Dear CSE Colleagues, For those of us in the US mid-Atlantic region and parts of the Midwest, the past few weeks have been filled with the buzzing alien sounds of Brood X cicadas, also known as the Great Eastern Brood, who emerged this spring after 17 years underground. The sound of trillions of cicadas singing […]
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Annual Meeting, Call for proposals, DEI, Fall Symposium
Dear CSE Colleagues, I hope you are all well and were able to participate in CSE’s Virtual Annual Meeting a few weeks ago. I’d like to reiterate here what I said at the business meeting: It has been a true pleasure to work with Past President Carissa Gilman over the last year. As a leader, […]
Categories: President's Letters
Dear CSE Colleagues, Next week is our annual meeting, which is the culmination of a year of planning and hard work by our Program Committee, led by co-chairs Emma Shumeyko and Brittany Swett. Emma, Brittany, and I spent a lot of time discussing the theme of this year’s meeting. We wanted to keep it positive […]
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Annual Meeting, Athena, Short Courses
Dear CSE Colleagues, Earlier today I went to a mass vaccination site to get my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. While I was waiting in line for my number to be called, I kept thinking back to my first letter to you as CSE president, when I wrote, “I remain optimistic about the power […]
Categories: President's Letters
Tags: Annual Meeting, Instagram, Short Courses
Dear CSE Colleagues, It’s sunny and warm in Atlanta today after what felt like weeks of cold rain, and it’s starting to seem like spring might actually arrive soon. That means the 2021 CSE Virtual Annual Meeting is right around the corner, and I could not be more excited about what the Program Committee, led […]
Categories: President's Letters
Dear CSE Colleagues, Many of us have been anticipating this new year for so long that it is hard to believe it is finally here. We are weary from uncertainty, worry, anger, and loss. And, unfortunately, this year did not get off to the auspicious start many of us might have hoped. Instead, we find […]
Categories: President's Letters