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David Paige - Faculty - Fri, 18 Sept 2009 |
UCLA Newsroom: New NASA temperature maps provide 'whole new way of seeing the moon'
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), an unmanned mission to comprehensively map the entire moon, has returned its first data. One of the seven instruments aboard, the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, is making the first global survey of the temperature of the lunar surface while the spacecraft orbits some 31 miles above the moon. (more...)
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Edwin Schauble - Faculty - Thu, 16 July 2009 |
Congratulations to Edwin Schauble, who is the recipient of the 2009
Kuno Award, of the VGP section of AGU. The Kuno Award is given for
outstanding contributions to the fields of Volcanology, Geochemistry,
and Petrology within seven years of the Ph.D. Edwin was recognized for
his groundbreaking work on the application of nontraditional stable
isotopes to geochemistry.
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Rachel Smith - Graduate Student - Thu, 11 June 2009 |
Congratulations to Rachel Smith, who has received a Chambliss
Astronomy Achievement Student Award for her poster presentation at the
2009 Summer meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Her paper,
"Observations of Unusually High 12C/13C Fractionation in Protostars
Using VLT-CRIRES", was co-authored with Klaus M. Pontoppidan, Greg J.
Herczeg, and Edward C. Young. Way to go Rachel!
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David Paige - Faculty - Wed, 10 June 2009 |
UCLA Newsroom: Professor leads NASA mission's effort to map moon's surface temperatures
When NASA launches the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a yearlong unmanned mission to comprehensively map the entire moon, later this month, UCLA's David Paige will be leading its Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, which will perform the first global survey of the temperature of the lunar surface as the spacecraft orbits some 31 miles above the moon. (more...)
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Jerry Schubert - Faculty - Tue, 9 June 2009 |
| Congratulations to Jerry Schubert, who has been elected a Foreign
Member of the Academia Europaea. The academy comprises top European
scientists and scholars. It is a distinct honor, and ESS is proud to
claim Jerry as its second Foreign Member (along with Vladimir Keilis-
Borok). |
Bruce Runnegar - Faculty - Thu, 4 June 2009 |
| Congratulations to Professor Bruce Runnegar, who has been awarded the
2009 Lapworth Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the
Palaeontological Association. The Lapworth Medal is awarded to a
palaeontologist who has made a significant contribution by means of a
substantial body of research over the career. Once again,
congratulations Bruce! |
Vassilis Angelopoulos- Faculty - Wed, 3 June 2009 |
| Please join me in congratulating Vassilis Angelopoulos, who has been
promoted to Full Professor. Vassilis has made fundamental
contributions to our understanding of the dynamics of Earths
magnetosphere, including bursty flows and substorm triggering. We're
proud that he's accomplished so much, so soon, in the Department of
Earth and Space Sciences, and we look forward to his continued
success. Congratulations, Vassilis! |
ESS Commencement Celebration, June 13th - Department - Mon, 1 June 2009 |
2009 Earth and Space Sciences Commencement Celebration
This year's ESS Commencement Celebration will take place on Young Hall Patio
(between Young Hall and the Geology Building) on Saturday, June 13th, from
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. The celebration features a catered buffet lunch,
introduction of Graduate Degree and Baccalaureate Degree Candidates, a
Valedictory Speech, presentation of Departmental Scholarships and Awards,
and a group photo (please keep your cap & gown from the Friday evening
College of Letters & Science Graduation or Graduate Division Doctoral
Hooding ceremonies for the photo). All graduating students and awardees may
attend the luncheon free of charge, and all family and friends are welcome
to attend for the fee of $20 per person. |
Prof. Mark Harrison - Faculty - Thu, 14 May 2009 |
Please join me in congratulating Mark Harrison, who is the recipient
of the 2009 Arthur L. Day Medal of the Geological Society of America.
This award recognizes outstanding contributions to geologic knowledge
through application of physics and chemistry to geologic problems. It
is GSA's highest honor in geophysics and geochemistry. Once again,
congratulations Mark!
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Prof. Ray Ingersoll - Faculty - Wed, 13 May 2009 |
Prof. Ray Ingersoll has received the 2009 Laurence L. Sloss Award from
the Sedimentary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America.
The award will be presented at the National GSA meeting in Portland,
Oregon, 17-21 October 2009. Please join me in extending
congratulations to Ray for this great honor!
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Eric King - Graduate Student - Tue, 21 Apr 2009 |
More congratulations - this time to Eric King - for another award-
winning ESS student presentation. Eric was recognized for an
Outstanding Student Presentation at the Fall 2008 AGU meeting. His
poster, "Boundary layer control of rotating convection systems,"
received recognition from the Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Section.
Great job Eric!
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Igor Stubailo - Graduate Student - Tue, 21 Apr 2009 |
Please join me in congratulating Igor Stubailo, who was recognized as
a top student presenter at the most recent meeting of the
Seismological Society of America. His poster was entitled "Subduction
Zone Seismic Experiment in Peru: Results from a Wireless Seismic
Network". Way to go Igor!
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ESSSO symposium! - Mon, 20 Apr 2009 |
We are a week away from the 2009 ESSSO Symposium!
ESSSO Symposium Web Site
Grads and Undergrads: Time to submit your abstracts! If you've given a poster or a talk at a recent meeting or have new work to present, there is no reason not to participate, especially since there is free food and $300 in prizes on the line!
Faculty: Please encourage your students to participate, and plan on coming to see the great work that's been accomplished in the last year!
Abstracts will be accepted through the weekend! Looking forward to your participation. email abstracts to epsrs.abstracts@gmail.com
Team ESSSO |
Clarence Hall - Professor Emeritus - Thu, 9 Apr 2009 |
Congratulations to Clarence Hall, who has received a 2009 Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award. This award honors outstanding research, scholarly work, teaching, and/or educational service at UCLA by an emeritus professor since retirement.
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Marissa Vogt - Graduate Student - Wed, 1 Apr 2009 |
More congratulations to our outstanding grad students: This time they go to Marissa Vogt, who was also recognized for an Outstanding Student Presentation at the Fall 2008 AGU meeting. Her talk, "Reconnection and flows in the Jovian magnetotail as inferred from magnetometer observations," also received recognition from the Space Physics and Aeronomy Section. Way to go Marissa!
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Megan Cartwright - Graduate Student - Wed, 1 Apr 2009 |
| Congratulations to Megan Cartwright, who was recognized
for an Outstanding Student Presentation at the Fall 2008 AGU meeting.
Her poster, "Heliospheric evolution of small-scale magnetic
structures," received recognition from the Space Physics and Aeronomy
Section section. Great job Megan! |
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