News - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

Planning on participating in the 2020 GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS)? Reports are due 10 March! The IVSS is an exciting way for students from all over the world to showcase their hard work. With GLOBE, students learn the practices of science through hands-on investigations in their own communities, sparking their curiosity and interest in science. This often leads to inquiries that help solve real-world problems and further understanding of our global environment.  >>

Tip of the Week: Teachers! You can connect your students to an international network of students, teachers, and scientists to learn more about our shared environment. For a school to fully participate in The GLOBE Program, at least one teacher must be trained in GLOBE science measurement protocols and education activities by attending a GLOBE Teacher Workshop.  >>

Congratulations to all the countries that are participating in the Zika Project! By mid-February, there were 274 workshops, almost 100,000 mosquito entries, and over 130,000 total observations.  >>

The GLOBE Program would like to congratulate the top most active Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign participants taking at least 10 measurements for tree height, land cover, and greenings measurements in February!  >>

U.S. Teachers: Join the GLOBE Professional Learning Community (PLC) and hear how other GLOBE teachers use GLOBE with their students during a Teacher Watercooler on 03 March (Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. EST).  >>

Bay Watershed Education and Training (BWET) and GLOBE Mission EARTH (GME) will host their third webinar, “How Does Our Water’s Health Relate to Our Watershed’s Health?” in support of the BWET/GME Water Quality Training. The webinar will be held on 03 March at 8:00 p.m. EST.  >>

There will be an informational, pre-IOP, webinar on Tuesday, 03 March, at 10:00 EST (3:00 p.m. UTC). The webinar will include: an overview of the IOP by GLOBE Africa Regional Coordination Office Director Mark Brettenny; a discussion of the IOP protocols by Dr. Francis Wasswa Nsubugwa; a discussion of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and IOP alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by Killian Christ; a discussion of IVSS research possibilities by Dr. Becky Boger; and a discussion regarding increasing participation and encouraging collaboration by Rogeline Brettenny.  >>

Congratulations to the twelve GLOBE countries celebrating anniversaries of successful GLOBE implementation during the month of March.  >>

From 18-21 February, the GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) hosted the first community Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force Meeting in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Community members from Argentina, Columbia, Croatia, Ghana, the Philippines, and the United States attended the event.  >>

GLOBE Community: Did you know that there are now curated, analysis-ready GLOBE datasets posted on the website? These are subsets of GLOBE data that have been post-processed by a scientist on the GLOBE team, which are are being made available for broader use by the community.  >>