Congratulations to November 2009 Employee and Team Member of the Month
Nancy DeFrancesco, Employee of the Month, has helped to greatly improve the security of NOAA’s information systems. Team Member of the Month, Donald Denbo, has played a key role as architect and software development team leader for NOAA’s new tsunami forecasting system. [more]

NOAA Honored at 2009 American Fisheries Society Meeting
It was with great fanfare that the Music City of Nashville recently hosted the 139th Annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), where more than 16,000 attendees — including 83 NOAA fisheries scientists — gathered to network, talk fish and share scientific findings. Two current, and two former NOAA Fisheries Service scientists were honored at the meeting. [more]

Hurricane Specialist Wins Florida Preparedness Program Award
Jack Beven, Ph.D, a senior hurricane specialist at NOAA's National Hurricane Center, has received the first-ever State of Florida Emergency Management Preparedness Program of the Year Award. The award recognizes an innovative way to prepare for disasters. [more]

NOAA Einstein Fellow Brings Science Savvy From the Classroom to the Conference Room
This month, NOAA World sat down with to talk with Kirk Beckendorf, NOAA’s Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow working in the Office of Education — one of only 15 science and math teachers selected last year from a nationwide pool. [more]

Quake Damages NOAA’s American Samoa Observatory
The Earth shook and the massive waves rolled in, but NOAA’s American Samoa Observatory endured. And so has NOAA’s Mark Cunningham. [more]

Explore the NOAA Corps: A Life of Service, Science and Adventure
If you’ve ever dreamed of piloting a NOAA aircraft through a hurricane, directing a dive operation over the Mariana Trench, or conducting a hydrographic survey off the coast of Alaska, it’s time for you to explore the NOAA Corps. [more]

Congratulations to October 2009 Employee and Team Member of the Month
Jason Baker, Employee of the Month, is a meteorologist who works with FAA Traffic Management staff to ensure the safe and efficient flow of air traffic through the south-central United States. Team Member of the Month, Erin Moreland, is contractor at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center exploring the capabilities of Unmanned Aircraft Systems to collect scientific data in the Bering Sea. [more]

Former Sea Grant Scholar Follows the Fish and Finds Himself at NOAA
Doran Mason knew he was hooked on fisheries science after experiencing the lure of Great Lakes fisheries as a Sea Grant scholar in the 1980s. Years later, Mason is now the director of the Science Division and chief scientist at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich. He attributes much of his career success to the Sea Grant Program. [more]

Congratulations to September 2009 Employee and Team Member of the Month
Larry Loewen, Employee of the Month, is responsible for electronics installation and contractor services for all nine NOAA ships in Seattle, Wash. Team Member of the Month, Jin Wang, used her outstanding technical and teamwork skills to transform Internet communications for NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve System. [more]