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Membership Matters
Did you know?
Members can save up to $3,000 on a new Subaru through our VIP Program. Now that's a member benefit! And there's more — for every VIP car sale, Subaru will make a donation of $100 to the GSA Foundation.
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Especially for Students
History of Geology Division Initiates $500 Student Award.
Due date for proposals and application is May 1, 2004.
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GeoForum 2004: a one-day event for undergraduate students considering entering a graduate program in the geosciences. The Forum will explore opportunities and challenges in geoscience careers, including work in weather and climate, oceanography, seismology, geology, and public policy.
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Resources
Columbia University's Earth Institute convenes the third biennial "State of the Planet" conference on March 29-30, 2004. Tentative keynote speaker is Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Four summer school programs supported by the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund to promote interdisciplinary research are now accepting applications.
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Communicating the Value of Geoscience
GSA In The News
Research by Kenneth Miller et al. suggesting that ice sheets may have been responsible for massive sea level change during late Cretaceous was reported by Science Daily.
[ BULLETIN abstract | SCIENCE DAILY article ]
Research by Jean-Pierre Williams and Francis Nimmo on thermal evolution of the Martian core was reported in Science (March 5).
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Press Releases Issued by GSA
- Journal Highlights
- March GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY (February 23)
- March/April GSA BULLETIN (February 24) - New Web Site for Biogeoscience Community Announced (March 1)
- Geoscientists Report on Environment, Climate, and Public Policy Issues in Washington (March 15)
- Dragons of the Air: Pterosaurs Flew with Smart Wings (March 15)
Selected Press Releases Received by GSA
- National Academy of Sciences Elects Treasurer and Councilors (February 23)
- National Academies Announce Nanotechnology Conference Set for November; Expert Team Tapped to Develop Agenda and Grant Program, Select Attendees (March 10)
Fun with Geoscience Trivia
Start practicing now!
Watch this space for details about the upcoming Trivia Event at the Annual Meeting in November …
- If you place an ice cube in a glass of water and mark the water level, when the ice has fully melted, will the water level be higher, lower, or the same?
What is the streak of the mercury ore mineral cinnabar? - In what approximate direction is the Pacific Plate moving?
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