Toby Ault – Einhorn Center for Community Engagement

Toby Ault

Associate Professor

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Einhorn Center Activities

Center for Climate Change Education Teacher Academy, Engaged Opportunity Grant

Engaged Faculty Fellowship Program, 2019-20 Faculty Fellow in Engaged Learning

Fellows come from all over the university, bringing their particular passions and living out the public purpose of their discipline through teaching and researching in, with and for community.
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Toby Ault is incorporating community-engaged learning into two of his courses, EAS 3050 Climate Dynamics and EAS 1101 Climate and Energy. During the fall semester, students will work with a small group of regional farmers and growers to better understand what information they need from the climate science community. In addition, Ault will lead weather balloon launches with teams of undergraduates in order to better measure and understand atmospheric changes.

Taking what he learns from the farmers and through the balloon launches, Ault will start conducting regular launches to improve weather predictions, particularly of precipitation extremes in the spring and summer, a critical need that’s already been identified by many farmers and growers in the area.

Theatre and Climate Change, Engaged Curriculum Grant

Bootleg Balloons, Engaged Curriculum Grant

Photosynthesis for Farmers, Academic Venture Fund Supplemental Grant