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Earth and Planetary Sciences Newsletter

2025 Newsletter
 
2025 Newsletter
  • Message from the Chair: Magali Billen, Ph.D.
  • Welcoming Inaugural Kellogg Endowed Chair
  • 5 Fun Finds in the UC Davis Paleontology Collection
  • Opening the World Beneath the Waves

     

 

2017 newsletter2017 Newsletter
  • Kari Cooper. What does a magma reservoir look like?
  • Shock Compression Laboratory
  • Ecogeomorphology
  • Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument

 

 

2016 Newsletter2016 Newsletter
  • Mike Oskin. #Earthquake Geology in Napa Valley
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences Department News
  • In Memoriam: Rand Schaal

 

 

 

2015 Newsletter

2015 Newsletter
  • Ryosuke Motani. The Rise of Sea Dragons
  • The California Rock Garden: Our backyard classroom
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences News

 

 

 

2014 Newsletter2013 Newsletter
  • Tessa Hill: Unlocking Climate Secrets in the Hill Laboratory
  • To the Field!
  • Teaching (and Learning) in the Field: the TA’s Perspective

 

 

 

2012 Newsletter2012 Newsletter
  • Dawn Sumner is off on a new adventure with NASA’s Curiosity rover
  • Revelations in Deep Time – inside the Yin Lab
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences News