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Congratulations to AOSC's Sarah Benish, who was selected as the doctoral student speaker for the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences’ Winter 2020 Commencement.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected AOSC Professor William Lau among 489 newly elected fellows for 2020.

Web of Science has honored Dr. Zhanqing Li, Professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and ESSIC of the University of Maryland, as a Highly Cited Researcher, an honor bestowed to fewer than 6,200, or about 0.1%, of the world’s researchers, in 21 research fields and across multiple fields.

AOSC Distinguished University Professor Eugenia Kalnay was awarded the 2019 Roger Revelle Medal at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019 Honors Ceremony, held on Dec. 11, 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate or related aspects of the Earth system.”

TV’s Somara Theodore teaches AOSC's first broadcast meteorology class. Students led the effort to create this course. A couple of years ago, Monique Robinson '18 created UMD Weather Talks, a student organization of broadcast meteorologist hopefuls that posts reports on YouTube, and contacted Theodore to get advice. Last spring, they asked her about teaching at Maryland. By the fall semester, the course was a reality.