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Congratulations are due to Prof. Margaret Kivelson, who has just been elected to the American Philosophical Society. APS was founded by Benjamin Franklin, presided over by Thomas Jefferson, played a role in the Lewis and Clark expedition, and has recognized scientific and other cultural advances for over 260 years. This is quite and honor, and well deserved.

CONGRATULATIONS to EMILY BRODSKY on the auspicious occasion of receiving the "inaugural" Charles F. Richter Early Career Award.

This award honors outstanding contributions to the goals of the Seismological Society of America.

CONGRATULATIONS to David Galvan and Colleen Milbury on the success of their grant proposals to the NASA Graduate Student Research Program.

Congratulations to David Paige NASA has announced that it has selected Paige's instrument to fly on the "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter" in 2008

Congratulations to Margaret Kivelson, Professor of Space Physics, selected for the Fleming Medal of the AGU. This medal was established in 1960 in honor of John Adam Fleming and his important contributions to the establishment of magnetic standards and measurements. Fleming was General Secretary of AGU from 1925 to 1947. This annual award recognizes original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and related sciences. Lloyd V. Berkner was the first recipient.

Professor Kivelson continues the tradition for IGPP-UCLA. Chris Russell won this award in 2003, Paul Roberts in 1999, Stanislav Braginsky in 1992, and the first Interim Director Joseph Kaplan in 1970. In addition, our friend Dave Gubbins won it last year, and this year's Slichter lecturer Don Gurnett received in in 1989.

Congratulations to Joseph Minervini The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation announced Joseph's selection by the Grants-in-Air Committee to receive an AAPG "2004 Grants-in-Aid" for his research.

Congratulations to Alex Robinson and Justin Simon, they have been awarded Dissertation Year Fellowships for 2004-05 by the College. This competitive award pays fees and stipend for the entire academic year. It is quite unusual for our Department to obtain 2 awards in the same year, and I’m sure this reflects the very high quality of the proposals and (soon) the respective theses. Way to go, Alex and Justin.

Congratulations to Brian Horton on being awarded a 2004-05 Assistant Professor Faculty Career Development Award

Megan Cartwright, an ESS grad student working with Mark Moldwin and Chris Russell, has just received a NASA/Goddard Graduate Student Researchers Program fellowship for 2004. Good work, Megan!

Congratulations 2nd year Geology Graduate Student Melissa Giovanni, named a recipient of a 2004 National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowship. The three year stipend will enable her to complete her PhD. studies under Dr. Brian Horton. She is studying the Cordillera Blanca region of the Andes in central Peru. She is a 2002 graduate of the University of Arizona and also received Honorable Mention from the Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Program.

Congratulations are due to Allen Husker, a grad student in Geophysics. He was among a select few students to win an Outstanding Presentation Award for his paper at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting in December 2003..

Congratulations to ESS Graduate Student Elizabeth Cochran. She has been selected to attend the Quad-Center earthquake field trip in Japan this summer sponsored by the Southern California Earthquake Center, the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, the Mid-America Earthquake Center, and the Multi-disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research. The trip includes visits to various earthquake research institutions, museums and universities in Tokyo. The purpose is to bring together members of the earthquake engineering and seismology communities to further seismic hazard assessment and implementation.

Congratulations to Professor MARK MOLDWIN for his recent 2 year appointment as Editor of Geophysical Research Letters.

Congratulations to Professor RAY INGERSOLL on receiving "2004 Distinguished Educator Award" from the Pacific Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist.

Congratulations to John Wasson on being awarded the NAS - "J. Lawrence Smith Award" Dr. Wasson was chosen "for important studies on the classification, origin, and early history of ion meteorites and chondritic meteorites, and on the mode of formation of chondrules." The award was established as a gift from Sarah Julia Smith in memory of her husband and has been presented since 1888.

Chris Russell will receive the 2003 John Adams Fleming Medal from AGU, for original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, and space physics. The Medal be presented at next Fall's AGU meeting.

Chris is also one of the first National Associates of the National Academy of Sciences, an honor for those whose dedication to NAS work is truly extraordinary, one of only two so far from all of UCLA.

CONGRATULATIONS - Bruce Runnegar on his appointment as the next Director of NASA's Astrobiology Institute (NAI). He succeeds Nobel Laureate Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg, who last year declared his intention to step down from the position.