Director's Note

Tom Achtor

The National Science Foundation sponsors a program to create Science and Technology Centers (STC) that support innovative, potentially transformative, complex research and education projects...more

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Department News

Library

The deadline for photo entries for this year's Photo Contest is 1 July -- we're looking forward to your submissions!

Technical Computing

What's new in TC and the Windows side of the world...more

Web Team

SSEC now has a YouTube channel. This is an experiment but the idea is...more

Human Resources

You and your eligible dependents may access the following benefits now being offered by Minnesota Life under a program called...more

Equity & Diversity

You may have noticed that there is a black Suggestion Box mounted on the wall across from the door of the breakroom...more

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Comings and Goings

Birthdays

 

	Satellites Detail Devastating Tornado Outbreaks The CIMSS Satellite Blog displays a variety of GOES, POES, and MODIS images of the significant tornado outbreaks...more
	Grímsvötn Volcanic Eruption The Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland began erupting violently on 21 May 2011 and continued to erupt until 25 May 2011, disrupting air traffic over the North Atlantic and Europe...more
	MODIS Images Show Flooding at the Confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) visible, near-IR, and true color images posted on the CIMSS Satellite Blog showed the areal coverage of flooding across...more
	GOES-R Aviation/Nowcasting Applications Seminar Held at Environment Canada Wayne Feltz, CIMSS, gave a seminar titled "GOES-R Overview of Aviation and Nowcasting Applications: Current Status and a Look into Future...more
	Webinar for Storm Spotters: Climate Change, Mitigation & Mobile Apps Presented National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Spotters attended a web seminar on 10 May 2011 presented by Steve Ackerman and Margaret Mooney from...more
	National Science Olympiad Opens Pipeline to Future Scientists Patrick Rowley and Margaret Mooney from CIMSS staffed an exploration station at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery...more
	Science On a Sphere Network Conference The 2011 Science On a Sphere (SOS) Network conference was held 3-5 May 2011 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL. With almost 70 SOS installations around the world...more
Space News International Examines Coming GOES-R Advances Tim Schmit was among those interviewed by Space News International for an article...more
Shturmakov Receives the Antarctica Service Medal The medal is an award of the United States military, issued in the name of the Department of Defense, and is authorized...more
	“Satellites See Wisconsin” Exhibit Draws Praise The “Comments” box at the “Satellites See Wisconsin” exhibit at the Dane County Regional Airport keeps filling up with positive reviews. Here are a few of them.
Overheard on the Elevator On a recent tour of the building, several young ladies from a local middle school got on the elevator for a ride up to the roof. They were discussing the possibility of seeing the hawk's nest when the elevator stopped and a research scientist got on. Hearing the ongoing conversation, he asked, "How many chicks?" One of the girls replied: "There's nine of us."

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