New York in August

I'm here at the Simons Workshop at Stony Brook out on Long Island. I'd like to talk a bit about the workshop later, but right now I just want to note that it is 56 degrees out. In New York. In the middle of August.

Thunderstorms I'd understand, but cold, dreary drizzle? It's August, not November. I didn't exactly pack for this.

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Earth is going to be here for the foreseeable future. Will there be geoscientists to help everyone else figure out how to deal with it?
Rice University is hosting a workshop called Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position. From an email announcement about the workshop:
The University of Washington's ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change received an award this year from the National Science Foundation ADVANCE program to hold professional development workshops for Ph.D.-level women in industry, research labs, consulting, or national

Ah, but did you remember to pack for the "air-conditioned" office? I nicknamed mine Hoth last week :).