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		Dive Into Your Imagination highlights the work of Roy Caldwell September 24, 2008 Roy Caldwell discusses his science, his concerns for our oceans, and the importance of museum collections on the Dive Into Your Imagination website in their Cool Scientists You Should Know series. Dive Into Your Imagination is a website for children to encourage them to learn more about our oceans and the people who study them.

		UCMP Tour for Homecoming! September 10, 2008 UCMP Assistant Director Mark Goodwin will be offering a behind-the-sciences tour of the UCMP in association with Cal's Homecoming on Friday, October 3rd, from 11:00 AM to noon. Just meet at the T. rex.

		UCMP receives a gift for COPUS August 8, 2008 UCMP is pleased to announce the receipt of a $50,000 gift from The Whitman Institute to support regional and national efforts in the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) project. For more information about COPUS, UCMP's involvement, and how you can participate, visit the COPUS website.

		Understanding Evolution in Turkish August 4, 2008 UCMP's Understanding Evolution website is now available in Turkish! The translated site is the result of a collaboration between Understanding Evolution and colleagues at the Biomedical Engineering Institute of Bogazici University in Istanbul.

		Padian receives the 2008 Western Evolutionary Biologist of the Year award May 30, 2008 Congratulations are due to Kevin Padian, who received the 2008 Western Evolutionary Biologist of the Year award at the Western Evolutionary Biology meeting (WEB*2) held at UC Irvine this month. The Webby is awarded annually by the Network for Experimental Research on Evolution to an individual from the west of North America (including western Canada and Mexico) who has contributed significantly to the scientific study of biological evolution.

UCMP student awards May 28, 2008 UCMP is pleased to announce the following student awards for 2008: Maya deVries and Joey Pakes each received a UCMP Graduate Student Research Grant; Erin Meyer and Molly Wright received the D.K. Palmer award; and Stephanie Bush received the Remington-Kellogg award. All awards are in support of individual graduate student research. In addition, UCMP congratulates Brian Swartz who is currently visiting Darwin College at Cambridge, where he is doing more work on the animals involved in the transition of vertebrate to land. For additional student awards see the latest UCMP Newsletter.

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