CONTENTS Director’s column.........................1 NDMC 20th anniversary .............. 2 Employment opportunity..............3 Third quarter 2015 climate summary ...................................... 4 Third quarter 2015 impacts summary ...................................... 6 Workshop in Ethiopia...................8 San Antonio multi-hazard tournament .................................. 9 Healthy soil is drought buffer ............. 10 U2U Award ................................ 11 Cost-benefit analysis for utilities managing drought......................12 NDMC helps with rural poll questions on climate..................13 Introducing our post-docs..........14 South Korean visitors ................ 1