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Celebrate!
International Year
of Planet Earth

[ updated 09/16/2008 ]
A Postdoctoral Position in Geodynamics of Subduction Zones

Please join us in celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth, 2007-2009.
UCD Geology's IYPE Calendar

"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.
"The 1600 Huaynaputina Volcano and its Global Consequences" - Dr. Ken Verosub discusses evidence that the Huaynaputina eruption might have had a global impact that was similar to the 1815 eruption of Tambora volcano in Indonesia. Wednesday, October 29 at noon. Social Sciences and Humanities building, room 5214. Sponsored by the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas
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.
'Living rocks’ in lake may give clues to life on other planets - Geology graduate student Rebekah Shepard's research sends her into the depths of Pavilion Lake, British Columbia.
Roy Shlemon, UC Davis MPS Senior Fellow in Geology, is the 2008 recipient of the President's Medal of the Geological Society of America.