Video highlights
- IAN introduces its Moving Image Library on Vimeo! The Moving Image Library is the newest tool in IAN's suite, alongside the well-loved and frequently used Symbol and Image Libraries. Check out the videos available now, and stay tuned for more!
- The latest Science for Citizens seminar titled "Lessons learned from a decade of hypoxia forecasts in Chesapeake Bay" was presented by Jeremy Testa. Video recordings are available on IAN's website and YouTube.
- IAN Seminar Series: Report card framework for Belmont Forum valorization by Heath Kelsey.
IAN Strategic Plan released
The Integration and Application Network produced its first-ever Strategic Plan. The 16 page Strategic Plan outlines IAN's vision, mission, and goals. It identifies IAN priorities for three major focus areas: partner engagement, social impacts, and ecological outcomes. The Strategic Plan also reviews IAN's fifteen year history in five phases: initiation (2002-2004), partnership (2005-2009), engagement (2010-2014), globalization (2014-present), and future. The plan also includes sections on IAN staff, evaluation, financial viability, and new directions. The IAN Strategic Plan is linked to the annual IAN report cards that we have instituted as a way to track our progress in achieving our goals.
Tuul River Basin Report Card project launched in Mongolia
Simon Costanzo and Dylan Taillie recently traveled to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to begin development of a report card for the Tuul River basin. The Tuul River is highly influenced by sewage inputs from Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, and mining downstream of Ulaanbaatar. Close to 75 stakeholders convened for a workshop to identify key values and threats for the region and select indicators and thresholds to measure the health of the river system. The report card is being led by the Tuul River Basin Authority and the World Wildlife Fund Mongolia.
Horn Point Lab Open House presents Chesapeake Bay Heroes
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Horn Point Lab loves the opportunity to share its research with the community. Each year the lab hosts an Open House event, where members of the community are invited to meet with the scientists and explore in their research. This year, the Open House was themed Chesapeake Bay Heroes, with five different creatures of the bay that provide beneficial services to the Chesapeake. Over 650 visitors came to the lab and participated in activities led by the researchers that explained how these various Bay Heroes benefit the bay. For a poetic rendition of the event, click here.
IAN welcomes Trish Summers
Trish is the new Budget Analyst with IAN in Cambridge, Maryland. She graduated from Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Shortly after graduation she became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Trish has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of financial management. She will be using her skills to help Ken Barton with the day-to-day monitoring and reporting of IAN's grants. Her goal is to project funds remaining on IAN's grants to help manage grant budgets. Trish lives near Ocean City and enjoys being near the water. She loves spending time with her family, fishing, boating, going to the beach, walking the boardwalk (getting Thrasher's fries!) and just loves being outdoors.
On the horizon
- Stop by and say hi to the IAN team at the UMCES booth at Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) conference this week in Providence, Rhode Island!