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Great achievements come in twos for Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier who will receive the NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) Assistant Administrator Special Recognition Group Award, along with new NASA funding. Sutton-Grier, an ecosystem ecologist and assistant research scientist at ESSIC, was recognized by the NOS–along with her team of researchers–for their Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. Sutton-Grier led the efforts of the unique Sandy Work Group, comprised by a team of researchers who each …

Bottom line: Check it out, it's new and more interesting than Denny's just down the street. No grand opening yet, just a "soft" opening with limited menu items for lunch ($7, decent price for what you get) … assorted drinks (wine, Korean and non-Korean beer, soft drinks). The table BBQ heats up for the dinner menu which has more food items. Watched a few construction worker guys experiencing that for the first time (waiter cooks your meat, instructs you to place it in …

Check it out. You can pick from their signature pizzas or create your own pizza with as many ingredients as you want for roughly $8 (for a 10-inch, 6-slice pizza). I chose the spicy red sauce as the base, covered by mozzarella cheese, sprinkled with onions and lots of roasted garlic cloves … super good. I like the thin crust of the pizza and the choice of toppings … plus it takes only three minutes to bake. Good place for a quick lunch. It's not too busy during the weekdays, but …

CICS Executive Director and ESSIC / AOSC Professor, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, was featured in a Forbes magazine Op-ed entitled, “When The Well Runs Dry: The Currency Of Water.”  The Op-ed, which was co-authored by  Dan Bena, Senior Director of Sustainable Development at PepsiCo, suggests that governments and communities alike must begin to approach water resource management as a cash flow like commodity, managed in a fiscally responsible manner….