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        We have some space left in the workshop announced below:


WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

Setting Priorities in Solid Earth Sciences
October 26, 2002
Denver, Colorado

Application Deadline: August 1, 2002

An NSF-sponsored, one-day workshop will be held  in Denver, CO on Saturday
October 26, 2002 (the day before the Annual Meeting of the Geological
Society of America).  This workshop is envisioned as the first step in
developing an integrated approach to research, education, and facilities
development in the Solid Earth Sciences as the central core of geology.  The
primary goal of the workshop is to promote an integrated and coherent
approach to planning for the future of the Solid Earth Sciences across the
sub-disciplines in the Solid Earth Sciences and among the synergistic
activities of research, education and outreach.  An additional outcome of
the Workshop will be to formalize a group to promote the Solid Earth
Sciences, which will need to have an appropriate representative executive
committee.

Support from the National Science Foundation will assist with travel and
other expenses for 50-100 participants to attend the Workshop.  The
participants will be selected from the pool of applicants to ensure balance,
both across the Solid Earth Sciences and among research, education and
outreach.  Individuals interested in participating in this workshop should
send an application to Mike Brown ([log in to unmask]) or
Basil Tikoff ([log in to unmask]).  Applications are to be
e-submissions; a one-page abstract (Times New Roman, 12 point font, Title
upper case/bold for headings) about priorities in the Solid Earth Sciences
and the area(s) in which the applicant can best contribute. All applicants
will be informed of the outcome of their application by the third week in
September.

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Tracy Rushmer, Department of Geology
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
05405
Phone (direct): (802) 656-8136
    (secretary): (802) 656-3396