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Unidata Abandons Planned Move to St. Cloud

31 March 2014

The UPC will not be moving to St. Cloud, MN.

After receiving clarification from the National Science Foundation, the Unidata Program Center has cancelled its plans to move its operations to the town of St. Cloud, Minnesota.

"We were a bit puzzled when we heard that the NSF wanted Unidata to focus its energies on moving to St. Cloud," says Unidata Program Director Mohan Ramamurthy. "Frankly, we were a bit worried about losing the high-speed Internet2 connectivity we enjoy at UCAR, but NSF is our primary sponsor, so we went along with it. And the proximity to St. Cloud State University would certainly be an asset to us."

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Unidata Program Center Welcomes Josh Young

20 March 2014

Josh Young

Josh Young joined the Unidata Program Center as the Community Services Manager on March 10, 2014. He comes to Unidata from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington, D.C. where he served as the Program Manager for the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee Support Office (IOOC SO). At the IOOC SO, he supported member agencies in coordinating federal ocean observing and engaging the broader science community.

Josh first encountered Unidata products at the IOOC SO, where one of his duties was supporting the Data Management and Communications Steering Team. From the beginning, it was obvious that the Steering Team thought highly of Unidata, but all of the technical terms that members used were very unfamiliar and confusing. After several years, Josh became thoroughly accustomed to being confused during data-management conversations.

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