<div dir="ltr">Hello colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Please share this training opportunity with interested undergraduate students.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Kerry Mauck<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Francesca Hopkins</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:fhopkins@ucr.edu">fhopkins@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: Applications now open for 2025-2026 UCI CLIMATE Justice Initiative Postbaccalaureate Fellowships! Deadline - April 30th, 2025<br>To: Loralee Larios <<a href="mailto:loralee@ucr.edu">loralee@ucr.edu</a>>, Marko Spasojevic <<a href="mailto:markos@ucr.edu">markos@ucr.edu</a>>, Kerry Mauck <<a href="mailto:kerry.mauck@ucr.edu">kerry.mauck@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div>Please share with undergraduate students in your department. This is a great program that a couple of UCR recent graduates participated in recently.</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Francesca<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Kathleen R Johnson</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:kathleen.johnson@uci.edu" target="_blank">kathleen.johnson@uci.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM<br>Subject: Applications now open for 2025-2026 UCI CLIMATE Justice Initiative Postbaccalaureate Fellowships! Deadline - April 30th, 2025<br>To: <br>Cc: Robert Jaffe Garcia <<a href="mailto:garciar1@uci.edu" target="_blank">garciar1@uci.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please share the below announcement and attached flyer widely, and apologies for cross-posting!</span>
<br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_m72ltkay2" alt="CJI_Logo_Blue.png" width="578" height="83"></div><div><br></div><div>Hello All,</div><div><br></div><div>
Applications are now open (<a href="https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09524" target="_blank">APPLY HERE</a>) for the fully-funded 2025-2026 CLIMATE Justice Initiative (CJI) postbaccalaureate (postbac) fellowships. <b> The deadline to apply is April 30, 2025</b>. The NSF-funded UCI <a href="https://sites.ps.uci.edu/climatejustice/" target="_blank">Climate Justice Initiative</a> is based in the <a href="https://www.ess.uci.edu/" target="_blank">Dept. of Earth System Science</a>, and conducted in partnership with the <a href="https://newkirkcenter.uci.edu/researchjustice/" target="_blank">UCI Research Justice Shop</a>. We are recruiting <u>6 recent college graduates </u> for our next CJI cohort, with an award period from September 1, 2025 - August 31,
2026<b>. </b>
<b> </b>This
opportunity is open to recent BA or BS recipients (class of 24 or 25)
in geoscience or related disciplines (e.g. earth system science,
environmental science and policy, geology, geography, ecology,
chemistry, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, etc.) from
any institution who are authorized to work in the US.</div><div><br></div><div>
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CLIMATE Justice Postbac Fellows will:</div><div><ul><li>Learn new technical
skills and gain hands-on research experience with UCI faculty who are
working on cutting-edge climate and environmental research.</li><li>Work closely with
local community-based organizations to conduct team-based research projects that
address climate change and environmental issues of interest to the community</li><li>Attend seminars,workshops and classes on social science, climate/geo science, and community-based research methods</li><li>Be guided by a diverse network of mentors and participate in professional development activities designed to help
you achieve your career goals, whether that be entering the job market
or pursuing graduate studies.</li><li>Join an inclusive and vibrant
learning community of students, researchers, faculty, and
staff dedicated to conducting research that centers the needs of
communities that are most impacted by climate and environmental change.</li></ul></div><div>The
CLIMATE Justice initiative strives to foster a welcoming and
collaborative working environment that brings together diverse
perspectives, backgrounds, and life experiences. We strongly encourage
applications from all recent graduates who would benefit from
cross-disciplinary climate/environmental science research training,
mentorship, career and professional development, and community-engaged
research experience. <br><div><br></div><div>
<div>For more information, please see the <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11cPEj9w_dqV3xCSiX3IxQMELHlPdQKLnLytu-iYJw2Y/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">slides</a> and <a href="https://uci.zoom.us/rec/play/m6KuDgK7ReibujDN66xDtkCC0SsA2CTL3gyJ555kvKAn8a8hLNfRnApMi0n0WXAPAIMdrfPdNjOq72IK.NtriEE55BzK97KG-?accessLevel=meeting&canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&continueMode=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fuci.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FCQ-ZToEqzrNX3UWIncBfx_GWFrDgPQFgAbcN8JVhofPfOLRJ4tQHMWKbi1587Q9A.1a8Geh6rZ45-1aBG" target="_blank">recording</a>
of our 2025 info session and Q&A with current and former fellows.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the CJI Academic
Coordinator, Robert Garcia (<a href="mailto:garciar1@uci.edu" target="_blank">garciar1@uci.edu</a>). <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Kathleen Johnson</div>
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<br clear="all"></div><br><img src="cid:ii_m7ywti080" alt="CJI Postbac Application Flyer 2025.png" width="458" height="572"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Kathleen R. Johnson (she/her)<br>Professor, Department of Earth System Science<br><div>Equity Advisor, School of Physical Sciences</div><div>Director, UCI Climate Justice Initiative<br></div><div>3206 Croul Hall</div><div>University of California, Irvine</div><div>Irvine, CA 92697-3100</div><div><br></div><a href="https://sites.uci.edu/johnsonlab/" target="_blank">Terrestrial Paleoclimate and Geochemistry Lab</a><br><div><a href="https://sites.ps.uci.edu/climatejustice/" target="_blank">UCI CLIMATE Justice Initiative</a></div><div>See my availability for meeting requests <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=a2F0aGxlZWpAdWNpLmVkdQ" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div><div><br></div><i>The Department of Earth System Science acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Acjachemen and Gabrielino/Tongva/Kizh peoples. We are grateful to these original stewards of the land where we live, work, and study, who despite the history of violence and racism, forced displacement, land theft, and colonialism still hold strong cultural, spiritual, and physical ties to this region.</i><br></div></div></div>
</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><h4>Francesca M. Hopkins, Ph.D.</h4>Associate Professor of Climate Change and Sustainability<br>Dept. of Environmental Sciences<br>University of California<br>Riverside, CA 92521<br></div><div>(951) 827-4781 (office)</div>(707) 328-3135 (cellular)<br></div></div></div></div>
</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Dr. Kerry Mauck</b></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Associate Professor & A.M. Boyce Endowed Chair in Entomology</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">163 Entomology Building</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Department of Entomology</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">University of California, Riverside<br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Riverside, CA 92521</font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Pronouns: she/her</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Office: Entomology 324</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Lab: Entomology 320<br>Riverside, CA 92521</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Phone: 302-242-7948</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Email: <a href="mailto:kerry.mauck@ucr.edu" target="_blank">kerry.mauck@ucr.edu</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wt9IkqgAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://maucklab.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">https://maucklab.ucr.edu/</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:small">UCR occupies the ancestral lands of the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño, and Serrano peoples and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on these homelands.</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>