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Dr. Barbara Turpin wins the 2009 Haagen-Smit Prize for a paper published in Atmospheric Environment. The Prize is named in honor of Prof. Arie Jan Haagen-Smit, a pioneer in the field of air pollution and one of the first editors of the International Journal of Air Pollution, a predecessor to Atmospheric Environment. Dr. Turpin's winning paper is one of two given annually. Congratulations!

Amy Boyajian, Jillian Thompson and Cheryl Burdick from the Water Resources Program attended Coast Day 2009 in Cape May, NJ on October 11. Coast Day is an opportunity for the community to learn about conservation of our natural resources. The Water Resources Program provided information about Rain Gardens and Rain Barrels at the event.

On October 19, 2009, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program conducted a Build a Rain Barrel Workshop for Rutgers University faculty and staff at the Cook Campus Center. Eleven faculty and staff members learned about the advantages of conserving water through the use of rain barrels. The participants helped retrofit their own 55 gallon food-grade plastic barrel and learned how to install the barrel on their home property.

Environmental Science major, Ellen Speace, earned a second place prize in the New Generation Competition run by the Henry Hudson 400 Foundation New York for her proposal "Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management." Her prize includes $3000 (which was presented in the presence of Prince Willem Alexander of the Netherlands on Sept 9) and an internship for next summer. Congratulations!

On October 5, 2009, the sophomore Meteorological Analysis course conducted a live video conference to the Mount Washington Observatory, where Rutgers grad Stacey Kawecki '06 showed the students how weather observations are taken there. Mike Carmon '08, another graduate from our program, also works there as a weather observer and forecaster.

DES is pleased to announce the hiring of two new faculty members.

Benjamin Lintner is a Tropical Meteorologist. His research addresses the behavior of tropical climate, including spatial and temporal variations in tropical precipitation, sensitivity of convective margins to climate change, tropospheric tracer transport, and carbon - climate interactions. Please welcome him.

Annmarie Carlton (starting July 1, 2010) is an Atmospheric Chemist. She conducts 3-dimensional photochemical modeling for air quality and climate with an emphasis on aqueous and heterogeneous chemistry, biogenic and anthropogenic influences, effects of land use changes, and atmospheric processing.

Congratulations to award recipients at the 16th Annual SEBS and NJAES Awards Dinner:

• Dennis M. Fenton Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award: Peter Strom
• Research Excellence Award: Daniel Gimenez
• Excellence in Teaching Award: Donna Fennell

The US Government's outlook shows that demand for environmental engineers and environmental scientists (field technicians) is expected to grow "much faster than the average" of other occupations.

Environmental Scientist is the top job in science in terms of growth (25%, or 21,000 new jobs by 2016).