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In June, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia Lynne Tracy met with the Acting Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports (ESCS) Vahram Dumanyan; ESCS Deputy Minister Arthur Martirosyan; the newly appointed United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Armenia Mission Director John Allelo; and Officer of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia on political and economic issues Oleg Sokola in order to welcome the Republic of Armenia to the GLOBE community.  >>

The 2021 GLOBE Annual Meeting will take place from 12-16 July, and the last day to register is 07 July. The theme of the meeting is “Adapting to a Changing GLOBE.” There will be three session strands that describe the themes of the Community Sessions: Strand 1 – Responding to a Changing GLOBE; Strand 2 – A Welcoming GLOBE; and Strand 3: STEM, Teaching, and GLOBE.  >>

The GLOBE Mission Mosquito (GMM) webinar, “Mosquito Habitat Photo Challenge,” will be held on Thursday, 08 July, at 02:00 p.m. EDT (06:00 p.m. UTC). This webinar is being held in connection with the Mosquito Habitat Photo Challenge, which will take place from 25 July through 25 August.  >>

On 22 June, GIO hosted a webinar, “GLOBE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Pride Month.” Trevor Brown from NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in the Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI) program discussed his research, how he teaches GLOBE, the beginning of “Pride in the United States,” and how to make scientific spaces more inclusive for the LGBTQ+ community.  >>

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.  >>

The 2021 GLOBE Annual Meeting is just around the corner! The theme of the meeting, which will take place from 12-16 July, is “Adapting to a Changing GLOBE.” There will be three session strands that describe the themes of the Community Sessions: Strand 1 – Responding to a Changing GLOBE; Strand 2 – A Welcoming GLOBE; and Strand 3: STEM, Teaching, and GLOBE.  >>

The GLOBE Program would like to congratulate GLOBE Argentina students Marianela P., Lucio M., and Juan W., of the Science Club Huechulafquen, who have been nominated for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2021 for their work: "Characterization of the larval habitat of mosquitoes in Northern Patagonia."  >>

The GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO), including the Community Support Team, will be closed Monday, 05 July, to celebrate the U.S. Independence Day holiday. (This year, Independence Day, 04 July, takes place on a Sunday; however, the federal holiday takes place on Monday.)  >>

As always, GLOBE continues to work to ensure that your “use” of the website, and associated apps, is as user-friendly as possible.  >>

“Did you know that the GLOBE Database reached another milestone in May? when it reached 200 million measurements, and during the pandemic to boot!,” GLOBE Implementation Office Director Dr. Tony Murphy said.  >>