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More NewsA Wonderful 2024 Winter Welcome
This year’s annual Winter Welcome was held on Wednesday, March 6th beginning at 5pm in the Fisheries Science Building. We were excited to have all PCC Directors, past and present, in attendance. Don’t know who they are? Look to Jim Murray, Chris Bretherton, LuAnne Thompson, Cecilia Bitz and Becky Alexander.
Read moreOutcomes of our PCC Community Survey
The Program on Climate Change represents a combination of University of Washington members. We all come together with an interest in climate change from faculty, staff, and researchers to grad students, undergrads, and alumni. We form a group focused on accelerating climate involvement, education, and research but we also form a community.
Read moreAccelerating Progress in Climate Science: Research and Graduate Student Funding leverage the framework built by the Program on Climate Change
The Program on Climate Change maintains a unique framework of intense cross-disciplinary collaboration that advances research and education in climate science, building knowledge, actions and solutions to address the climate crisis. New gift funds established by generous donors are providing new professors, post-doctoral scholars, and students the opportunity to leverage the PCC framework to pursue their ideas, making new connections among the UW climate community.
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Mike Wallace (UW ATM S) a 2024 Japan Prize Laureate
Congratulations to Professor Mike Wallace, UW Atmospheric Sciences. The Japan Prize acknowledges Mike’s contributions to understanding extreme weather events. Interest in extreme weather events and climate, and his leadership of the NOAA Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (now known as the Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystems Studies) put Mike in a prime position to contribute to the original blueprint for the Program on Climate Change 24 years ago. Best wishes, Mike!
Mike Wallace awarded the Japan Prize