This, the 13th annual Science Writing Workshop, was tinged with melancholy, it being the final under the aegis of that brilliant accomplishment called CHESS. Thirteen writers participated. With the assistance of generous faculty attendees, we rigorously discussed each writer’s submitted…
The 7th edition of the international course “Data Analysis and Model Evaluation Tools in Environmental and Climate Science”, or in short the eScience course, was back in action 6-16 May 2024 at the Kristineberg Marine Research Station in Sweden. This…
The CHESS workshop “From idea to project: Writing successful project proposals” was held on 9. – 10. April 2024. A total of 16 participants joined the workshop, coming from the universities of Bergen and Tromsø, and NORCE Climate and Environment.…
Posters, graphical abstracts, and conceptual figures – these visual representations are the basis for our scientific communication. From the 20th – 22nd of February, a group of 13 PhD students delved into the world of designing science illustrations at the…
The INES consortium and CHESS arranged a NorESM user workshop over four half-day sessions, from Nov. 20 to Nov. 28, with participants joining through a hybrid on-site/on-line format through zoom with hubs in Bergen, Oslo and Tromsø. The program included…
In september, 10 PhD students working on the cryosphere or cryospheric change gathered in the Lyngen Alps in Northern Norway to focus on learning a specific method that they would use for their research. Lyngen is a perfect place to…
It was again my pleasure to conduct the eleventh iteration of the annual Science Writing Workshop. With the assistance of generous volunteer faculty scientists, we read and discussed each of the twelve participants’ abstracts, introductions, and concluding matter. We devoted…
The CHESS workshop “From idea to project: Writing successful project proposals” was held on 1. – 2. June 2023. A total of 12 participants joined the workshop, coming from the universities of Bergen and Oslo. The main objective of the…
From May 8–12, 2023, eight students gathered at the University of Oslo to participate in “Fundamentals of Ocean/Atmosphere Data Analysis.” There were students from Oslo, Bergen, and Tromsø, as well as visitors from Gothenburg, the Netherlands, and London. Participants learned…
From the 29th to the 31st of May, 12 students from all over Norway gathered at GFI Bergen for a 3-day course on illustration for science. The course aimed to help the students become more effective at communicating their research…