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The Wall Lab (front row L-R): Cecilia Tomasel ,Deanna Cox,Diana Wall, Ashley Shaw,Zachary Sylvain, Pablo Garcia-Palacios

(Back row L-R) Martijn Vandegehuchte.

Recent News/Upcoming Events:

*Discovery news is carrying a story outlining the suggestions that have been made for the future of Antarctic research by the special blue ribbon panel to which Dr. Diana Wall was appointed last fall!

*Dr. Wall is currently attending the Planet under Pressure conference, which includes a diverse international attendance discussing solutions to global problems in sustainability in anticipation of the UN’s Rio+20 conference on sustainable development this June.

*Dr. Wall has been awarded the 2012 SCAR President’s Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research for her contributions to Antarctic science and advice on policy. She will receive the award at the 2012 SCAR Open Science Conference in July.

*As a member of the blue ribbon panel appointed to help determine the future of Antarctic science, Dr. Wall is traveling to Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula.

*Dr. Wall has a chapter in a new book published as part of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, titled Antarctic Ecosystems: An extreme environment in a changing world

*The National Academy of Science has put out a press release highlighting a recent paper looking at global distributions of soil animal taxa published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, on which Dr. Diana Wall is a coauthor and was NSF PI with Dr. Jim Garey, University of South Florida.

*The National Academies Press has released Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in a free-to-read prepublication format on their website. This report was authored by a National Research Council committee, of which Diana Wall was a member.

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