Garik Gutman and Chris Justice attended the Space Week Nordeste Conference in Fortaleza, Brazil (Aug 14-21, 2023). This event attracted early career scientists and renowned researchers from Brazil along with international researchers and NASA Space and Earth scientists. At the opening of the meeting, Garik Gutman (NASA HQ) gave a keynote presentation on advances in land-cover and land-use change research with the focus on South America, particularly on northeast Brazil.

Participants from the July 2023 ECAAS workshop hosted by NASA Harvest at the University of Maryland. Pictured left to right: Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, UMD; Diana Frimpong, UMD; Kennedy Anahinga, Kenya Ministry of Agriculture; Esther Maina, Kenya Space Agency; John Juma Katana, Kenya Ministry of Agriculture; Taryn Devereux, UMD; Jane Kioko, Kenya Ministry of Agriculture; Peter Okello, Kenya Space Agency.

Dr. Eleanor (Kellie) Stokes (PI) was recently announced as the winner of the S&R Foundation 2022 Kuno Award for Applied Science for the Social Good.  At the Universities Space Research Association, Dr. Stokes leads the Earth from Space Institute and has been widely recognized as a scientist who is proactive and passionate about the value of geospatial technology to the economy and society. The award, which includes $100,000 in funding, supports early- to mid-career women who are social innovators focused on addressing modern challenges.

We are pleased to announce the CARIN Early Career Scientists program—https://www.centralasiarin.net/2023-early-career—scientific, technical, and professional skills training to be held 11-13 September 2023.