Ecological Society of America Student Section

All awards presented by the Student Section will be granted only to Student Section members (except the EcoVision Photo Competition). To become a student section member, check the appropriate box (it is only $5!) on your ESA membership when registering and/or renewing (http://eservices.esa.org) or email membership@esa.org. You can also contact ESA Student Section Membership Representative Sandra Dooley dooleys(at)uci.edu to help you find out your status.

Rachel Carson's seminal book Silent Spring launched the modern American environmental movements and also influenced similar movements all over the globe. In commemoration of the book's fiftieth anniversary, the Rachel Carson Center is soliciting essays from junior and senior scholars that analyze the impact and reception of the book, as well as Carson's legacy.

This is a reminder that the 2012-2013 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships online application is open. The deadline to apply is December 5, 2011, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Placement opportunities are available in congressional offices and 15 executive branch agencies for all scientific fields, including the social sciences. The five fellowship areas being offered for September 2012 through August 2013 are:

• Congressional
• Diplomacy, Security & Development
• Energy, Environment & Agriculture
• Health, Education & Human Services
• Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship

This is an announcement about a NEON, Inc. Membership sponsored event. In 2 weeks, we will be staging a one-hour webinar on the NEON science-policy interface.

Do you know an early-career scientist or engineer whose efforts to engage the public with science and technology are worthy of recognition? Nominations are invited now through October 15 for the 2011 AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science. The award specifically focuses on recognizing individual scientists for their public engagement activities that promote interactive dialogue with a non-scientific, public audience.