EarthWorks, March 14, 2008
Submit items to Lauren Bivona or Norm Meader at enews@email.arizona.edu preferably by 5:00 pm Wednesday of each week. Please include "EarthWorks" in the subject line.
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EarthWorks, March 14, 2008 Submit items to Lauren Bivona or Norm Meader at enews@email.arizona.edu preferably by 5:00 pm Wednesday of each week. Please include "EarthWorks" in the subject line. |
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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS From the Head Check out the National Academy of Sciences' recent report on the ten really BIG questions shaping research in the earth and planetary sciences at the start of the 21st Century, http://www.nas.edu/morenews/20080312.html. Have a great Spring Break. You've earned it.
Geosciences Galileo Circle Scholars for 2008 Jessica Conroy, PhD, Overpeck (Advisor) Bailey Dugan, MS, Jull (Advisor) Facundo Fuentes, PhD, DeCelles (Advisor) Christine Gans, PhD, Beck (Advisor) Tamara Goldin, PhD, Melosh (Advisor) Claire Landowski, BS, Cohen (Advisor) Nicole Russell, BS, Downs (Advisor) Joel Saylor, PhD, DeCelles (Advisor) Sally Thurner, BS, Zandt (Advisor) Mark Trees, BS, Cohen (Advisor) Online Registration for the 36th Annual GeoDaze Symposium is Now Open For more information and to register, visit http://earth.geo.arizona.edu/geodaze/08. We are very excited about this year's GeoDaze. We have a record turn out of 59 abstracts! This year we will have 34 talks and 25 poster presentations (50 presentations from students of our department and nine from other departments withing U of A, ASU and NAU). We are also getting a very generous support for awards this year. We hope to have a record attendance at the symposium and all related activities we are planning. We hope to see everyone at this year's GeoDaze! Lepolt Linkimer & Alyson Thibodeau Noted Climate Scientist Steve Schneider at UA (jointly sponsored with SAGA and WRRC) The Southern Arizona Geography Association (SAGA) and the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) at The University of Arizona are sponsoring a talk by Dr. Stephen Schneider, a nationally renowned climate change researcher from Stanford University. Dr. Schneider will be speaking on March 27 at 3:30pm at the Gallagher Theater, Student Union, The University of Arizona. A discussion and snacks will follow starting at 5:00 pm in the Presidio Room, 4th floor of the Student Union. All free to the public. Dr. Schneider is a professor in Environmental Biology and Global Change at Stanford University, founder and editor of the journal Climatic Change. He has authored and co-authored over 450 scientific papers, written numerous books on climate change, etc. Kai Anthony Kapp is Finally Here Paul Sue Beck Named Chairwoman of National Seismology Organization The organization, known as IRIS, is a university research consortium dedicated to exploring the Earth's interior through the collection and distribution of seismographic data. It has 122 U.S. universities and 84 international universities as members. IRIS programs contribute to scholarly research, education, earthquake hazard mitigation and the verification of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. As chairwoman, Beck will help oversee four major programs: 1) Data Management System, 2) Education and Outreach, 3) Global Seismic Network, and 4) Program for the Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL). To read the complete article in UA News, see, http://uanews.org/node/18742. Paperless Pay Stub Option Once you are in Employee Link follow these steps: 1) Click on "Payroll Info" Employee Link: https://emplink.arizona.edu/pls/portal30/ELINK.DYN_ELINK_LOGIN.show. GEOSCIENCES PUBLICATIONS Nat Lifton's Publication in ScienceDirect Nathaniel Lifton, D.F. Smart and M.A. Shea; Scaling time-integrated in situ cosmogenic nuclide production rates using a continuous geomagnetic model, Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Volume 268, Issues 1-2, 15 April 2008, Pages 190-201; doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.021. Article available from Science Direct at this very long link. UNIVERSITY NEWS Dick Roberts Memorial Scholarship The scholarship will be made available to all students attending The University of Arizona, with the criteria for award based on " Exemplifying a total campus experience." Mr. Roberts was such a large student advocate who both understood and celebrated the dynamic life of a student inside and out of the classroom. ASUA has officially begun accepting gifts to the Dick Roberts Memorial Scholarship fund and would like to invite all members of the campus community to contribute. Dick will forever be a part of our wildcat family and this scholarship will forever remind the university community of the wonderful man that cared so much about the students this university is here to serve. To be part of this scholarship fund, please make your gift (in any amount) by check written to the University of Arizona, and forward to the Associated Students' Office by campus mail to: ASUA-Dick Roberts Scholarship PO 210019 Bldg 19, Rm. 325W Your contributions will be deposited in your name within the Scholarship Office. We thank you for remembering this wonderful man for years to come. Tommy Bruce, ASUA Student Body President Topics of interest in the March 10, 2008 Provost's Bulletin: At last week’s Arizona Board of Regents’ meeting in Tempe, the Board approved an addition to Policy 2-202 to give authority to the universities to grant masters’ degrees en route to Ph.D. degrees, when no comparable master’s degree exists for that Ph.D. subject. See, http://provost.arizona.edu/bulletin.php. Mark Your Calendar for a WRRC Brown Bag Who:
Sharon Megdal, Director, UA Water Resources Research Center and When: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 12:00 to 1:30 pm Where: Sol Resnick Conference Room, Water Resources Research Center, 350 N. Campbell Ave. University Spectroscopy and Imaging Facilities Open House Open House University Spectroscopy and Imaging Facilities (USIF) Marley Auditorium, University of Arizona Wednesday, March 19, 2008 The University Spectroscopy and Imaging Facilities are officially open for services and collaborations. USIF is partnered with Hitachi High Technologies America to provide the University research community, Arizona universities and the Arizona high-tech industry access to state-of-the-art spectroscopy and imaging technologies. Join us on March 19th for seminars and demonstrations of the our equipment. To register, please contact elisa.merendino@hitachi-hta.com or call Elisa Merendino at 301.354.2524. Space is Limited! Register Today! For further information: http://usif.arizona.edu/announcements/openhouse.html. COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS Amazon-PIRE Summer Field Course 2008 Amazon-PIRE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AMAZON-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS Summer Field Course 2008: Course: Amazon forest Ecology and Biogeochemistry When: July 12-24, 2008 Where: Tapajós National Forest (near Santarém, Pará, Brazil) Announcing an intensive graduate field course in the Amazon of Brazil on forest ecology on biogeochemistry. This course will combine classroom lectures by an international group of instructors, field-based instruction, and small group projects to provide theoretical and practical tools to tackle global change problems in a setting designed to foster effective international collaboration. Formal academic credit will also be available from the University of Arizona for an additional fee. Knowledge of Portuguese is a plus, but not required. Course will be taught in English. Apply at: http://www.eebweb.arizona.edu/pire_amazonia/opportunities.php. Application Deadline: April 4, 2008 For more information, please contact Theresa McLaughlin at mttrm@email.arizona.edu. Student Opportunities at Western Michigan For more information about the Hydrology Field Course, Summer 2008, July 7 - August 16, see, http://www.geology.wmich.edu/fhydro/index.htm. If you are interested in the Graduate Program, application materials and more information are available online at http://www.geology.wmich.edu. Mohamed Sultan, Chair FUNDING/JOB/INTERN OPPORTUNITIES Faculty Research Awards - Spring 2008 For the fourth year, the Rogers Program on Law in Society* invites applications for Faculty Research Awards, worth $3,000 each, to support research and writing about the connections and interactions between law and society. All tenured, tenure-track, continuing status, or continuing status eligible faculty at the University of Arizona are eligible to apply. The $3,000 award can be used in any way the recipient chooses. The award application need not include a budget. Applications should be no more than 5 pages total. They should include these components, in the order listed:
Award recipients will be expected to participate in the Rogers Program on Law in Society colloquium series during the 2008-09 academic year. Each recipient will present his or her work at a colloquium meeting during the year. In addition, recipients are expected to acknowledge support of the Rogers Program in publications resulting from the supported work. Please direct questions to, and submit applications in email form no later than noon on Friday, March 28, 2008, to: Professor Katherine Barnes Director, Rogers Program on Law and Society University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law *The Rogers Program on Law in Society, promotes cross-disciplinary research, teaching and discussion at the University of Arizona. Established in 2001, it partners the Rogers College of Law with four university departments – Anthropology, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology. The Program develops and supports courses taught at the law college, presents a lively colloquia series, awards faculty research grants, and sponsors the Global Society & Justice Workshop. Summer Fieldwork Opportunity - Museum of the Rockies Museum of the Rockies Summer Paleontology Field Program Volunteer Application available here: http://www.museumoftherockies.org/Home/EXPLORE/Paleontology/PaleoResearch/PaleoFieldProgram /Volunteer/tabid/359/Default.aspx The Museum of the Rockies maintains one of the largest field programs in the country, conducting fieldwork at multiple sites in the Judith River and Hell Creek Formations of Montana each summer. Research at each site is led by museum staff and graduate students under the direction of Dr. Jack Horner. We accept dedicated, hardworking volunteers to join us for a minimum of three weeks of fieldwork. This minimum time can be reduced for experienced volunteers. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old, provide their own transportation to Montana, and bring a tent, sleeping bag, and other personal supplies. All food and tools are provided by the museum, except for your food on town day once a week. This is not a formal internship through Montana State University, and no stipend or class credit is offered. However, your time can count for volunteer service hours, and in some cases students have arranged internship recognition through their home institution. You will spend 6 days each week quarrying one or more associated dinosaur specimens and making plaster jackets to protect the fossils for transport back to the MOR. Crew members camp in tents or personal trailers, and take turns cooking dinner, washing dishes, and performing other chores around camp. Evenings are spent compiling data, relaxing, and bonding with your new friends. Each Saturday the crew spends the day in a nearby town to buy groceries, do laundry, visit the library, and maybe watch a movie. No prior fieldwork or academic experience is required. We hope that you will join us for an exciting summer that will give you excellent experience in paleontological fieldwork. All questions, comments, and completed applications should be sent to Liz Freedman at morpaleo@gmail.com. Funding Opportunity - Advanced Technological Education Program For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07530. Funding Opportunity - Research Experiences for Teachers For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07557. ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT DON'T FIT IN ANY OTHER CATEGORY
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