Jen Diehl, a rising G3 in the SICCS T3 program in Ecoinformatics, successfully defended her research prospectus today and advanced to the “PhD Candidate” stage. Lab members, fellow members of SICCS and Ecoss, and other random friends and colleagues all gathered at our favorite off-campus location (“Building 7”) to celebrate. Ecoss Associate Director Matt Bowker (back right) showed up to make sure things didn’t get too out of control. Congratulations, Jen!