sciences 001. Christian Parenti, author and contributing editor to The Nation, will present a seminar entitled, “Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence.” For further information, please contact Professor Jeffrey Levinton at jlevinton@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

From November 15-18, Professor Marvin Geller will be attending a meeting of the Heliophysics Decadal Survey Steering Committee in Irvine, CA

Student News

Graduate students who would like to vote to make student stipends tax-free may sign the petition at
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/reinstate-tax-exempt-status-graduate-student-stipends/rXJf6HlP You must register in order to sign the petition.

SoMAS hoodies are on sale now for $30 each. For ordering information, please send an email toSoMASGradClub@gmail.com.

Congratulations to the 2011 Liblit Scholarship recipients, Konstantine Rountos and Eda Charmaine Gimenez. They will be honored at the annual Liblit Memorial Scholarship breakfast on November 17.

Miscellaneous

Save the date! The SoMAS holiday party has been scheduled for Monday, December 12, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. at Flowerfield in St. James. This year’s celebration includes a 4-hour cocktail party, DJ, and dancing. Tickets prices are as follows: Students $25, Staff $30, Faculty $35. For details, please see Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office.

Long Island food pantries are in desperate need of donations, especially with the holidays approaching. Please consider making a donation for those less fortunate. Collection boxes are located outside of Endeavour 129, and Challenger 115.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic (TAOS) Sciences seminar, Oceans or Atmosphere (OAC) Colloquium, or Friday Weather Discussion. Enjoy the break!

Faculty News

Dean Minghua Zhang has formed two search committees to search for three faculty positions. The first committee is chaired by Edmund Chang and is charged to search for one faculty in Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) and one faculty in Physical Oceanography (PO). The second committee is chaired by Robert Cerrato and is charged to search for a Fisheries Ecologist. All three positions will be at the Assistant Professor level, but our advertisements will include the language of “exceptional candidates can be considered at other ranks.” The three searches will start simultaneously. The two search committees will work on the position descriptions and the advertisements shortly. Please speak to the committee Chairs if you have any input for the search, including nominations of potential candidates once the advertisement is out.

Student News

Storm Observation and Research Meteorology (STORM) Program 2012: The STORM program is available to ATM Majors with Junior/Senior Standing (as of summer 2012). The Storm Observation and Research Meteorology (STORM) Program is designed to teach students how to observe convective storms and use the datasets they collect and other classroom learning tools to investigate the evolution of severe weather and to learn approaches how to forecast these events. The program is scheduled to coincide near the climatological peak for tornado occurrence (late May into early June) over the central and northern Plains. In collaboration with the SUNY Oswego meteorology program, participants will drive to the Plains States (Tornado Alley) for the first two weeks of this 3-week program. Each morning, students will analyze real-time data, produce forecasts, discuss their forecasts, and depart to the target area (where it is believed that severe thunderstorms will develop). At the end of each chase day, participants will compare what was observed to their forecasts. This is when the real learning will occur! The last week of the program will take place on the SUNY Oswego campus, where students will compare their observations and forecast methods to the theories on severe storm development and forecast techniques. Participants will conduct research projects with the data collected during each chase. Some will develop case studies of specific events while others will test hypotheses related to thunderstorm behavior. Students receive 2 credits for this field work by registering for ATM 487 (Senior Research in Atmospheric Sciences) in Summer I semester. The Program Cost is $2,400 per student, which includes everything except food. Please contact Professor Brian Colle by December 15, 2011 if you wish to participate next Spring 2012.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) will host a summer colloquium on “Subseasonal variability and its impact at the weather-climate intersection” from June 4-22, 2012. Colloquium convenors are Mitch Moncrieff, George Kiladis, and Lance Bosart. The colloquium is targeted at graduate students who have completed at least two years of doctoral level study in the atmospheric sciences and related disciplines. A week-long researcher colloquium (June 11-15) will be a part of the overall colloquium. The announcement may be accessed at:http://www.asp.ucar.edu/colloquium/2012/index.php.

DISCCRS (DISsertations initiative for the advancement of Climate Change ReSearch) VII
Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium
October 13-20, 2012
La Foret Conference and Retreat Center
Colorado Springs, CO

Participation is limited to 30 early-career Ph.D. scholars. Airfare and on-site expenses are supported through grants from NSF and NASA. It is imperative for climate change researchers to form strong collaborative bonds that reach across disciplines and other boundaries. Every year the DISsertations initiative for the advancement of Climate Change ReSearch (DISCCRS, pronounced discourse) hosts a symposium for early-career climate change researchers. Our goal is to catalyze international, interdisciplinary collaboration while laying the foundation for dynamic, communicative collegial networks that are better-equipped to understand and respond to the myriad challenges posed by climate change. During the week-long symposium, 30 invited DISCCRS Scholars will have the opportunity to present their research, hone interdisciplinary communication and teambuilding skills, and discuss emerging research and trends. Scholars will also have the opportunity to discuss societal and professional challenges involved in climate change research, with each other and with established researchers invited to serve as mentors. Applications will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary collection of climate researchers. The selection committee will favor applicants who plan to engage in interdisciplinary research careers in any subject relevant to the study of climate change, its impacts or its solutions. We encourage applicants from the natural and social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and other fields, so long as their current research relates to climate change, its impacts or its solutions. While the emphasis is on the U.S. research system, we welcome applicants from all countries who are interested in connecting with U.S. researchers. Deadline for applications is February 29. 2012.
Symposium application instructions may be accessed at http://disccrs.org/application_instructions

Miscellaneous

The SoMAS holiday party has been scheduled for Monday, December 12, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. at Flowerfield in St. James. This year’s celebration includes a 4-hour cocktail party, DJ, and dancing. Tickets prices are as follows: Students $25, Staff $30, Faculty $35. For details, please see Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office. Deadline for purchase is November 28.

SoMAS is collecting donations of new, unwrapped toys for the Toys for Tots Foundation. Toys may be dropped at the ITPA office, Endeavour Hall 129. Deadline for donations is Wednesday, December 14. For further information, please contact Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Long Island food pantries are in desperate need of donations, especially with the holidays approaching. Please consider making a donation for those less fortunate. Collection boxes are located outside of Endeavour 129, and Challenger 115.

Co-op for Rent: Beautiful 1 bedroom co-op in Coram for $1200/month plus electric and cable. For information, please contact Anne Cooper Doherty at anne.cooper.doherty@gmail.com.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The next Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 30, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Dr. Michael McIntyre from the University of Cambridge, England, will present a seminar entitled, “Some Key Concepts in Atmospheric Science, Weather and Climate, with an Emphasis on the Fluid-Dynamical Aspects.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Dr. McIntyre, please contact Sultan Hameed, at 2-8319.

The next Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) will take place on Friday, December 2, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Becky Van Beneden from the University of Maine will present a seminar entitled, “Response of Aquatic Organisms to Environmental Stress.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

Faculty News

Professor Kamazima is seeking donations of Oceanography and Climate books for the University of Nairobi in Kenya. If you would like to donate new or used books, please contact him at 2-7309.

Student News

The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) will be holding a Legal Clinic on Wednesday, November 30, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Student Activities Center, room 304.

Miscellaneous

SoMAS is collecting donations of new, unwrapped toys for the Toys for Tots Foundation. Toys may be dropped at the ITPA office, Endeavour Hall 129. Deadline for donations is Wednesday, December 14. For further information, please contact Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Long Island food pantries are in desperate need of donations, especially with the holidays approaching. Please consider making a donation for those less fortunate. Collection boxes are located outside of Endeavour 129, and Challenger 115.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Please join us for the final Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar of the Fall 2011 semester on Wednesday, December 7, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Raffaele Ferrari from the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present a seminar entitled, “Shutdown of Turbulent Convection as a New Criterion for the Onset of Spring Phytoplankton Blooms.” If you would like to make an appointment to meet with Professor Ferrari, please contact Sultan Hameed, at 2-8319.

The final Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) for this semester will take place on Friday, December 9, at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Eric A. Stern, Research Leader, Sediment Management/Batelle, Montclair State University, will present a seminar entitled, “Sediment Contaminants and Ground Water.” For further information, please contact Steve Ortega in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

In connection with the Stony Brook Southampton Lecture Series, Dr. Tara Rider Zeiss, Lecturer in Stony Brook’s Sustainability Studies Program, will present a lecture entitled, “There She Blows: A Look at Long Island’s Whaling Heritage,” on Friday, December 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke/Chancellors Lecture Hall on the Southampton Campus. All are welcome to attend lecture and the reception following.

Faculty News

Next week, Professors Edmund Chang, Daniel Knopf and Marvin Geller will be attending the American Geosphysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, CA. Professor Chang will be presenting a talk entitled, “Assessing How Well Climate Models Simulate Storm Track Activity.”

Student News

The SoMAS Graduate Student Club will be hosting a holiday bake sale on Friday, December 9, at 10:00 a.m. in the Endeavour Hall lobby. Donations of baked or store bought items are needed. Please include a notecard listing the ingredients of the item. Donations may be dropped off in the Endeavour Hall lobby before 9:45 a.m.

The Graduate Student Organization is seeking suggestions for a keynote speaker for their annual symposium in January. The speaker should be a Stony Brook alumni and relatively local. Please send suggestions to SoMASGradClub@gmail.com by Wednesday, December 7.

Miscellaneous

Congratulations to Henry Bokuniewicz on the birth of his grandson, Aidan, who arrived on November 23.

All are welcome to attend the Lighting of the Windmill at Stony Brook Southampton on Friday, December 9 at 5:00 p.m. Reception to follow in Chancellor’s Hall. Free admission.

SoMAS is collecting donations of new, unwrapped toys for the Toys for Tots Foundation. Toys may be dropped at the ITPA office, Endeavour Hall 129. Deadline for donations is Wednesday, December 14. For further information, please contact Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.