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10th CAVEPS and Quaternary Extinction Symposium
March 29 - April 2, 2005
Naracoorte, SA, Australia

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“The World of Elephants”
Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA September 22-25,  2005

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Travel Grants to the XV INQUA Congress, Durban, South Africa; August 1999. The American Geophysical Union jointly with the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Quaternary Research, is expecting to obtain funding for its travel grant program to the XV INQUA Congress in Durban, South Africa, August 3-11, 1999. Pre and post congress field excursions are planned. The U.S. National Committee, under the sponsorship of AGU, and with the cooperation of the American Quaternary Association (AMQUA), seeks to ensure appropriate U.S. representation by providing travel grants to enable Quaternary scientists residing in the United States (regardless of citizenship) to participate in the activities of the congress. Travel grants, which will cover only a portion of a participant's expenses (mainly airfare), are to be awarded competitively, in part on the evaluation of papers submitted for presentation at the congress. The Awards Subcommittee also plans special consideration for those judged to benefit most by participation at this important international event.
The completed application, including the abstract of your paper and a one page curriculum vitae, must be received or postmarked by January 31, 1999. Grantees will be required to use U.S. flag carrier to the extent possible and to file a meaningful trip report (emphasizing the benefits of attendance) within 60 days of the end of the congress. The committee aims to announce the travel awards by early spring of 1999. However, some awards may be made later because of cancellations or delays in availability of funding. Travel grant applications and detailed instructions are available from: Scott Spaulding, USNC/INQUA, National Academy of Sciences, Rm 241, 2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC 20418; 202-334-2233

USGS Paleoclimatology Research Position
The U.S. Geological Survey Global Change and Climate History Team is seeking a scientist to work on an existing project involving the paleoclimatic interpretation of Quaternary palynological and plant macrofossil records from North America, with an emphasis on the arid and semi-arid western United States. This is a term position for 13 months, with the possibility of renewal for up to 4 years. Interested parties should contact Natalie Mashburn at 303-236-5900 x362 for further information.

RTG Graduate Traineeship and Traveling Fellowship
Graduate Traineeship: Entering award consisting of 12-month traineeship, plus the graduate program admitting the student will provide support for two additional academic years as part time TA or RA, for graduate study in conjunction with interdisciplinary Research Training Group (RTG) in ecology, geology, archaeology, geography, and soils to enhance training in "Paleorecords of Global Change." Only citizens, nationals or permanent residents of the US qualify for stipends. Application deadline January 4.

Traveling Fellowship: Interdisciplinary Research Training Group (RTG) in ecology, geology, archeology, geography, and soils. Limited funding available for graduate students to come to Minnesota for up to 3 months to enhance training in "Paleorecords of Global Change." Application must arrive by early October for travel during the following year. Students applying for this award should contact the U-M faculty with whom they wish to work well in advance of the application date.
Contact: Sue Julson, RTG Program Associate, Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, 100 Ecology Bldg., 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108; 612-624-4238; fax: -6777; julso001@tc.umn.edu; http://lrc.geo. umn.edu/RTG/. An Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer.

Society for American Archaeology
A formal Geoarchaeology Interest Group has been established within SAA. The Group has over 500 members and has scheduled a symposium and field trip for the 64th Annual Meeting of the SAA in Chicago, March 24-28, 1999. For additional information, contact Julie Stein (jkstein@u.washington.edu) or Rolfe Mandel (mandel@ falcon.cc.ukans.edu).

Directory of Graduate Programs in Archaeological Geology
The 1998 Directory of Graduate Programs in Archaeological Geology and Geoarchaeology is accessible from http://www.geosociety.org. For a free hard copy of the Directory, contact Rolfe (mandel@falcon.cc.ukans. edu)

AMS 14C dating of terrestrial materials for present and future investigators of the National Science Foundation's Earth System History (ESH) Program (NSF/USGCRP). The Laboratory for Radiocarbon Preparation and Research at INSTAAR (NSRL), University of Colorado has recently been awarded a block grant to help defray costs of AMS 14C dating by ESH investigators working in terrestrial environments. As a result, the cost to the ESH PI for dating of terrestrial materials submitted to NSRL will be $100 per sample. This fee covers pretreatment as necessary, sample combustion or hydrolysis, graphitization, AMS 14C measurement,
Future proponents are encouraged to budget for dating at NSRL at the subsidized rate. It is our hope that the reduced cost to present and future ESH PIs will serve to motivate more, and more accurate, dating of important terrestrial paleo-environmental and climatic records. Present PI's of the PALE program are also eligible for dating of terrestrial materials at reduced cost under the new ESH/NSRL arrangement. More detailed information at: http://www.Colorado.EDU/ INSTAAR/RadiocarbonDatingLab

PAGES Reports Open Science Meeting Abstracts
The first PAGES Open Science Meeting "Past Global Changes and their Significance for the Future", jointly organized by PAGES and the Environmental Changes Research Centre (ECRC), University College, London, was held in the University of London Senate House, April 20-23, 1998. Distinguished invited speakers presented the state-of-the-art in the main aspects of past global change research within the context of IGBP. In addition, over 200 posters were displayed. A 140-page volume of Abstracts is available from the PAGES Project Office (Barenplatz 2, CH-3011 Bern, Switzerland; tel: 41 31 312 3133; fax: -3168, or via the PAGES web site (http://www.pages.unibe.ch/). A special double issue of Quaternary Science Reviews, containing review papers by each of the invited speakers, will be published in 1999.

Status Report and Implementation Plan
This document summarizes progress made thus far by PAGES. It outlines the implementation plans for most Activities and Tasks currently within the PAGES remit. See: http://www.pages.unibe.ch/

Retirement of Ernie Lundelius
After 40 years as a professor of Geology and 12 years as Director of the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory and Radiocarbon Laboratory at the University of Texas Austin, Dr. Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. retired on August 31, 1998. Ernie was born and raised in Austin. He was an undergraduate in the Department of Geology at the University of Texas and returned to complete his Bachelors degree after serving in the Army from 1947 to 1948. Ernie earned his doctorate in Paleozoology at the University of Chicago in 1954 and immediately set out for Australia on a year-long Fulbright Fellowship. Ernie was one of the first to systematically look at Quaternary mammal faunas from Australian Caves. He still continues with this research.
In 1957 Ernie took a position as Assistant Professor of Geology at the University of Texas. His research in the United States has focused on late Quaternary faunas of Texas, especially caves on the Edwards Plateau. Throughout his career he has been a leader in the area of Quaternary vertebrate paleoecology. He has had an interdisciplinary approach working with archeologists on classic sites like Blackwater Draw Locality No. 1. He has spearheaded new approaches like the isotopic chemistry of bones. Ernie has also been a leader in the discussions of environmental causes of the late Pleistocene extinction event.
Ernie supervised two-dozen Masters and Doctoral students, most of whom work today as professional scientists, and many have carried on his Quaternary research program. Ernie has been codirector with Russ Graham, one of his students, of the FAUNMAP project. To date Ernie has published more than 70 professional papers and articles, most on Quaternary vertebrate paleontology. Ernie has been replaced by Dr. Chris Bell, a University of California at Berkeley graduate, who will continue the tradition of Quaternary vertebrate paleontology at the University of Texas.
The Lundelius Symposium on Quaternary Vertebrate Paleontology was held on November 13, 1998. Ten invited speakers delivered papers on various aspects of Quaternary vertebrate paleontology which related to Ernie's career. On Saturday, November 14, an open house was held at the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory at the J. J. Pickle Research Center. Any one who knows Ernie, knows that his retirement is from bureacracy and not scientific research. We look forward to many more insightful papers and presentations from him in the future.
Russ Graham