Ms. Diane Escobedo Finishes Her Thesis and Lands a Fabulous Job!

Dr. Rick Behl wrote in from Switzerland where he's been on sabbatical to report that Ms. Gabriela Valenzuela's predecessor, Ms. Diane Escobedo, finished her master's degree in Geological Sciences at CSULB -- and has landed a great job at Denali National Park in Alaska! Way to go!!!

GDEP Track 2 Launches!!!

GDEP has been funded by the National Science Foundation for a second run of four summers, after its highly successful first run of three summers (2002-2004)!

We launched our second run in the summer of 2008. We have completed building our team for our second summer of GDEP Track 2, which you can see listed on the bars framing this page. Congratulations to everyone who could join us this summer.

We will be running projects on such diverse topics as the geoarchæology of Rapa Nui (Easter Island, yes, GOING there!) and on the biogeography and geology of Palos Verdes Peninsula (with trips to other sites in the region).

We start on June 29th with a busy week featuring two days on campus learning about the projects, field and lab safety, our library and laboratory facilities, and generally getting acquainted with our teams. The next two days will be spent largely in the field, getting familiar with some of the sites we'll be working. Friday, we get to recuperate during the Fourth of July long weekend!

We will also be running community field trips to some of the GDEP field sites, just so the friends and family of GDEP interns can learn cool things from the experience, too!

To learn more, please keep an eye on our web page, and you can e-mail us at the link above, too!