NOAA celebration marking 20 years of partnership with Howard University

On Wednesday, Oct. 2, NOAA and Howard University leaders will hold a public celebration to mark 20 years of partnership training atmospheric scientists. 

Media will be able to hear remarks from NOAA and Howard leaders and scientists, view an upgraded observing station at Howard that provides vital information about air pollution, climate, and greenhouse gas emissions, and learn about student and faculty research.

Dominick Christenson of Oak Ridge Associated Industries demonstrates the black globe thermometer at the Howard University climate and air quality observing station. The thermometer measures solar radiation and helps scientists calculate heat stress. Credit: NOAA

The observing station is part of UrbanNet, a research program established by NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory to support urban climate and air quality monitoring in and around the Washington D.C. area, with a goal of implementing such observing networks in other urban areas. Data from these observing stations can be used by urban managers, health officials and climate scientists. The Howard station is one of four observing stations in the D.C area.

WHO

• Anthony Wutoch, Ph.D., Howard University Provost

• Rick Spinrad, Ph.D., NOAA Administrator

• Bruce Jones, Ph.D. Howard University Vice President for Research

• Sen Chiao, Ph.D., Director of NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

• Michael Morgan, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction

• Steve Thur, Ph.D., NOAA Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

• Ariel Stein, Ph.D., Director of NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory

• Everette Joseph, Ph.D., Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research

WHEN

• Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 from 1:30 – 4:00 PM ET 

• 1:30 – 2:15 PM ET: Opportunity to view student research posters, talk to students

• 2:15 – 3:10 PM ET: Speaking program, including introduction to the instruments used in the observing center, and a lightning talk by ARL Scientist-in-Residence Osinachi Ajoku, Ph.D.

• 3:10 – 3:55 PM ET: transition to rooftop for show and tell about the observing station and the technology used to track greenhouse gases and air pollution.

WHERE
 

Howard University, Interdisciplinary Research Building, Room 412

2201 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20059

Visitor parking is available at the Howard Center Lot, 2235 8th Street, Washington, D.C. 20059

RSVP

Media interested in attending are asked to RSVP by email to monica.allen@noaa.gov by 5 PM ET, Tuesday, Oct. 1.

Background information:

The Howard University UrbanNet station builds on a 20-year partnership between NOAA and Howard that was established with the creation of the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Science and Meteorology at Howard University.  This NOAA Cooperative Science Center, part of a network of centers at minority-serving universities, is dedicated to educating a diverse group of trained professionals for NOAA and the broader weather and climate science workforce as well as conducting climate, weather and air quality research to support NOAA’s weather, water and climate prediction missions.