Metcalf Receives NSF Grant to Improve
Communication of Oil Spill Research

A new NSF grant will support three integrated Metcalf programs intended to join journalists, communications professionals, and informal science educators together with researchers studying the Deepwater Horizon oilrig failure and its impacts on the Gulf of Mexico. [ News Release | Program Info ]

Earth Science Graduate Students
Eligible to Attend SEJ Annual Conference

Two science graduate students will be selected to attend the Society of Environmental Journalists' annual conference October 13-17, 2010, in Missoula, Montana, as part of Metcalf's science journalism program, "Improving Communication of Oil Spill Research." Applications due September 3, 2010. [ Details ]

Metcalf Alumni Report on the Oil Spill Photo by Christine Dell'Amore Giant Underwater Plume Confirmed -- Gulf Oil Not Degrading, Christine Dell'Amore (08/19/10) Toxic Oil Found Deep on Gulf Seafloor?, Christine Dell'Amore (08/18/10) Much Gulf Oil Remains, Deeply Hidden and Under Beache, Christine Dell'Amore (08/05/10) Michigan Oil Spill Company Also Building Largest Solar Plant in North America, Jeff Kart (07/31/10) BP Gulf Oil Spill's Impact on Tourism Estimated at 3 Years, Nearly $23 Billion, Jeff Kart (07/26/10) [ View all ]

Alanna Mitchell Wins 2010 Grantham Prize
for Her Book, 'Sea Sick'

Metcalf Speakers on Renewable Energy

Comprehensive Energy Policy: Planning for a Clean Energy Future

• Transforming America's Energy Systems [ Summary | Video ]
• Powering the Future
  [ Summary | Video ]
• Telling the Energy Story through Film
  [ Summary | Video ]
• Comprehensive Energy Policy
  [ Summary | Video ]