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During his summer externship at Pew Research Center, trainee Chris Inkpen (SOC/DEMOG) authored and contributed to the Pew Research Center... See Informal Report »

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04/07/2015 BDSS IGERT Trainee Blogging for Pew Research Center IGERT: Big Data Social Science - An Integrative Education... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
04/07/2015 BDSS IGERT Multi-Disciplinary Team Published: SPoTvis Tool IGERT: Big Data Social Science - An Integrative Education... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
03/02/2015 FLAMEL Members Participate in Leadership Challenge IGERT-CIF21: Computation-Enabled Design and Manufacturing... Computational Sci & Eng, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
12/16/2014 “Yes, And …”: How Improvisational Acting Improves Your Communication... IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
11/25/2014 Conference Videos: "Improving the Undergraduate STEM Experience" IGERT Resource Center Project
09/22/2014 Faculty member to present at Acoustical Society of America... IGERT: Soft Material Robotics Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
09/19/2014 Faculty member receives Army Research Office grants IGERT: Soft Material Robotics Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
08/21/2014 Sustainable wine industry Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From..., IGERT: Climate Change, Water, and Society (CCWAS), IGERT: REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH):... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
06/23/2014 Hines Interviewed in National Public Radio IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions
06/10/2014 Trainee wins Green Fee Grant through the University of... IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
06/06/2014 IGERT Affiliate wins Pike Powers Energy Research Fellowship Competition IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
06/04/2014 D. Koessler and Systers promote women in engineering IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
05/20/2014 Communication and Collaboration in Graduate Education and Research Evaluating Resilience of Ecological and Social Systems in..., IGERT Resource Center Project Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
05/06/2014 Modeling Soft Robot Motion in Zurich IGERT: Soft Material Robotics Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
05/06/2014 Increasing the Efficiency of Robot Locomotion IGERT: Soft Material Robotics Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
04/22/2014 UT Austin IGERT Students Study Abroad IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
04/22/2014 IGERT Alumni Presenting at Austin Energy Symposium IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
02/12/2014 Science Journalist Visits UC Davis IGERT: Climate Change, Water, and Society (CCWAS), IGERT: REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH):... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
02/08/2014 Students Compete for UCLA’s Student Grand Challenge Competition Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
12/06/2013 Ocean Scientists for Informed Policy Global Change, Marine Ecosystems, and Society, Marine Biodiversity - Understanding Threats and Providing... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
10/30/2013 Helping Landowners With Waste Wood While Improving Agribusiness and... IGERT: Bioresource-based Energy for Sustainable Societies Energy, Sustainability
10/09/2013 Cation Intercalation and High Volumetric Capacitance of Two-Dimensional Titanium... IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
09/24/2013 Clean Energy Day with Garfield High School (LAUSD) Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 UC Day in DC Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Energy, Ethics, and Engineering at IGERT IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
09/16/2013 Munich Summer Research Experience for Trainees in the Sustainable... IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
09/11/2013 WISeNet IGERT Announces Second Cohort of Trainees IGERT: Training Program in Wireless Intelligent Sensor... Computational Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
09/04/2013 Big Data Social Science IGERT Names Second Cohort of... IGERT: Big Data Social Science - An Integrative Education... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
07/24/2013 Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and Renewable Resources IGERT... IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
07/16/2013 Trainee interviewed on Shades of Green Radio Show about... IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
07/08/2013 Brook trout restoration on the Namekagon River Global Linkages of Biology, Environment, and Society... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
05/04/2013 Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research presented at International Conference IGERT in Chemical Genomics (ChemGen): Forging... Computational Sci & Eng, Materials Sci & Eng
04/04/2013 The 3rd COSI@CU Industrial Advisory Board Meeting and COSI@CU... IGERT: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education in... Computational Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
03/21/2013 Trainee Presents at Arctic Urbanization Conference in Greenland IGERT: C-CHANGE: Climate Change, Humans, and Nature in... Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sensing, Signals & Imaging, Sustainability
03/14/2013 Non-linear modeling of active biohybrid materials IGERT: Soft Material Robotics Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
03/10/2013 An interdisciplinary approach to analyzing vulnerability in freshwater social-ecological... IGERT: WATER - Integrated Water Atmosphere and Ecosystem... Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
03/04/2013 IGERT Trainee Returns From international Rotation IGERT: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education in... Computational Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
12/13/2012 New bioenergy and sustainable technology online graduate certificate From Crops to Commuting: Integrating the Social,... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability
11/06/2012 UIC Phishing Study IGERT: Electronic Security and Privacy: Technological,... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
10/28/2012 Southern Illinois IGERT Students Blog About Watershed Science and... Multidisciplinary, Team-Based Training in Watershed... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
09/22/2012 University of Puerto Rico's IGERT Members Field Trip to... IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water
09/21/2012 Traveling Light with an Optics Suitcase IGERT: Distributed Renewable Energy: From Science and... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability
09/17/2012 Big Data Social Science IGERT Names First Cohort of... IGERT: Big Data Social Science - An Integrative Education... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
09/09/2012 Amino acids - the path of Lake Champlain Atlantic... IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
08/15/2012 Gifford Wong on the Health of the Greenland Ice... IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
08/15/2012 Simone Whitecloud on Plant Interactions IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
07/24/2012 IGERT Students Experience "Big Science" in Greenland IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
06/28/2012 ScienceFilm Workshop IGERT: Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and... Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
05/01/2012 NOAA Ship Nancy Foster visits Old San Juan IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water
04/06/2012 UPenn IGERT accepts NRC Post-Doctoral Associateship at NIST IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
01/12/2012 IGERT Retreat at the University of Puerto Rico IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water
12/21/2011 Clean Green IGERT Newsletter Volume 3 Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
12/16/2011 Solid state nanopore technology points to the future of... IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
11/13/2011 Sustainable Development in Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor Forum IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water
11/02/2011 Outreaching to local middle school class Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
11/02/2011 Intellectual Property Negotiation Exercise Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
11/02/2011 Clean Green IGERT Newsletter Vol. 2 Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
10/05/2011 Energy & Sustainability 2011 Conference IGERT: Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen Energy, Sustainability
09/07/2011 Climate Change:Multiplying Threats to National Security Global Change, Marine Ecosystems, and Society, Marine Biodiversity - Understanding Threats and Providing... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
06/20/2011 2011 Online IGERT Poster Competition IGERT Resource Center Project
05/13/2011 Alumna Jessica Schiffman Appointed Assistant Professor at the University... IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
02/15/2011 A Growing Risk? Endangered Plants For Sale Online Global Linkages of Biology, Environment, and Society... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
02/09/2011 Clean Green IGERT Newsletter Vol. 1 Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
10/25/2010 UF Research Team Receives $80,000 USAID grant IGERT Program in Adaptive Management Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
10/18/2010 Energy & Sustainability 2010 Conference IGERT: Sustainable Energy from Solar Hydrogen Energy, Sustainability
10/08/2010 Biomechanical analysis of human tool use IGERT: Dynamics of behavioral shifts in human evolution:... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
10/08/2010 Showing high-schoolers their own genotype IGERT: Dynamics of behavioral shifts in human evolution:... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
10/01/2010 Training in science communication and policy development Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From..., IGERT: REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH):... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
09/17/2010 IGERT Trainee Hosts Swaziland Researcher IGERT Program in Adaptive Management Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
09/17/2010 Science Outside the Lab IGERT Program in Adaptive Management Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
09/07/2010 3D digital model of an Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata)... Marine Biodiversity - Understanding Threats and Providing... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
09/01/2010 Seminar Series From Crops to Commuting: Integrating the Social,... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability
07/29/2010 Neuromechanics Symposium in Chicago Integrative Training in Motor Control and Movement Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging, Sustainability
07/21/2010 IGERT Trainee Gives Presentation in China IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability
07/20/2010 Dartmouth IGERT Field Studies in Greenland IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
07/07/2010 Advanced Nutrient Removal from Swine Waste Multidisciplinary, Team-Based Training in Watershed... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
06/10/2010 Geometric morphometrics and the primate arm IGERT: Dynamics of behavioral shifts in human evolution:... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
06/02/2010 Trainee Accepts Internship IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability
06/02/2010 Earth Day at Oak Ridge, TN IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability
06/02/2010 STAIRing at Resource Conservation: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability
05/28/2010 Dynamic critical exponents in a two-dimensional lipid membrane with... Building Leadership for the Nanotechnology Workforce of... Entrepreneurialism, Human & Social Dimensions, Nanoscience