About this event
A Public Talk with the Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research & Science (SOARS) Program
Speaker: Kadidia Thiero, SOARS Principal Investigator/Program Lead
Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Format: Hybrid
Virtual: Zoom link provided upon registration
In-person: The Smith Learning Theater, located on the fourth floor of Russell Hall at Teachers College
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JOIN KADIDIA THIERO, the Principal Investigator/Program Lead of Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research & Science (SOARS), to learn about SOARS, its mission, & it's journey to becoming one of the most successful undergraduate-to-graduate bridge programs designed to broaden participation of historically underrepresented communities in the atmospheric & related sciences.

The program is designed to promote & support research, mentoring & community. SOARS Protgs can participate for up to four (4) summers conducting research in atmospheric & earth-system sciences. SOARS offers comprehensive financial support for summer research, conference travel, as well as undergraduate & graduate school funding. Over 90% of SOARS Protgs advance to graduate school; & many have entered the workforce with the MS degree, and/or continued onto the PhD degree.

SOARS invites students from multiple STEM disciplines -- including chemistry, ecology, engineering, geography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, & the social sciences--to deepen their expertise in understanding the Earth's Atmosphere. In particular, SOARS seeks to involve students from groups that are historically underrepresented in the sciences, including Black or African-American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic or Latino, female, first-generation college students, veterans, & students with disabilities. SOARS welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender students; students who have experienced, & worked to overcome, educational or economic disadvantages, and/or who have personal or family circumstances that may complicate their continued progress in research careers.

The SOARS program is supported by the National Science Foundation under the Award #1641177 "The SOARS Program - Enhancing & Expanding a Successful Model for Building Diversity in the Atmospheric & Related Sciences".

This event is hosted by the Department of Statistics at Columbia University, NSF STC Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence & Physics (LEAP), Teachers College, & the Data Science Institute at Columbia University. The event is co-hosted by the Office of Academic Diversity & Inclusion at GSAS & Inclusive Faculty Pathways program in the Office of the Provost.