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Olivia Trani

Olivia Trani

Olivia Trani is the Communications Officer at the European Geosciences Union. She is responsible for the management of the Union's social media presence and the EGU blogs, where she writes regularly for the EGU's official blog, GeoLog. She is also the point of contact for early career scientists (ECS) at the EGU Office. Olivia has a MS in Science Journalism from Boston University and her work has appeared on WBUR-FM, Inside Science News Service, and the American Geophysical Union. Olivia tweets at @oliviatrani.

EGU Members: have your say on the direction of the Union

November 5, 2019
EGU Members: have your say on the direction of the Union
As EGU’s representatives and staff members, we work hard throughout the year to ensure the Union is serving its members, and we need your input to continue to do so,

The EGU is a member-led organisation with around 20,000 members from all over the world. To promote the Earth, planetary and space sciences, the EGU conducts many activities ranging from publishing open access journals and hosting geoscientific meetings to organising education and outreach initiatives. As EGU’s representatives and staff members, we work hard throughout the year to ensure the Union ...[Read More]

EGU 2020: Financial support to attend the General Assembly

October 31, 2019
EGU 2020: Financial support to attend the General Assembly
Applying for financial support to attend the 2020 General Assembly is easier than ever! Credit: Kai Boggild /EGU

The EGU is committed to promoting the participation of both early career scientists and established researchers from low and middle-income countries who wish to present their work at the EGU General Assembly. In order to encourage participation of scientists from both these groups, a part of the overall budget of the EGU General Assembly is reserved to provide financial support to those who wish t ...[Read More]

EGU announces 2020 awards and medals

October 30, 2019
EGU announces 2020 awards and medals
Margaret G. Kivelson, EGU Jean Dominique Cassini Medallist, speaking at the EGU General Assembly 2019 awards ceremony. (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)

This week, the EGU announced the 49 recipients of next year’s Union Medals and Awards, Division Medals and Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awards. The aim of the awards is to recognise the efforts of the awardees in furthering our understanding of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The prizes will be handed out during the EGU 2020 General Assembly in Vienna on 3-8 May. Head over ...[Read More]

Join us at the EGU 2020 General Assembly: Call for abstracts is now open!

October 29, 2019
Join us at the EGU 2020 General Assembly: Call for abstracts is now open!
The call for abstracts is now open! You have until 15 January 2020 to submit your abstract for #EGU20. Credit: Pfluegl/EGU

From now, up until 15 January 2020 13:00 CET, you can submit your abstract for the upcoming EGU General Assembly (EGU 2020). In addition to established scientists, PhD students and other early career researchers are welcome to submit abstracts to present their research at the conference. Further, the EGU encourages undergraduate and master students to submit abstracts on their dissertations or fin ...[Read More]