UCMP newsletter for September 2006

The online version of the museum's official newsletter.

Grad students Randy Irmis (left) and Sterling Nesbitt (former Berkeley undergrad, now at Columbia) at work in a New Mexico quarry. Find out more about the summer adventures they, and other members of the UCMP community, had this year.   Read about Annie Alexander's role in the creation of UCMP in our continuing series on UCMP's history and a rewarding paleobotany field trip to the northern Sierra Nevada.

UCMP's summer adventures 2006 Summer vacations? Not for many UCMP faculty, staff, and students. Merriam & Alexander: the emergence of a museum Part 3 in a series on the history of UCMP. UCMP cosponsors Botany 2006 paleobotany field trip A three-day excursion to northern Sierra Nevada fossil localities. Caldwell appointed Director of UCMP No longer an Interim Director, Roy Caldwell takes charge. New grants for UCMP Education & Outreach Notification of two awards. Tidbits Notes concerning the people of UCMP Web notes & calendar The latest on the UCMP websites and upcoming events Friends of UCMP UCMP benefactors Past issues Online newsletters from September 1999 to present

Field photo courtesy of Randy Irmis; Annie Alexander from UCMP archives; fossil leaf by Yuri Panchul.