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AOSS Faculty SpotlightJoyce Penner: Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Joyce Penner is a professor and associate chair at AOSS, and a review editor for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

For the IPCC, she read over a thousand reader comments and used them to provide authors with helpful feedback.

She says her role is to “make sure the document maintains a good outside view.”

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AOSS Faculty Discuss Tornadoes
May 16, 2012
Michigan Engineering released a digital multimedia experience on tornadoes which included Professor Perry Samson and Dr. Frank Marsik.

Samson discussed the March 2012 Michigan tornado, and other cases of extreme weather. Marsik explained Doppler radar.

You can find both videos
AOSS Book Award Winners
May 16, 2012
The AOSS Book Award goes to high school students who have demonstrated academic and research excellence in earth and space sciences. The 2012 winners are Sho Harvey and Aman virMandair from Dexter High School, Gabby Zacks and Nan Hu from Pioneer High School and Isabel Zheng from Huron High...
Dr. Frank Marsik Visits Elementary School
May 10, 2012
Dr. Frank Marsik visited Bates elementary school in Dexter to discuss weather with children. AOSS students Alex Bryan, Rachael Kroodsma and Zac Ebenstein joined him.
Marsik began the day with a story about a dog that used his nose to observe weather. Then he showed the children a more...
Dr. Steiner Earns Henry Russel Award
May 9, 2012
Congratulations to Professor Allison Steiner! She has been selected to receive a 2013 Henry Russel Award for her transformative research, superlative teaching and impeccable record of service. This Rackham Graduate School award is the highest honor bestowed upon early-career faculty by U-M.
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