DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Support the Casey Moore Fund [Details]

9th Annual UCSC Earth & Planetary Sciences Alumni Reception at Fall AGU is Tuesday, December 15, 2009 [Details]

Article on research by Slawek Tulaczyk wins AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award [Full Story]

Graduate students Patrick Wheatley and Justin Yeakel and recent undergraduate Ryan Haupt launch "Science ... Sort of", a podcast that combines their scientific knowledge and humorous view to offer enlightening and amusing posts on recent sciencific studies and popular culture [Full Story]

Justin Yeakel, Nate Dominy, Paul Koch and colleagues coauthor a cover story in PNAS re-evaluating the behavior of the man-eating lions of Tsavo [Full Story]

Slawek Tulaczyk and Andy Fisher awarded a large grant to study hidden lakes beneath West Antarctic ice sheet [Full Story]

Gary Griggs named 2009 California Coastal Hero [Full Story]

Slawek Tulaczyk receives distinguished alumni award from Northern Illinois University [Full Story]

Six EPS graduate students receive highly competitive fellowships from the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Ford Foundation, and the ARCS Foundation [Full Story]

Paper by Adina Paytan, Russ Flegal and colleagues explores the role of groundwater as a source of mercury to the coastal zone [Full Story]

Undergraduate Dominic Papia is the first U.S. student chosen for a prestigious summer internship at Okayama University [Full Story]

Research Scientist Mark Snyder talks about climate change and ocean dead zones on KPFK radio (March 5, 2009 program) [Link]

Susan Schwartz discusses slow slip earthquakes at the AAAS meeting [Full Story]

Alumna Lisa White receives the first Bromery Award for the Minorities from the Geological Society of America [Full Story]

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