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🗓️ January 26 at 5:30 PT

Join Dr. Joanne Leovy, NVCCA Advisory Committee Chair, as she summarizes the many impacts of indoor air quality

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January 14, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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✨ Something's happening ✨

ComSciCon 2026 returns with an extraordinary 👀 edition
More details coming soon 🔥

Too impatient? Head on over to the ComSciCon France website:
champ.ly/L1suk2_Y

#ComSciCon2026 #Doctorat #CommunicationScientifique #SciComm #FormationDoctorale
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Secure your spot! In-person registration for the 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention is limited—don’t miss your chance to join us this March in Arlington, Virginia. Register here: cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26
January 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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"Making the Good Reader and Citizen," a 2-week online Summer Institute, will explore how literature instruction has shaped American education and will examine competing approaches to reading instruction and their impact on civic development. Deadline: March 6 #EduSky bit.ly/4iPI5cg
Making the Good Reader and Citizen – THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE INSTRUCTION IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS
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January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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📣 The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is hiring a Research Analytics Software Engineer in Biomedical Informatics.

Work on open-source & research software supporting health AI and data-driven science!

👉 Apply here: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

#RSE #RSEng #research #ResearchSoftware
Research Analytics Software Engineer
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Applications for #ComSciCon2026 are NOW OPEN!

🎓 Graduate students, all STEM disciplines
🤝 @comsciconfra.bsky.social & Flagship collaboration (Workshops in English)
📝 Apply by January 30
🔗 bit.ly/49upUGg

#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PhDLife
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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🚦Big SS4A news! Milwaukee County DOT has been awarded a $24.9M SS4A Implementation grant—the 3rd-largest award in the nation!
county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Departmen...
January 19, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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📣 Travel funding available! Join the Software Citation Workshop (Apr 13–16, 2026 | UC San Diego)

A cross-disciplinary, interactive event on software #citation in astronomy & beyond!

🗓 Apply by Feb 2, 2026 🔗 softwarecitationworkshop.ucsd.edu

#RSE #research #ResearchSoftware #ResearchComputing
Software Citation Workshop
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January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Interested in Vision Zero but not sure where to start?
Join us TODAY at 1pm ET for Vision Zero 101: From Fundamentals to Real-World Results! You'll learn what makes a strong safe streets foundation + see real world results.

There's still time to register here: visionzeronetwork.org/upcoming-web...
Vision Zero 101: From Fundamentals to Real-World Results
Join us January 20th for a Vision Zero 101: From Fundamentals to Real World Results. We’ll highlight the fundamentals of building a strong foundation for safe streets and highlight examples from on-th...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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We’re back!! After a bit of an extended break, we’re excited to be hosting a community Tools Trial tomorrow, Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 11am EST / 4pm UTC: www.cscce.org/2025/12/03/c...
CSCCE Tools Trials return in 2026 - starting with Zulip! - CSCCE
Join us on Wednesday, 21 January 2026 for our first community Tools Trial in a new open-source series - starting with Zulip!
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January 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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We’re still celebrating 10 years of #VisionZero - powered by so many of you – advocates, planners, engineers, families, and more!

Special thanks to Lorraine from NSC for all the work she & so many others across the country have been doing to advance #VisionZero
January 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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📢 Hiring: Senior / Principal Software Engineer

🏢 Sandia National Laboratories | Albuquerque, NM

💡Build full-stack, HPC, and AI-enabled software that powers national security & scientific discovery!

👉Check: us-rse.org/jobs/

#RSE #RSEng #research #ResearchSoftware #ResearchComputing #ResearchData
RSE Opportunities
United States Research Software Engineer Association
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January 21, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Behind the scenes this week we’re working on our training schedule for 2026. CSCCE has been offering online professional development training in community engagement and related topics since 2020.
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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Too often the most dangerous streets are state-owned arterials, where cities see the risk but states control the levers. In our most recent Top 10 installment, we share how states & cities can redesign arterials and scale up what works.

Check it out: visionzeronetwork.org/10-ways-stat...
Silos to Systems: 10 Ways States and Cities Must Act Together for Safe Streets
Across the country, more attention is being focused on how states and cities can better align goals, share data, and design for safety as one system rather than many. Below are 10 concrete ways to acc...
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January 22, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Using the prompt “One True Thing” as a springboard, our friends at @narrativemag.bsky.social invite high-school students to write a story, essay, or poem that takes readers on a journey toward a moment of truth. Submissions accepted through Feb 4, 2026: bit.ly/4qTTPyj #EduSky
January 22, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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📢 Hiring: Research Software Engineer II

🏢 #Princeton University | Princeton, NJ

💡Develop, experiment with, and improve large #AI models!

👉 us-rse.org/jobs/

#RSE #RSEng #research #ResearchSoftware #ResearchComputing #ResearchData #job
RSE Opportunities
United States Research Software Engineer Association
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January 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Find out more about the open-source community platform Zulip in our latest blog post, a recap of the Tools Trial we held on Wednesday: www.cscce.org/2026/01/23/z...
Zulip Tools Trial Recap - Find out more about this open-source community platform! - CSCCE
A recap of our Zulip Tools Trial which took place on Wednesday, 21 January 2026 - resources, recordings, and more!
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January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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🗓️ January 26 at 5:30 PT

🫶Join Dr. Joanne Leovy, NVCCA Advisory Committee Chair, as she summarizes the many impacts of indoor air quality and energy burden.
Join us!

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January 9, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Using the prompt “One True Thing” as a springboard, our friends at @narrativemag.bsky.social invite high-school students to write a story, essay, or poem that takes readers on a journey toward a moment of truth. Submissions accepted now-Feb 4, 2026: bit.ly/4qTTPyj
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Registration for the 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention is now open! Join us
in Arlington, VA, or virtually this March as we tackle the most urgent issues of our
time: the growing impact of climate change on health.

Register here:
cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Join us to explore how communities can manage speeds to save lives. We’ll be joined by @iihs-hldi.bsky.social 's Jessica Cicchino and @ntsb-bot.bsky.social 's Kris Poland to explore how speed cameras & ISA fit into the Safe System approach.

Register here: visionzeronetwork.org/upcoming-web...
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Working alongside partners and advocates, we have compiled solutions and are now making available a groundbreaking Affordability Policy Library to help expedite state-level action on fast-moving energy affordability crises that communities face today. Explore: tinyurl.com/JustSolutionsPolicyLibrary
January 12, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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ICYMI: the 1st Annual Gameheads Hawaii Showcase was awesome. See for yourself. Thanks so much to our students, parents, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the folks from the community who helped make it happen. youtu.be/Brpj40YttuI
1st Annual Gameheads: Hawaii Showcase
YouTube video by Gameheads
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January 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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Snowpack is an important and large natural reservoir for many Western communities, storing water in winter as snow that typically runs off in spring. Shifts in the timing and amount of snowmelt or runoff can present challenges to drought and water planning. 🔌naturalresourcesconsderationservices
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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Our last blog post of 2025 is a look back on everything we did this year - a recap of our ongoing work supporting human infrastructure in STEM and, more recently, scientific open-source projects: www.cscce.org/2025/12/17/2...
2025 in review: Ongoing support for human infrastructure in STEM and open source - CSCCE
2025 was another busy year for CSCCE as we continued our work supporting community managers in STEM, and expanded our collaboration with open-source projects.  Threaded throughout our work is the … Co...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM