01/01/11 12:00  MDT - Google is launching an inaugural Google Science Fair, in partnership with National Geographic, Scientific American, CERN and the LEGO Group. The competition is open to students aged 13-18 from around the world. Students can enter as individuals, or in teams of up to three. There is no entry fee, and the deadline for submissions is April 4, 2011. The Science Fair will culminate in a celebratory event at Google headquarters in California in July 2011, where finalists will compete for internships, scholarships and prizes in front of a panel of celebrity scientist judges, including Nobel Laureates and household names.

12/28//2010 12:00 MCT - Join the Climate Stewards Education Program (CSEP) and help build a climate literate public that is actively engaged in climate stewardship activities. The goals of this program are to provide educators with sustained professional development,collaborative tools,and support to build a climate-literate public that is actively engaged in climate stewardship activities. As part of this growing network, you will:

• Increase your content knowledge in climate and related sciences;
• Increase your ability to identify and use scientifically credible resources and processes; and
• Help your students engage in active environmental stewardship.

12/28/2010 12:00 MDT - Students and Teachers, Enter your GLOBE research and service in the Volvo Adventure environment competition! This is an international event; entries from all countries are welcome. Start preparing now, as the prizes are substantial and the deadline, 31 January 2011, is looming. To enter, form a team of 2 to 5 members (aged 13 to 16 at competition opening - 1 July 2009), perform an environmental project in your local community & submit the project via the online submission tool.

12/08/10 12:15 MDT - GLOBE Sponsors invite the greater GLOBE community to become actively involved in identifying potential candidates for the next GLOBE Director. Click here for full text of their letter to the GLOBE community.

12/06/10 12:00 MDT - After five years of dedicated service, Dr. Ed Geary has announced that he will be leaving the GLOBE Program. A search for his successor will begin in the next few weeks with the aim of making a selection in early March. Dr. Jack Fellows, UCAR Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Director of UCAR Community Programs who served as the first Principal Investigator (PI) of the GLOBE Program at UCAR, will act as Interim Director if needed. Click here to read Dr. Geary's letter to the community.

 12/01/10 12:00 MDT - The Stockholm Junior Water Prize is the most prestigious international award for water-related science projects at the high school level. The competition is open for projects aiming to improve the quality of life through improvement of water quality, water resources management, water protection, water and wastewater treatment, as well as water education and social related aspects of water. The projects may focus on local, regional, national or global topics. All projects must use a research-oriented approach, including scientifically accepted methodologies for investigation, experimentation, monitoring and reporting the results, including statistical analyses.

11/30/10 - 16:00 MDT - GLOBE at Night is an annual citizen-science campaign that encourages people all over the world to record the brightness of their night sky. For two weeks every winter/spring since 2006, when the Moon is not out during the early evening and the constellation of Orion can be seen by everyone everywhere, children and adults match the appearance of Orion with 7 star maps of progressively fainter stars found on the website, www.globeatnight.org. They then submit their measurements (e.g., which star map they chose) on-line with their date, time and location. This year, GLOBE at Night will be expanded to include a second campaign focusing on observations of the Constellation Leo in the Northern Hemisphere and Crux in the Southern Hemisphere!