Three from College attend DISCCRS VI to talk about interdisciplinary climate change research

The 2011 Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS VI; http://www.disccrs.org) was held from 10/22 to 10/29 in Colorado Springs.  An international and interdisciplinary group of recent PhD recipients, senior academics, and mentors discussed the pursuit of interdisciplinary climate change research.  Three of the 32 participants were from the University of Washington College of the Environment.  Shown (from right to left), Abby Swann (incoming Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Biology), Lauren Hartzell Nichols (Acting Assistant Professor, Program on the Environment), and Jim Lutz (Research Scientist, Principal; College of the Environment).