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Earth Sciences Alumni Day 2015</div>
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We were delighted to welcome more than 180 alumni and their guests
to the Department for our biennial Alumni Day and Dinner on 9 May.
We have had some wonderful feedback; a brief summary of the day
is available
<a href="http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-events" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">here</a>;
some of the many photos are available on
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/earthscicam/albums" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;">Flickr</a>
including William Smith's map in sections; other treasures exhibited
in the Library are available on
<a href="http://issuu.com/libraryhelp/docs" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;">Issuu</a>. Sarah, our
Librarian, has also put together a video of pictures on
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB25ujCFUcg" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;">YouTube</a>.<br>
<br>Following on from the success of this year's event, we plan
to hold an experimental, scaled down version of Alumni Day on 7
May 2016, in the intervening year until the next biennial event.
There will be a particular focus on those that graduated in 1966,
76, 86, 96 and 2006, but all alumni will be welcome. Numbers will
be limited so we recommend saving the date and booking early. We
plan a series of talks and events in the Department from 2pm followed
by a drinks reception in the Sedgwick Museum and dinner in Clare
College. Do let us know your views as we shape and develop the programme.<br>
<br>One of the highlights of this year's event was the presentations
of Mapping Projects by four of our undergraduates. Our extensive
fieldwork programme has always been central to our teaching and
posts covering our latest fieldtrips are available on our
<a href="http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/escfieldwork/" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;">Fieldwork blog</a>.
The
<a href="http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/alumni/support-the-department/ESC-fieldwork-fund" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;">
Fieldwork Fund</a> exists to ensure we can continue to make geology
fieldwork an exceptional experience for our Cambridge undergraduates
and give them the opportunities we had ourselves. Those who expressed an
interest in making a financial contribution can
<a href="https://www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-cambridge/earth-sciences-fieldwork-fund" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;">
donate online</a>. Thank you to those who are already supporting
our fieldwork programme in this way. <br><br>We look forward to
welcoming you to future alumni events.<br><br>James Jackson<br>
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Earthquakes Without Frontiers</a> </div>
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James Jackson attended an Earthquake Without Frontiers Partnership
meeting in Kathmandu in the week preceding the devastating
Gorkha earthquake. The problems highlighted by events in
Nepal are common to most countries in the Alpine-Himalayan-central
Asian earthquake belt. <br />
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Did asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?</a></div>
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The asteroid that slammed into the ocean off Mexico 66 million
years ago and killed off the dinosaurs probably rang the
Earth like a bell, triggering volcanic eruptions around
the globe, according to a team of scientists that includes
Dr Sally Gibson. <br />
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Clues contained in 500 million-year-old brain </a> </div>
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A new study, authored by Dr Javier Ortega-Hernández, has
identified one of the oldest fossil brains ever discovered
– more than 500 million years old – and used it to help
determine how heads first evolved in early animals.
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Compiling a ‘dentist’s handbook’ for priapulids</a>
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A new and detailed study of teeth belonging to a particularly
phallic-looking creature has led to the compilation of a
prehistoric 'dentist's handbook' which may aid in the identification
of previously unrecognised specimens from the Cambrian period.
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Alumni Events, 25 September</a> </div>
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All Earth Sciences alumni are warmly invited to join us
for two events on Friday 25 September: learn more about
the Sedgwick Museum's collections and a talk by Professor
David Hodell, 'Ancient Civilisations and Climate Change',
followed by a drinks reception in the Sedgwick Museum.
<a href="http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-events" style="font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;">
Read more</a><br><br>These events are also offered as a
part of the
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Alumni Festival</a> programme. <br />
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Professor James Jackson honoured twice</a></div>
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The
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Wollaston Medal</a>, the most prestigious award of the Geological
Society, was presented to James at the Geological Society
President's Day on the 3 June. <br><br>
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We are also delighted that James has been awarded a CBE
for services to environmental science, recently announced
in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.<br />
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Professor Stephen Sparks, of the University of Bristol,
taught in the department from 1978 to 1989, publishing a series
of influential papers with mathematician Herbert Huppert
on the physics of magma chambers beneath volcanoes. Steve's
research has improved the understanding of how volcanoes
work and the ability to forecast deadly volcanic eruptions.
<br><br>The Vetlesen Prize, administered by Columbia University's
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is considered to be the
Nobel Prize of Earth Sciences. <br />
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His Excellency Mr Ranjan Mathai, Indian High Commissioner,
visited the department following an invitation extended
by Dr Alan Smith. Alan introduced the High Commissioner
to staff and post-doctoral students who gave short presentations
outlining their research links with India. <br />
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What Cambridge scientists read</a> <br />
'<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoEBu2Q8ia_OJey8wqE7pyczqsQ8BFrx3" style="font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;">Novel
Thoughts</a>' explores the literary reading habits
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Simon Redfern. The series takes a look at what fiction
has meant to each of the scientists and peaks inside
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Adventures in Antarctica</a> <br />
Kathryn Gunn, PhD student, was lucky enough to participate
in a research cruise off the west coast of the Antarctic
Peninsula earlier this year. Kathryn details her
recent adventures on our Fieldwork blog. <br />
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Automated sample cleaning system for geological
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A new automated cleaning system for geological samples
simplifies their preparation and improves reliability.
The fOrracle machine, designed and created at the
Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, is
primarily designed for cleaning the shells of tiny
organisms such as foraminifera and ostracoda, but
can be customised for other applications. <br />
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medieval to modern Cambridge as part of the Open
Cambridge weekend. Includes a tour of the Watson
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of England and Wales etc', the
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Sedgwick Museum</a> is putting on a temporary exhibition
of historic maps. Opening on 1 August, it will include
one of its 3 copies of Smith's map, which has recently
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