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Important Update: Registration for the 2022 GLOBE Annual Meeting will open in early June. Participants who have been selected to present at this year's meetings will be notified next week (16-21 May), and will be required to register for the event.  >>

Join the GLOBE Mission Mosquito “Spare Tire Blitz,” which is taking place from March through June 2022. Participants will document mosquito tire habitat by submitting a photo using The GLOBE Program’s app, GLOBE Observer (GO), Mosquito Habitat Mapper (MHM) tool, and will follow up with the GO Land Cover tool to provide photos of tire location.  >>

The 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) “STEM for All Video Showcase” will take place from 10-17 May. Thousands of researchers, educators, higher education faculty, and parents take part in this free, NSF-funded event – and submit videos depicting innovative, federally funded projects aimed at improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education.  >>

Tip of the Week: Have you visited GLOBE YouTube page lately? If not, it can provide an entertaining opportunity to catch up on GLOBE community efforts from around the world. (for example, click here to check out the “Reflections from Our 2021/2022 GLOBE Student Vloggers” which shares their experiences from the past year.  >>

The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign will be hosting the webinar: “Highlighting Biometry Measurements Through Student Research Projects and Online Tools within the GLOBE Europe and Eurasia and GLOBE Near East and North Africa Regions. Region Focus: Near East and North Africa, and a Return to GLOBE Europe and Eurasia,” on Tuesday, 10 May, 11:00 a.m. EDT (03:00 p.m. UTC/05:00 p.m. CEST/06:00 p.m. Arabian Standard Time).  >>

Help promote student engagement in data-rich Earth science learning by sharing your experiences with PLACES (Place-based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship) – a NASA-funded project to support effective professional learning on place-based approaches to data-rich instruction.  >>

The 2022 International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) was a huge success! The GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) received 220 student project submissions from 97 schools in 25 countries in all six GLOBE regions. Projects were submitted in five languages: Arabic, Croatian, English, Spanish, and Portuguese. In all,160 judges from 36 countries, including GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN) members, helped score the projects and provide feedback.  >>

Congratulations to the eight GLOBE countries celebrating anniversaries of successful GLOBE implementation during the month of May.  >>

Presentation applications are now being accepted for the 2022 GLOBE Annual Meeting, which will take place, virtually, from 25-28 July. The theme of the meeting this year is "Communicating GLOBE in Changing Times.” The deadline has been extended to 01 May (no late or incomplete applications will be accepted). All presenters are required to be registered for the meeting. Registration for the 2022 Annual Meeting will be available starting in late April.  >>

Have you been keeping up with the latest GLOBE Star Stories? GLOBE Stars are stories of projects, people and extraordinary activities being conducted around the world in connection to GLOBE. These GLOBE Stars are the bright lights that spark our imagination and inspire us with news of GLOBE at work in the world.  >>