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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(54,95,145)"></span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(54,95,145)">Heliophysics
Summer School 2015 | Seasons in Space</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Seasons
In Space: Cycles of variability of Sun-Planet systems</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">July
28 – August 4, 2015 </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">- Boulder,
CO</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:maroon">Deadline is 27 February</span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Applications are invited
for the 2015 Heliophysics Summer School, which will be held in beautiful
Boulder, Colorado. We are seeking students and undergraduate level teachers and
instructors to join us this coming summer for a unique professional
experience. Students and teachers will learn about the exciting science of
heliophysics as a broad, coherent discipline that reaches in space from the
Earth's troposphere to the depths of the Sun, and in time from the formation of
the solar system to the distant future. At the same time, a goal of the
Summer School is for the group of instructors to develop materials from
Heliophysics that can be applied in their classes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The Heliophysics Summer
School focuses on the physics of the</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">connections between the Sun, the
heliosphere, the magnetospheres and</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">the
upper atmospheres of the planets. The solar system offers a wide</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">variety of conditions under which the interaction of
bodies with a</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">plasma environment can be
studied, while exoplanets and Sun-like stars</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">offer an even wider range of perspectives with lessons about our local</span>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">cosmos from distant past to distant future.</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The 2015 Summer School will start from the
foundations of heliophysics</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">and proceed
with a focus on the cycles of variability throughout the</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">planetary system: the origins of the sunspot cycle,
the consequences</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">for the solar wind and
the galactic cosmic rays, and the variety of</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">impacts of these processes on planetary environments and upper</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">atmospheres, particularly Earth's. The School will
also address the</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">space-weather
consequences of solar wind patterns associated with the</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Sun's rotation, and will look into the consequences of
planetary</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">orbital motions that cause the
seasonal changes in geospace from</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">ionosphere
to magnetotail that are associated with the tilt of</span> <span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">planetary spin and magnetic axes relative to the
orbital planes.</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The school will be based
on lectures, laboratories, and recitations from world experts, and will draw
material from the three textbooks </span><a href="http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/Heliophysics/science-resources-textbooks.shtml"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext">Heliophysics I-III</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">, published by Cambridge
University Press.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Several teachers along
with about 35 students will be selected through a competitive process organized
by the UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs. The school lasts for eight days, and
each participant receives full travel support for airline tickets, lodging and
per diem costs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(54,95,145)"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(54,95,145)">Student Application Requirements </span></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Currently
enrolled as a graduate student in any phase of training, or first or
second year postdoctoral fellow.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Major
in physics with an emphasis on astrophysics, geophysics, plasma physics,
and space physics, or experienced in at least one of these areas.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Pursuing
a career in heliophysics or astrophysics. </span><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></b></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:maroon">Special
Opportunity for Teachers</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(54,95,145)">Teacher
Application Requirements</span></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">At
least three years of teaching experience. (Already having a
connection with heliophysics is not a requirement.)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Currently
teaching physics (preferably electricity & magnetism),
astronomy/planetary science, or Earth sciences at the upper division
undergraduate level.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Willingness
to provide feedback to the Summer School faculty and organizers on the
comprehensibility and comprehensiveness of the overall set of lectures and
supporting materials.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">For additional information on this program and instructions
on how to apply,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">please visit the Heliophysics website at</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://www.Heliophysics.ucar.edu">www.Heliophysics.ucar.edu</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:0.25in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">For further information, call (303) 497-1605 or e-mail </span><a href="mailto:vspapply@ucar.edu"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">vspapply@ucar.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The Living With a Star program of the Heliophysics Division
in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate sponsors the Summer Schools. </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:8pt">The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Visiting Scientist Programs collaborates with NASA in administering the
schools. </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:8pt">The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is an
EE/AAE who values and encourages diversity in the workplace. Images courtesy of
NASA.</span></p>
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