SOEST Bulletin

Vol. 19, No. 18, May 8, 2008

Calendar of Events

Monday, May 12

Department of Oceanography thesis defense: Anna E. Ritchie, Graduate Student, Dept. of Oceanography, Surface Distributions and Diversity of Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria along Onshore Offshore Transects Near Pacific Islands, MSB 114, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 13

No events.

Wednesday, May 14

No events.

Thursday, May 15

Thursday Evenings at Hanauma Bay: John Clark, Author, Guardian of the Sea: Tales of Hawai'i Fishermen from the 1900's, Hanauma Bay Theater, 6:30 p.m. Parking is free after 5:30 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. For more information call 397-5840.

Friday, May 16

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics dissertation defense: Rebecca Carey, Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, The 1875 Eruption of Askja Volcano: Eruption, Conduit and Plume Dynamics, POST 723, 10:30 a.m.

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics TGIF special seminar: Professor Harro Schmeling, Univ. of Frankfurt, Germany, The Iceland Plume: Ridge Interaction and Crust Formation, POST 723, 1:00 p.m.

Dept. of Oceanography thesis defense: Lt. Kellee M. Nolan, U.S. Coast Guard, and Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Oceanography, Characteristics and Water Properties of Mesoscale Eddies Near Station ALOHA, MSB 100, 3:30 p.m.

Announcements

Donations for China Earthquake: A series of severe earthquakes shook central China on Monday, May 12. As a result of this disaster thousands of people died, others were injured, and families, friends, and homes were lost. If you would like to make a donation to assist earthquake survivors, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at the University of Hawaii (CSSAUH) is collecting donations. The funds received will be passed on to the Red Cross Association of China. Donations can be dropped off with Yuxing Yang, the current vice president of the CSSAUH, at HIG 375 (phone 62574). Please include your name and e-mail address with your donation. CSSAUH will accept personal checks made out to Chinese Students and Scholars Association at University of Hawaii, cash, or donated items for a benefit sale. Donations will be accepted from May 12-21. After that, all donations will be forwarded to the Red Cross China. The CSSAUH is donating $200, and so far have received personal donations of $371.

Latest SOEST Grants Received

(New grant unless amount is designated "supplement.")

P.I.: Brian Glazer
Amount: $219,000
Agency: Subcontract with USC via Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Title: North Pond Deep Subseafloor Microbial Biosphere - Phase II

P.I.: Dave Karl
Amount: $531,401
Agency: Agouron Institute
Title: Contemporary Challenges in Microbial Oceanography

P.I.: Mark Merrifield
Amount: $241,000
Agency: UCSD/Dept. of Army
Title: Pacific Islands Land - Ocean Typhoon (PILOT) Experiment: Coastal Run-up and Fringing Reefs

P.I.: Scott Rowland
Amount: $68,000
Agency: NASA
Title: 9th Planetary Volcanology Workshop: Analogs to Martian Volcanic Features in High Spatial-Resolution Data

P.I.: Craig Smith
Amount: $300,000
Agency: Sloan Foundation (supplement)
Title: Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life (CeDAMar)