"Biodiversity and Mass Extinction" - Saturday, December 6, 1 - 4 pm at Explorit, Davis. UCD Geology lecturer Sanja Hinic-Frlog, with the help of fellow geologists, will be exploring this topic with a series of hands-on exhibits. See the Explorit site for more information.
Alexandra Navrotsky has been selected to receive the 2009 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America. This is the highest honor of MSA and a major career award of international standing. She will be awarded the medal at the Geological Society of America Meeting in Fall 2009.
"Eruptions: a blog about volcanos" - Geology postdoctoral scholar Erik Klemetti blogs about volcanos, summarizing eruptions as they occur and sorting out the science from the sensationalism.