Tag: News Release
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Laura Rau Hillock named new UCAR chief legal officer
As chief legal officer, Hillock will oversee legal and regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection and enforcement, technology transfer, research security, export compliance, privacy, and other compliance, risk, and legal initiatives.
- Organization
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UCAR board elects five new trustees
The new member institutions include McMaster University; Portland State University; Tuskegee University; University of California, Riverside; and University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Organization
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Director of UCP to step down
Ying-Hwa "Bill" Kuo, who has directed the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) portfolio of community programs since 2015, announced he will step down in March 2025.
- Organization
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Permafrost thawing will lead to more intense northern wildfires
The warming climate will accelerate permafrost thawing and lead to an intensification of wildfires in regions of northern Canada and Siberia.
- Climate
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A new era of solar observation
For the first time, scientists have taken near-daily measurements of the Sun’s global coronal magnetic field, a region of the Sun that has only been observed irregularly in the past. The resulting observations are providing valuable insights into the processes that drive the intense solar storms that impact fundamental technologies, and thus lives and livelihoods, here on Earth.
- Sun + Space Weather