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UCAR Mentorship and Remote Computing Resources Boost Remote Research for SOARS Student

06 October 2020

Angelie Nieves-Jiménez

Angelie Nieves-Jiménez entered UCAR’s Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) program as a protégé in 2019, beginning an undergraduate research project studying sea breezes affecting her home island of Puerto Rico. As a rising senior at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, she was set to continue her research as part of the SOARS program in 2020. While the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic up-ended her plan to return to Boulder for the summer, a combination of remote teaching, mentorship, and computing resources allowed her to make progress on her research.

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SOARS Webinar: Career Panel in the Atmospheric Sciences

06 February 2015

UCAR's Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) program offers webinars on careers and grad school in the atmospheric and related sciences. The webinars are geared towards undergraduate students, grad students, and faculty who support students in career development.

At 2:00pm MST on February 12, 2015, the program will host a webinar titled "Career panel in the atmospheric sciences." The panel includes three atmospheric science graduates whose career paths have led to very different places — a weather anchorman from WKYC-TV3 in Cleveland, a research scientist at NCAR, and a manager at the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawaii. Join the free webinar to hear about their jobs and career paths, and to ask them any questions you might have about careers in the atmospheric sciences.

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