2017 Vermont EPSCoR All Hands Meeting

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Judith Van Houten, PhD, VT State EPSCoR Director
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Carol Adair, PhD, and Andrew Schroth, PhD, BREE Ecological Systems Co-Leaders
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Stephanie Hurley, PhD, UVM Assistant Professor of Plant and Soil Science, and Arne Bomblies, PhD, VT EPSCoR Senior Associate Project Director
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Stephanie Hurley, PhD, UVM Assistant Professor of Plant and Soil Science
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Arne Bomblies, PhD, VT EPSCoR Senior Associate Project Director, and Stephanie Hurley, PhD, UVM Assistant Professor of Plant and Soil Science
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Sean Kennan, PhD, NSF Program Director
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Christopher Koliba, PhD, BREE Social Systems Leader
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Bill Gibson, PhD, Professor of Economics
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Jonathan Winter, PhD, BREE Climate Team Leader
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Jonathan Winter, PhD, BREE Climate Team Leader
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Holly Groschner, VT PBS President and CEO
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Scott Campitelli, VT PBS Vice President of Content Development and Distribution
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Asim Zia, PhD, IAM Co-Leader
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Donna Rizzo, PhD, IAM Co-Leader
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Jory Hecht, PhD, BREE Postdoctoral Candidate
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Donna Rizzo, PhD and Asim Zia, PhD, IAM Co-Leaders
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Patrick Clemins, PhD, VT EPSCoR Cyber Specialist
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Patrick Clemins, PhD, VT EPSCoR Cyber Specialist
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Wilton Burns, VT EPSCoR Graduate Research Assistant
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Michael Winslow, CWDD Director
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Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez, PhD, CWDD Director of Outreach
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Jory Hecht, PhD, BREE Postdoctoral Candidate, and Colin Beier, PhD, Research Ecologist, Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, Adirondack Ecological Center & Huntington Wildlife
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Asim Zia, PhD, IAM Co-Leader, and Patrick Clemins, PhD, VT EPSCoR Cyber Specialist
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VT EPSCoR held a successful kick off to Year 2 with an exciting All Hands Meeting on June 6, 2017 at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, VT. Over 80 participants attended including new 2017 Undergraduate interns, graduate students, post-doctoral associates, and members from the VT EPSCoR External Advisory Committee.

Dr. Sean Kennan, NSF Program Director, provided opening remarks with Dr. Judith Van Houten, VT State EPSCoR Director. Science Leaders from each BREE research group provided an overview of the work, progress on the research and expectations for the upcoming year.

Representatives from VT PBS, including Holly Groschner, President and CEO, and Scott Campitelli, Vice President of Content Development and Distribution, spoke to the group shortly before lunch and provided a preview of an upcoming PBS documentary featuring research conducted under BREE.

Patrick Clemins, Cyber Specialist for VT EPSCoR, provided a data management overview especially relevant for all the new team members. Michael Winslow, Director for Workforce Development and Diversity (VT EPSCoR CWDD) at Saint Michael’s College also gave an update on the exciting workforce development and training efforts over the past year and what to expect in the coming year. He was joined by Dr. Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez, Director of Outreach for the CWDD program, who presented on the program's effective outreach efforts especially in Puerto Rico and other recruitment efforts through SACNAS and ABRCMS.

For more details please visit the slides below.