A US federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration, preventing it from handing off a piece of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). See how we covered the battle over NCAR as it kicked off in court last month.
go.nature.com/4u3jvIV
Universities that run the National Center for Atmospheric Research want to keep it from being dismantled.
Russell Vought, Director of the OMB, has issued a set of proposed changes that would dramatically alter federal grant funding. However, we can each take action to prevent these from taking effect. Here's how, a 🧵 🧪 1/n
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Nature
Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees
Our 15th annual Robock Lecture is just three weeks away on March 24! This year’s speaker is Dr. Clara Deser, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Register here: go.wisc.edu/pc3ui6.
We hope to see you there!
Hi everyone! With the abstract submission deadlines for the 2026 AMS Madison Joint Summit coming up, wanted to advertise these student award and travel opportunities available via the AMS WAF/NWP conferences. Feel free to spread the word to any interested students!
Mark Peifer (He, him)
Happening now!
UW has a new climate related Postdoc fellowship, application due April 15! Please reach out if you are interested in working with me!
NY times covered our cut today (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...
Last Friday, the Trump White House announced new rules that would give oversight of federal grants to senior political appointees. The proposal also bans certain foreign collaborations and cuts support for publishing costs. The current system of indirect cost reimbursement was left unchanged.
UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
It's here! It's here!
Check out the NEW Wisconet Almanac pages!
Lots of great new data providing context to the measurements we collect every day.
wisconet.wisc.edu/stations/alm...
Andrew Williams
A small amount of Good News Monday:
#SaveNCAR #Climate
eos.org/research-and...
Abigail Swann, PhD
PROFS
Amy McGovern
Wisconet
🎉 🎉🎉 We are LIVE!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Join us for the 1st of 50 hours of non-stop weather & climate science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v64j...
LegraLeGra
Andrew Williams
Postdoc Fellowship opportunity! UW Program on Climate Change has a new for a Postdoctoral Scholar program for fellows to develop and conduct novel climate science research that benefits from collaborations at UW. Apply by April 15th! pcc.uw.edu/research/fun...
"NSF’s failure to provide any explanation for its decision—let alone a reasonable one—thwarts meaningful judicial review and renders the challenged action arbitrary and capricious," the judge wrote.
