• 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.