Paleonet: PRI's 4th Annual Summer Symposium 13-14 August 2010

[Ursula Smith]

The Paleontological Research Institution is hosting it's 4th annual 
summer symposium!  You are invited to attend the two day meeting at PRI 
and its Museum of the Earth, in Ithaca, New York, August 13-14, 2010.

This will be an opportunity to share recent research, conduct field 
work, visit PRI's collections, and interact with colleagues and 
students.  There will be presentations (oral and poster) and a keynote 
speaker followed by dinner on the 13th and a field trip to local 
Devonian fossil sites on the 14th.  This is an informal event and no 
abstracts are required if you wish to present. 

This year, our keynote speaker will be Professor Richard G Harrison of 
Cornell's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.  The temporary 
exhibit at the museum from now until after the symposium, "One fish, Two 
Fish, Old Fish, New Fish*: Exploring the Evolution of Biodiversity" is 
funded by Professor Harrison's current NSF grant so we're very excited 
to have him speak about research linked to the exhibit.

Though there are no formal events on Thursday 12th, we encourage you to 
come a day early if you're interested in visiting our collections.  The 
museum will be open for people to sleep over or camp outside on Thursday 
night as well as Friday.

An online registration form can be found at: 
http://www.museumoftheearth.org/research.php?page=548301

Please pass this message along to anyone you think might be interested 
and please contact me with any questions.  We look forward to seeing you 
in Ithaca this summer.

Ursula

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On Exhibit at Museum of the Earth:
One Fish, Two Fish, Old Fish, New Fish*: Exploring the Evolution of 
Biodiversity
Mar 6 - Sep 5, 2010
With National Science Foundation support from grant 0639904 to Dr. 
Richard Harrison,
Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University