[Shine-participants] SHINE Newsletter

[Benjamin Chandran]

SHINE Newsletter, February, 2015.

1. GLOBAL PLASMA MONTH: 13 CITIES…1 HOT TOPIC

2. Call for Nominations for the SCOSTEP Distinguished Service Award

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1. GLOBAL PLASMA MONTH: 13 CITIES…1 HOT TOPIC
From: David Schaffner (dschaffner at gmail.com)

The inaugural Global Plasma Month organized by the Young APS-DPP Community in collaboration with Nerd Nite is set to take place this February and March. At cities all over the world, young plasma physicists will be giving talks on plasma topics aimed at the general audience level. These talks are facilitated by Nerd Nite, a group that organizes science café-talks where people can gather at bars and restaurants to eat, drink, and learn science in a fun, informal setting. The talks will span a wide range of plasma topics from the mysteries of the heliosphere, to the quest for fusion energy, to the role that plasmas play in our everyday lives. The goal is to make people aware of the importance of plasma research and get them excited about future possibilities.
 
Scheduled talks include Honolulu Feb 3rd, London Feb 11th, Atlanta Feb 26th, New York Feb 27th and Philadelphia March 4th. Events are also in the works for Ann Arbor, Berlin, Boston, Brighton, Chicago, Madison, Munich and Washington DC. To find out where these talks are being held and who is speaking in each city go to https://www.facebook.com/GlobalPlasmaMonth

 
If you are in one of these cities, please attend the Nerd Nite and support your fellow plasma physicists!


Thank you!
Young APS-DPP Community


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2. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE SCOSTEP DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
From: Marianna Shepherd (mshepher at yorku.ca)

Recognizing the societal importance of studies in the field of solar-terrestrial physics and to give credit to scientists who contribute significantly to these studies and to SCOSTEP activities, in 2013 the SCOSTEP Bureau instituted three awards:
SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Award:

The award recognizes an outstanding contribution of a scientist to SCOSTEP science;

SCOSTEP Distinguished Young Scientist Award:

The award is given to a young scientist(s) who has (have) achieved considerable success in SCOSTEP science and has (have) taken an active part in SCOSTEP events;

SCOSTEP Distinguished Service Award :

The award recognizes a unique contribution to SCOSTEP activities, to realization of its programs and events.

The awards are given biennially. The first SCOSTEP Distinguished Service Award was given in November 2013 during the SCOSTEP Symposium at Nagoya (November 18-22, 2013, SCOSTEP CAWSES-II International Symposium at Nagoya, Japan). The First Distinguished Scientist and Distinguished Young Scientist Awards were presented in October 2014 during SCOSTEP’s 13th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics symposium (STP13) (October 12-18, 2014) in Xi’An, China.

This is a call for nominations for the Second edition of the SCOSTEP Distinguished Service Award, to be presented in 2015. The Statute and Procedure for the award are given in the Appendix. The Statute of SCOSTEP Awards is located on the SCOSTEP web site in the section “Awards”.

The deadline for submitting nominations for the SCOSTEP Distinguished Service Award is April 30, 2015. All nominations should be sent to the SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary, Prof. Marianna Shepherd (mshepher at yorku.ca). 

The award decision will be made by a SCOSTEP Award Committee (SAC).

Appendix:

Statute of the SCOSTEP award for unique contribution to SCOSTEP activities, to realization of its programs and events (SCOSTEP Distinguished Service Award)

This award will recognize unique contributions to SCOSTEP science through a variety of different routes, for example through the running of programmes in solar-terrestrial physics, administration of SCOSTEP, and life time contributions of service to SCOSTEP. Such awards would be nominated via the Bureau membership, although the wider SCOSTEP community should be encouraged to contribute nominations either directly or through the Bureau membership. One award will be made every 2 years.

Nominations should include

i.              a statement of the contributions made by the nominee;
ii.             the CV of the nominee

The nominations for the award will be judged by the SCOSTEP Bureau or by a representative sub-group of the Bureau.

The award includes a medal and citation.

The award will be announced in the SCOSTEP bulletin (Newsletters); information about the award winner will appear on SCOSTEP Web site,
 http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/ in the Section Awards.