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Job Posting: Systems Manager
The Systems Manager is primarily responsible for the development and maintenance of the BPCRC websites, web servers, and database servers, including the development of any research project web…
High-Resolution, Three-Dimensional Topographic Maps of Alaska
The first ever high-resolution, three-dimensional topographic maps of Alaska have been released to the public less than a year after the announcement of a White House Arctic initiative in direct…
Polar Weather and Climate Week June 4-8
The Ohio State University Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center will host event
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Columbus will be the host city for one of this year’s most important…
CubeRRT approved for launch
Ohio State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair, BPCRC member, and Professor, Joel Johnson, leads the development of NASA’s CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference…
Lonnie Thompson and Emilie Beaudon Receive NSF Rapid Grant to Study Impact of El Niño on Quelccaya Ice Cap
The chemical and physical fingerprints of past El Niño events are preserved in ice cores from Andean glaciers, particularly the Quelccaya ice cap, and offer the potential to quantify past regional…
Polar Community Mourns the Loss of John Splettstoesser
John Splettstoesser of Waconia, Minnesota passed away Monday January 25, 2016 at his home. John was 82.
There will be a Memorial Service Friday February 5, 2016 at 11:00 am at the Waconia…
Eastern Snow Conference at the Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center
The 73rd Eastern Snow Conference will be taking place right here in Columbus, Ohio, at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center. The call for papers is now available. See the Eastern Snow…
Pete Anderson Honored by the American Polar Society
Peter J. Anderson, former Assistant Director of the Institute of Polar Studies (now the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center), was awarded an Honorary Membership in the American…
2016 Byrd Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Announced
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) of The Ohio State University annouced the 2016 Byrd Fellowship Program for Postdoctoral Researchers on January 5, 2016. This program was…