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- Spotlight: Virtual Reality - Geologists plumb the depths, immersed in a three-dimensional illusion
- "Hot Fluids and Deep Earthquakes" - Fluids in the Earth's lower crust are an underlying force in shaking things up where continental plates slip under each other, according to a study recently published in Nature. Donna Eberhart-Phillips, a UC Davis researcher in geology, collaborated on the study.
- Ryosuke Motani is awarded the Commendation for Science and Technology: The Young Scientists' Prize by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ryosuke is one of only two awardees who live outside of Japan. The prize is geared toward recognizing advances in technology; Ryosuke has been recognized for his research on fish-like swimming.
- UC Oil Forum presents, "Energy Crisis Ahead: Who Will Lead Us?", May 10, 6:30-9:15 pm in the Activities and Recreation Ballroom at UC Davis. Dave Osleger will speak at this public program; his topic will be, "What Government Should Know About Science".
- "China's Purple Army Made for Magic" - from Discovery News; quotes Senior Lecturer Emeritus Richard Cowen. Visit Dr. Cowen's "in the news" pages.
- "Sea floor records ancient Earth" - from BBC news; quotes Distinguished Professor Emeritus Eldridge Moores.
- "Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta" - the Public Policy Institute of California releases its report on the Delta. Jeff Mount is a co-author.
- Isabel Montanez’s recent research on prehistoric climate change is featured on Sciencentral - article and video.
- Dr. Roy J. Shlemon is appointed Senior Fellow of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
- "Caves hold climate clues: UC Davis scientists study mineral formations to track weather patterns -- it's like tree rings indicating age" - Isabel Montañez and graduate student Jessica Oster's research is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle.
- "Rocking the system - Fewer than 10 percent of California's high school students take classes on the Earth, the solar system and their histories." - Sacramento Bee article discusssing Eldridge Moores efforts to change the University of California's admission policy.
- "The Great Thirst - Looking ahead to a post-global warming life in California, 60 years hence" - San Francisco Chronicle article; one of the reporter's sources is Jeff Mount.
- "A Bumpy Shift From Icehouse to Greenhouse" - Recent research by professor Isabel Montañez; go to the journal Science and read the study: CO2-Forced Climate and Vegetation Instability During Late Paleozoic Deglaciation. Articles in the San Francisco Chronicle; LA Times.
- "NASA images, White Sands features support a wetter Mars" - read about professor Dawn Sumner and grad student Greg Chavdarian recent research on Egghead - a blog about research by, with or related to UC Davis.
- "Predicting the Timing of Major Earthquakes" - Article on current research being conducted by John Rundle and others
- "Expert: Mars Mineral Not Proof of Water" - Discovery News article on recent research by Peter Schiffman , Robert Zierenberg and colleagues at Kilauea's Halemaumau crater.
- Alexandra Navrostsky will be awarded the Hess Medal at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in December
- Geerat Vermeij is the 2006 recipient of the Paleontological Society Medal - the most prestigious honor bestowed by the Paleontological Society. It is awarded to a person whose eminence is based on advancement of knowledge in paleontology.
- "New Institute for Hazardous California" - John Rundle will lead the new California Hazards Institute, a multicampus research program of the University of California.
- "Ice Age North Atlantic Temperatures, Tropical Oceans Linked" - Recent research by former UCD Geology graduate student Matthew Schmidt, Maryline Vautravers of Cambridge University, and Howard Spero. Read more on the NSF site.
- Eldridge Moores, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, will receive the Geological Society of America's Distinguished Career Award (International Division) at the GSA Fall Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA
- John Dewey, Distinguished Professor of Geology, will receive the Career Contribution Award (Structural Geology and Tectonics Division) at the GSA Fall Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA
- Jeff Mount, Professor of Geology and Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, is a featured speaker at Fall Convocation: "Our Personal and Collective Calling: To Make a Difference." (podcast) 10 to 11 a.m. Sept. 27 at Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
- US News & World Report ranks the UCD Geology program #21st (a tie) in the country in its 2007 Graduate School Ranking Report.
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