Call for Experts in Hurricane Aftermath
Dear ESA Member, ESA is asking for members to sign up to be a point of contact for any media inquiries and requests from government officials or organizations to provide information in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Ecological information is needed now to help inform the media on the ecological implications of the storm. As you know, Hurricane Dorian devastated large areas of the Bahamas and will impact millions of people in the...
ESA Joins with the Portuguese Ecological Society to Celebrate Ecology Day 2019 on September 14
Celebrate Ecology Day 2019 on September 14 #ecologyday The Ecological Society of America is joining its international sister societies to celebrate a world Ecology Day September 14. You may still register an event up to Sept. 14 even though the date in the flyer above says July 31. ESA will be doing an online social media event Sept. 14 to celebrate Ecology Day. The day’s origins came from the celebration of the 150th...
ESA SEEDS program receives NSF award
Thanks to a $1.3 million award, DEB-1929524, from the National Science Foundation, the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) SEEDS – Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability – program will be able to build upon the gains achieved in the past two decades to support and retain diverse talent in the ecological sciences through 2024. ESA SEEDS: Exploring Science and Careers in Ecology will weave career development...
Philanthropic roots yielding fruit at ESA’s meeting
Blogpost from ESA President Laura Huenneke July 29, 2019 As I’ve written here previously, the Ecological Society of America works hard to manage its financial resources for the broadest possible benefit of its members. We strive to keep dues, meeting registration fees, and the cost of our services as low as possible to maximize access and value. Grants from governmental and foundation sources can support additional offerings. But in...
Celebrating and Empowering ESA – A Journey Towards Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice
Kennedy “Ned” Rubert-Nason, University of Maine at Fort Kent; ESA Inclusive Ecology section Teresa Mourad, Ecological Society of America Aramati Casper, Colorado State University; ESA Inclusive Ecology section Zakiya Leggett, North Carolina State University; ESA SEEDS alumna When it comes to diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, knowing that there is a safe space to broach highly sensitive topics is a big deal. The Ecological...
ESA’s Annual Meeting Evolving to Meet Member Needs
Blogpost from ESA President Laura Huenneke July 1, 2019 Scientific conferences play key roles in the growth of a discipline and in the careers of scientists. Members of the Ecological Society of America tell us that the annual August meeting is a valued benefit, both in surveys and by participating in the meetings. As I’ve noted in this space before, the meeting is also important to the Society as a venue for serving our members and...
Managing the ESA budget
Blogpost from ESA President Laura Huenneke June 4, 2019 ESA strives to provide excellent programs that benefit its members. A great deal of thought and planning goes into the ESA budget to ensure that programs are successful and are meeting our members’ expectations. An important role of the ESA Governing Board is to oversee finances. ESA’s members pay annual dues, and those attending our meetings pay registration fees. What other...
ESA Welcomes Kathryn Cottingham as Editor in Chief of Ecology
After an extensive, competitive search, the Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the appointment of Kathryn Cottingham as the Editor in Chief of its journal Ecology.
The Future of Journals in Face of Open Access
Blogpost from ESA President Laura Huenneke May 2, 2019 Previously in this space I wrote about Plan S, a commitment by some European research funders to require researchers to publish only in “Gold” open access journals. I relayed the concerns of some about how this could weaken the ability of ESA or other societies to publish journals under a conventional subscription model or hybrid business models (where a journal operates with...
ESA joins the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment
From ESA Executive Director Catherine O’Riordan, ESA has joined the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment as one of the 100 inaugural members. The formation of this consortium was a process that began last fall, with an all-day workshop on the issue of sexual harassment in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). Convened by AGU and AAAS, ESA joined with representatives of over 70 scientific societies...
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