Members of the public are invited to attend a hailstorm field day that will kick-off the In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains (ICECHIP). ICECHIP is the first U.S. hail-focused field campaign in over 40 years. For six weeks, researchers will chase hailstorms in order to collect data that will be instrumental in advancing hail detection, improving forecast models and strengthening public warning systems.

A new art exhibit, Exploring Art Through Water, will debut at the Mesa Laboratory on the campus of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) during a reception on Friday, May 9. The juried show is a collaboration between Friends of the National Center, Museum of Boulder, and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Education.

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse passed over a swath of the U.S., darkening skies from Texas to Maine. Thirty-six community scientist teams along with four professional science teams assembled across the path of totality, not just to view the celestial wonder, but also to collect data about the Sun’s upper atmosphere, or corona. On the evening of April 23, a little over a year after this scientific effort, a documentary about it will debut at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) Mesa Lab in Boulder. 

Super Science Saturday will take place Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) Mesa Lab in Boulder. Everyone is welcome!

As the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research’s (UCAR) newest community program, the Center for Ocean Leadership (COL) is once again making waves. Between January and March, COL’s National Ocean Sciences Bowl® (NOSB), a nationally recognized and highly acclaimed high school academic competition, engaged approximately 650 students on 150 teams from 105 schools across 21 states in 17 regional ocean sciences bowls hosted by universities and education-focused institutions around the country.