Webinars
AGI hosts webinars on a variety of topics related to the geosciences including webinars about career development, topics of interest to support the success of geoscience academic departments, and discussions with geoscientists and decision makers regarding potential solutions to challenges at the interface of geoscience and society.
Upcoming Webinars
Transforming Undergraduate Geoscience Teaching: Recommendations for Heads and Chairs from a National Academies report
AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs Webinar Series
Friday, May 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
This webinar will explore the 2025 report from the National Academies entitled “Transforming Undergraduate STEM Teaching”. At the center of the report are seven principles that underlie effective teaching and recommendations for their implementation. The webinar will focus on applying these principles for undergraduate STEM teaching to the geosciences, with particular attention to the recommendations for department and program leaders.
Our speakers are:
- Anne Egger - Executive Director, National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Professor, Geological Sciences and Science and Mathematics Education, Central Washington University
- Kerry Brenner - Senior Program Officer, Board on Science Education, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Recent Webinars
Jumpstart Your Broader Impacts with the ARIS Toolkit!
AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs Webinar Series
Friday, April 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Many researchers often take a limited view in thinking about the Broader Impacts (BI) of their research. For example, a researcher may suggest that building a lab website, working with a graduate student, and publishing their work in journals is enough to meet the needs of the BI criteria when in fact, they are basic job expectations at most universities or colleges. Or some PIs might think that working with K-12 school children is the only way to meet their BI requirements.
The NSF Funded ARIS center (Advancing Research Impacts in Society) has a robust collection of digital tools and resources ready to help you create an exciting Broader Impacts (BI) plan! Whether you’re crafting an NSF proposal or simply flexing your STEM communication muscles, our toolkit is here to help you turn ideas into action.
Our speakers are:
- Janice McDonnell, Co-PI Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS), Rutgers University
- Dr. Susan Renoe, Associate Vice Chancellor, Division of Research, Innovation & Impact, Executive Director, ARIS, University of Missouri
Graduate student perspectives on the importance and difficulty of finding a research group
AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs Webinar Series
Friday, March 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Joining a research group is one of the most important events on a graduate student’s path to becoming an independent researcher and earning a Ph.D. Despite its importance, graduate students’ perspectives on the experience of finding a research group are not well-documented. In this webinar, our panelists will use data collected in the context of physics graduate education to illustrate how successfully joining a research group tends to increase students’ sense of belonging in their programs which can lead to improved student retention and overall graduate experience.
Our panelists are:
- Dr. Mike Verostek - Post Doctoral Research Associate, School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Dr. Casey Miller - Sr. Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Dr. Ben Zwickl – Associate Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy and Co-Director of the Center for Advancing Scholarship to Transform Learning, Rochester Institute of Technology
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