Virtual event celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Juneau Icefield Research Program
The Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. JIRP, an education and research program with academics, is based in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, with significant science support provided by the Climate Change Institute (CCI).
As part of JIRP’s yearlong anniversary celebration, the program is holding a virtual event at 8 p.m. EST on Feb. 17. More information is online.
During the virtual event, UMaine professor Seth Campbell, JIRP director of academics and research, will provide information about the program’s history, current activities and future goals. He will be joined by Ben Santer, Julia Rosen and Steve Squyres, who also will provide remarks on JIRP and the state of science now and in the future.
Santer is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an American Geological Union Fellow, a MacArthur Award recipient and a JIRP board member. He also was the lead author of the 1995 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report chapter focused on human attributions to climate change. Rosen, a former JIRP participant, is an independent journalist covering science and technology for publications, including the New York Times, The Atlantic, Scientific American and LA Times. Squyres, also a former JIRP student who credits his start in the sciences to the program, is the chief scientist of Blue Origin and professor emeritus at Cornell University. He also was the chief scientist for the NASA Mars Rover missions.