Upcoming Meetings

• Land Use and Wildlife Conservation -- Oct. 19, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 1100 Social Sciences, UC Davis. Organized by wildlife, fish, and conservation biology department students to discuss tools and strategies for managing wildlife on agricultural land, timberland land and other areas. Contact: Matt Shanley, (916) 756-0711, mbshanley@ucdavis.edu, or Lee Fitzhugh, 752-1496, elfitzhugh@ucdavis.edu. • Geological Society of America -- Oct. 28-31, Denver, Colo. GSA president and UC Davis geology professor Eldridge Moores plans a provocative talk about what geologists can do to improve the lack of public knowledge about science. Other UC Davis scientists are expected to present their latest research. For more information, media should contact Sandra Rush, (303) 494-1576 or 571-5545, rushsvcs@aol.com, http://www.geosociety.org/. • Society for Neuroscience -- Nov. 16-21, Washington, D.C. A case study revealing new details about language processing in left- handed people is one of the reports expected from UC Davis researchers. Contact: Joe Carey or Julie Ziegler, (202) 462-6688, http://www.sfn.org/. • American Anthropological Association -- Nov. 20-24, San Francisco. UC Davis faculty members are expected to present new findings at the meeting. Contact: Susan Skomal, (703) 528-1902, susi@aaa.mhs.compuserve.com. • American Geophysical Union -- Dec. 9-13, San Francisco. UC Davis researchers are expected to share news from field work and lab studies. Contact: Dave Thomas, or Patricia Azriel, (202) 939-3212, http://earth.agu.org/kosmos/homepage.html/ • International Congress on Cell Biology & American Society for Cell Biology, Dec. 7-11, San Francisco. Newsworthy presentations are likely to come from UC Davis cell biologists and others. Contact: Jim Bernstein, (301) 530-7153, ascbinfo@ascb.faseb.org, http://www.faseb.org/meetings/ascb/ascbmp.htm.