News - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

See all the news in one place. Read the mid-June 2013 GLOBE News Brief.  >>

Some amazing events are in store for you at the 17th GLOBE Annual Partner Meeting coming up 12-16 August at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Be sure to register today. The Student Research Exhibition will be a part of the event; meet with students from many countries and discuss their research with them directly. Update your skills and acquire more tools for your teaching toolbox at the protocol training sessions that will take place at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.  >>

From Chief Scientist to GLOBE Director to NASA consultant … Dr. Dixon Butler's connection to the GLOBE Program has, in many ways, come full circle. Read the profile of Dr. Dixon Butler in the Community Spotlight.  >>

The GLOBE Program is continually adding features and meaningful updates to the GLOBE website. Log on today to check out some of the newest features and functions now.  >>

Part of the GLOBE protocol trainings and facilities tour will take place at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. For entry into this facility, all GLOBE Annual Meeting participants —U.S. and international— are required to complete a NASA Visitor Information Form.  >>

Thanks to those who have already completed the 2012 GLOBE Program Partner/Country Coordinator survey. For those who have not yet done so, complete your survey by 24 May. Gathering this information is critical to document your involvement with GLOBE in 2012.  >>

GLOBE welcomes a new partnership with the Spark Program, an education and engagement group associated with University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado USA.  >>

If you want to continue to receive publications and email messages from the GLOBE Program Office (GPO) be on the lookout for an email, coming soon, that will allow you to do just that.  >>

Dr. Jill Karsten is the current Program Director for Education and Diversity in the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington D.C. and a friend of The GLOBE Program for more than 10 years.  >>

It's Earth Day and also GLOBE's 18th Birthday! Read all about it in the special Earth Day Edition of the GLOBE News Brief.  >>