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The fall seminar schedule is completed. Thank you all for participating! The spring seminar schedule is being organized. Check for updates to dates, seminar titles, and abstracts.

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Annmarie Carlton's journal article titled, To What Extent Can Biogenic SOA be Controlled? and published in Environmental Science and Technology is cited in the recently released 2010 EPA Science and Research Progress Report. Kevin Teichman, U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator for Science, announced the release of the report which provides an in-depth look at many of the recent research results and accomplishments that EPA research has achieved to advance the Agency's mission to protect human health and the environment. Annmarie's article is highlighted under Air Climate and Energy.

The 1st Alumni-Faculty-Staff Winter Mixer was held at the Department of Environmental Sciences on Thursday, December 15th. This event was a great success with approximately 50 people in attendance. You can view the photos from the event here. The Winter Mixer was sponsored by the Undergraduate Programs of Bioenvironmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, and Meteorology.

Tony Broccoli is being elected to the rank of AAAS Fellow. Tony is being honored for his "distinguished contributions to the understanding and modeling of past climate change, and to communicating climate science". The award will be conferred in Vancouver, British Columbia on February 18, 2012 during the AAAS Fellows Forum at the association's annual meeting. Congratulations Tony for this well deserved honor!

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded $6.6 Million to Universities for Black Carbon Research. The Dept. of Environmental Sciences' assistant professor Annmarie Carlton was one of nine recipients, and received an "EARLY CAREER" award. Her proposal seeks to develop advanced model descriptions of atmospheric aqueous phase chemistry to improve predicted vertical profiles of optically active particulate carbon, a "short-lived climate forcer (SLCFs)". More accurate prediction of vertical profiles will improve raditative transfer calculations (because scattering is altitude dependent) and better describe long-range pollution transport. Effective control strategies for climate and air quality can be designed using models used in regulatory applications when they better represent the vertical structure of atmospheric pollution.

The Environmental Sciences Graduate Student Association did a trail cleanup trip Sunday, October 9. DES students, faculty, and their families cleaned up a section of the Shore Trail in Palisades Interstate Park. They removed countless pieces of drift wood and seven bags worth of garbage that had washed onto the trail during Hurricane Irene.

The Joint Graduate Program in Exposure Science (JGPES) of the Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the Department of Environmental Sciences of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is now accepting applications and nominations for doctoral and post-doctoral Fellowships. These are available as part of the first-ever Training Grant in Exposure Science awarded to the program by the National Institute of Environmental Health Science.

Barbara Turpin, professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, has been appointed Dean for Undergraduate Education for the George H. Cook Campus, effective immediately.

The announcement was made by Barry Qualls, vice president for undergraduate education at Rutgers University and Robert M. Goodman, executive dean of agriculture and natural resources.

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Program. The Environmental Sciences Graduate Program has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education that will support five new graduate fellowships for Ph.D. students. The GAANN Fellowships will support studies in the areas of Environmental Physics, Environmental Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering; all broadly defined. Click Here for More Information.

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).