2023 Center Graduates
Fifteen NCAS-M II Fellows & NCAS-M Alumni have already graduated from their programs in 2023! Congratulations to the following:
Announcements
Department of Earth, Environment, and Equity (EEE) at Howard University
The Board of Trustees has approved a new Department of Earth, Environment, and Equity (EEE) housed within the College of Arts and Sciences which will include Atmospheric Science, as well […]
Congrats to Howard University NCAS alumnus DaNa Carlis
DaNa Carlis named director of NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory DaNa L. Carlis, Ph.D., a research meteorologist and experienced scientific leader, has been named the director of NOAA’s National Severe Storms […]
NOAA awards $60 million in education grants to Minority Serving Institutions
December 7, 2022 As part of NOAA’s long-term commitment to ensuring NOAA’s future workforce is representative of the nation’s population, the agency has awarded grants of up to $30 million […]
Hananeh Jafary – Successful MS Thesis Defense
Master Thesis Defense by Hana Jafary “Advancing Understanding of the Relationship Between Tropical Cyclogenesis and Precipitation in a High-Resolution Model” Date: October 21, 2022. NCAS-M NERTO Advisors: Ghassan Alaka, Sundararaman […]
Joyce Leung – Successful MS Thesis Defense
Master Thesis Defense by Joyce Leung “EVALUATION OF THE OFFLINE-COUPLED GFS-CMAQ IN RECENT WILDFIRES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA” Date: July 14, 2022. NCAS-M NERTO Advisor: Jeff McQueen, Air Quality and Dispersion […]
Kenneth Graham selected as director of NOAA’s National Weather Service
Kenneth Graham is the next NOAA assistant administrator for weather services and the 17th director of the National Weather Service, effective June 7, 2022. Since April 2018, Graham has served as the […]
Spring 2022 NCAS-M Student Graduates
Nearly 30 NCAS-M students have graduated from their programs in the Spring 2022 semester! All students are featured on NCAS-M’s Twitter page. Details for individual students can be found at […]
Corbin Brooks – Successful Thesis Defense
Master Thesis Defense by Corbin Brooks “Determining the Accuracy of Using Eddy Diffusivity Methods to Estimate Ozone Dry Deposition” Date: April 25, 2022 NCAS-M NERTO Advisor: LaToya Myles, Ph.D., Director […]
2021 NOAA Science Report
The NOAA Science Report is an annual report that highlights NOAA’s research and development achievements across all Line Organizations over the past year. In 2021, the scientific highlights, awards, bibliometrics, […]
HU Research Month
Research Month 2022 is part of Howard University’s (HU’s) ongoing efforts to foster the research mission and to celebrate the University’s research enterprise, which is comprised of external grants and […]
NCAS-M at 102nd AMS Annual Meeting
Several NCAS-M faculty, students, and alumni participated in and presented at the 102nd American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting. Details on sessions, exhibits, posters, and more can be found in the […]
Jonathan Smith, Ph.D., Returns to NOAA as a Physical Scientist
Jonathan Smith, Ph.D., was featured by NOAA’s Office of Education after joining the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory as a Research Physical Scientist. Jonathan earned a Ph.D. at Howard University in […]
December 2021 Report on Priorities for Weather Research
The updated report on Priorities for Weather Research (PWR) has been approved by the NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB). The charge to the PWR Study Team – approved by the […]
December 2021 Graduates
The following students supported by NCAS-M completed their respective programs in December 2021! Tisha CopelandTisha, Cohort 5 Fellow, completed a BS in Sociology at Howard University. Leah HopsonLeah, Cohort 3 Fellow, […]
