Weekly Message 2-21-2021

Happy Saturday!

I hope you are all doing well and spending sometime this weekend to relax and rejuvenate. 

It's been a cold and snowy few weeks, but it helps (me at least) to remember that the hope and promise of Spring is just around the corner.

 

Just a few reminders. Project 1 is due on Monday, Feb. 22 at 11:59pm. If your team needs the 72-h grace period, please let me know.  Participation Question5 is due on Monday night also. 

We will discuss stratospheric ozone depletion on Monday and then begin a unit on climate change and greenhouse gases on Wednesday. I have opened the next homework assignments (acid rain and photochemical smog). They are due on Monday, March 1 at 11:59 pm. Because of the 2-day break, the grace period will be Thursday and Friday. As such, if you need the grace period, let me know and I'll reset the due date to Friday March 5.

There are a few announcements below, including a request to help a MSU doctoral student by completing a survey on your perceptions related to climate change.

All the best,

Dr. Masten

Seminar:

Dr. Deb Niemeier, Clark Distinguished Chair in Energy and Sustainability at the University of Maryland, College Park, will deliver a seminar on “Can AI Models Advance Our Understanding of Exposure to Local Scale Mobile Source Pollutants in Highly Urbanized Areas?” will be held virtually from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST on February 25, 2021 via Zoom.Click here to join Zoom Meeting: 933 4319 2365


2021 Chemistry of Indoor Environments Meeting: Is free and will take place as a series of virtual events during January – May, 2021. Meetings will be gathered via Zoom, with a cap of 500 participants per session. Sessions 1-4 will be 1h20min long and present three speakers on a common topic, followed by a live panel Q&A. The last session (May 25th), will include a plenary talk by Prof. Charlie Weschler on Zoom, followed by a 2-hour poster and virtual networking session on Gather Town. More information can be found at: https://indoorchem.org/indoorchem2021/

Finding Hope in Extreme Weather: Rev. Vernon Walker, Program Director with Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) on Thursday, Feb. 25 from 1-2pm.
https://bookings.lib.msu.edu/event/7345715.

 

Request from MSU graduate student Emily Dodd:

Generation Z: Growing Up in the Anthropocene is a collaborative research experience for undergraduate students that works to understand our perceptions of climate change and how we define natural or sustainable interaction with the environment.

Students ages 18-24 can get involved by taking this 10-15 minutes survey and/or signing up for the focus groups taking place at the end of March/early April. If students enjoyed participating in the survey or focus group and have further insights to share, they can reach out to me at doddemma@msu.edu for an interview that could be put up on the project website.

This research was created from a desire to understand how young adults who have grown up during a period of rapid globalization and environmental decline perceive this experience as well as how they hope to address climate change in the future. Thank you in advance if you’re able to participate and contribute to this dialogue!


 

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