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Learn About Local Geology with EPS Professors Nick Swanson-Hysell and Richard Allen

Join us at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in Oakland on Saturday, October 30th, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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What can studying Earth's tiny vibrations teach us about our planet?

Science at Cal Lecture with EPS Professor Harriet Lau, recording now available
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Berkeley Edge Conference now November 5th

Prospective Graduate Students in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences: APPLICATION DEADLINE Monday, October 25th
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Flyer: Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair, Fri Oct 22 @ 11am, Find Your Fit at UC Berkeley, Register Now, Berkeley Graduate Division, photo of 2 students walking on campus, sunny day in front of Doe Memorial Library

Graduate Admissions Diversity Fair

Register now! EPS session on Friday, Oct 22 @ 11:00 AM
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Position Open: Assistant Professor - Department of Earth & Planetary Science

Applications accepted now through Tuesday Oct 19th 2021 at 11:59pm (PT), see full posting for details
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President Biden appoints Inez Fung to science advisory council

“To have the opportunity to serve on PCAST is an immense honor, one I could not have imagined decades ago when I came to the United States from Hong Kong for college" -EPS Professor Inez...
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Mysterious DNA sequences, known as ‘Borgs,’ recovered from California mud

EPS Professor Jillian Banfield has stumbled upon weird DNA in her backyard, which led to a potentially exciting discovery.
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2021 IASPEI Medal Awarded to EPS Professor Barbara Romanowicz

The International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) has awarded the 2021 IASPEI Medal to Earth & Planetary Science (EPS) Professor Barbara...
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Workshop title Average Atom Models for Warm Dense Matter overlaying close-up photo of the Atomium in Brussels and text in blue banner beneath is 2 Day Online Workshop June 28, 29, 2021

Workshop: Average Atom Models for for Warm Dense Matter

2 Day Online Workshop June 28-29, 2021
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Is Earth’s core lopsided? Strange goings-on in our planet’s interior.

BSL scientist Daniel Frost and EPS Professor Barbara Romanowicz research Earth's interior and find unusual asymmetric growth of the inner core.
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