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| 125th ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION |
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Celebrating Advances in Geoscience: Our science, our societal impact, and our unique thought processes
27–30 October • Denver, Colorado, USA
A RECORD number of abstracts were submitted for GSA's 125 Anniversary meeting, and more than 8,000 people are expected to attend. REGISTER TODAY and be a part of GSA's history. When you register, don't forget to sign up for
• Field Trips
• Short Courses
• Local Tours
• Special Events
Considering Getting an Exhibit Booth in Denver?
There's still space available — but hurry! — with record attendance expected, booth space is sure to sell out soon.
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Also in the Exhibit Hall:
• Campus Connection (formerly the Graduate School Information Forum). This will be the hot spot for students! Don't let your university miss out. Sign up now!
• Annual Best Student Geologic Map Competition — Submission deadline: 6 Sept.
125th Anniversary Toast
An 18 Aug. "About.com: Geology" post includes a special "toast" to GSA in recognition of our 125th Anniversary celebration.
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Give 125
Are you wondering what to give GSA on such a momentous birthday? Give 125! Give what makes the most sense to you — creativity is encouraged! All participants will be recognized with a special memento at the meeting.
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| Government Affairs & Public Policy |
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GSA Examines Links between Science and Human Rights
Science, technology, and human rights intersect in a variety of important ways that have significant implications for both the scientific enterprise as well as society's ability to benefit and to be protected from any harmful practices in research, development and their applications. GSA and the American Geosciences Institute held a focus group last fall to clarify some of these linkages for the geoscience community.
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| GSA's CONNECTED COMMUNITY |
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Communication, Cooperation, Collaboration
Join your colleagues in GSA's Connected Community — a place for members to build relationships and share knowledge. Log in to community.geosociety.org to get started.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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2014 GSA Calendar
TerraScapes
The new calendar is here and is as gorgeous as its predecessors, with photographs selected from award-winning submissions to the 2012 GSA Annual Meeting Photo Exhibition in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
What's Your Problem; What's Your Point?
An Early Career Workshop on Writing Scholarly Papers
Mon., 28 Oct., 7–8:30 a.m.
Recent Ph.D.s and graduate students: Learn how to best prepare your scholarly papers for publication at this workshop to be held at the 2013 Annual Meeting in Denver.
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Call for Co-Editor
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience
GSA is soliciting applications and nominations for a science co-editor for the journal Environmental & Engineering Geoscience. The four-year term begins 1 July 2014.
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| EDUCATION & OUTREACH |
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2nd Annual EarthCacheTM Mega Event
Sat., 7 Sept. • St. George, Utah, USA
Just two weeks until the 2nd International EarthCache Mega Event! Join more than 500 other people interested in geoscience and geocaching. Register online or in person on 7 Sept. Let the Earth be your teacher!
[ register | EarthCache on Facebook ]
Annual Meeting Short Courses
Fri.–Sat., 25–26 Oct. • Denver, Colorado, USA
Early registration deadline: 23 Sept.
Build your expertise and earn CEUs! Short courses run right before the annual meeting so you won't miss any of the technical sessions.
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Two-Year College Faculty
Thanks to Subaru of America, two-year college faculty who teach at least 50% and attend the 2013 Annual Meeting are eligible for a $100 reimbursement. For more information, contact Davida Buehler, .
Geoscience Career Program — Connecting Industry and Students
Sat.–Sun., 26–27 Oct. • Denver, Colorado, USA
Highlight your research and begin a dialogue with representatives from a variety of companies. This program is free, but advance registration is required.
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Plan to Attend One of Our Mentor Programs
* Advice * Networking * Free Food
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| EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES |
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GSA Employment Service Center
GSA has a long tradition of providing opportunities for GSA members to learn more about careers in geoscience. Use this service to post résumés and find employment via our online Employment Service Center and its on-the-ground counterpart at the GSA Annual Meeting.
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Work at GSA HQ in Boulder, Colorado, USA!
Current openings:
• Editorial Assistant (posted 8/5/13)
• Education & Outreach Assistant (posted 8/2/13)
Classified Advertising
Each month, GSA Today publishes numerous ads for job postings, and even more job opportunities are posted online!
[ find jobs ]
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Rocky Mountain Rendezvous
Bringing Geoscience Students & Employers Together
27–30 Sept. • Laramie, Wyoming, USA
[ information for students | companies | schedule ]
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| SPEAKING OF GEOSCIENCE |
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New Blog Posts
Dani Or, Michael H. Young, and Jan W. Hopmans:
Soil Systems and Critical Zone Processes Integrating Life Support Functions Across Disciplines — Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland (10 August)
Nazrul Khandaker:
Reflections on the 2013 GSC-GSA 'Roof of the World' China Meeting and Chengdu (1 August)
Christie Rowe:
What Makes a Good Proposal? Reflections on Funding for Structural Geology & Tectonics Research in Three Nations (28 July)
GSA Founders Series:
James Furman Kemp (9 August)
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Soil Science Society of America
Water, Food, Energy & Innovation for a Sustainable World
3–6 Nov. 2013 • Tampa, Florida, USA
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| ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES |
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125 Years of Collaboration
GSA has a long tradition of collaborating with partners in pursuit of our mutual goals of advancing the geosciences, enhancing the professional growth of Society members, and promoting the geosciences in the service of humanity. Our Associated Societies are a major part of this collaboration.
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GSA IN THE NEWS
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GSA members are called upon to explain their science to the news media, policy makers, and lay audiences all the time. Would you like to learn how to be effective in this arena? GSA and AAAS offer you "Communicating Science – Tools for Scientists" — Annual Meeting Short Course #525: Great tools, low cost, high return.
Southeastern India: Deep Roots, Heavy Pressure
An August 2013 Lithosphere article by S. Das Sharma and D.S. Ramesh, "Imaging mantle lithosphere for diamond prospecting in southeast India," received heavy international coverage, along with a 13 Aug. LiveScience article (which was picked up by NBC News) and a 16 Aug. Deccan Chronicle highlight.
Ghost Glaciers
A 6 Aug. Yahoo! News Canada article (originally written for LiveScience) covers GSA Bulletin science by L.B. Corbett and colleagues, "Constraining landscape history and glacial erosivity using paired cosmogenic nuclides in Upernavik, northwest Greenland," which was posted online ahead of print on 23 July 2013.
Fossilized Whale... Um... Coprolites
An 8 Aug. "This View of Life" blog post discusses the Geology article, "Enigmatic, biogenically induced structures in Pleistocene marine deposits: A first record of fossil ambergris," by A. Baldanza and colleagues, which was published online ahead of print on 30 July 2013.
140 Jökulhlaups Later...
The Geology article by S.A. Dunning and colleagues, "The role of multiple glacier outburst floods in proglacial landscape evolution: The 2010 Eyjafjallajökul eruption, Iceland," which was posted online ahead of print on 30 July 2013, was covered by LiveScience in a 14 Aug. post on Yahoo! News Canada.
Stress and Mass Transportation
Geology science by D.S. Brothers and colleagues, "Sea-level–induced seismicity and submarine landslide occurrence," part of the Sept. 2013 print issue and posted online ahead of print on 22 July 2013, received a good deal of media coverage, including an article by LiveScience, which was picked up by Huffington Post Science and NBC News on 16 Aug.
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PRESS RELEASES ISSUED BY GSA
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- Sea Levels, Kea vs. Loa Volcanoes, Sierra Nevada Faulting, and Carbonado Diamond Features (19 Aug.)
- Calving Sand Dunes, Stress Fields in Southern California, and Devonian Black Shale (16 Aug.)
- 2nd International EarthCache Event (2IEE) Celebrates Earth Science Discovery in Utah (14 Aug.)
- The Natural Environment & Health: Hidden Dangers, Unlimited Opportunities (1 Aug.)
- Ancient Whale Coprolites, Fault Slickensides, Shergottites, Ediacara, and Cascadia (31 July)
- August 2013 Lithosphere Concentrates on China, the Himalaya, India, and North America (31 July)
- Ghost Glaciers and Cosmic Trips: New GSA Bulletin Postings for July 2013 (25 July)
- Geosphere Presents New Studies on the Nature and Structure of North America and Taiwan (17 July)
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| GSA GEOSCIENCE TRIVIA • 125th ANNIVERSARY EDITION |
Hint: I'm in the August GSA Today!
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1. Which GSA President wrote "Our Society," in which he stated that "American geologists are no longer a disorderly lot of irregulars marching in awkward squads"?
2. When was Colorado's landscape "literally smothered in airborne liquid volcanic rock"?
2a. BONUS: What was the resulting formation?
3. GSA has 17 specialty Divisions — which one might include biologists, ecologists, and astrobiologists?
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