Paleonet: Reminder: 1 month until Paleontological Research Institution's Summer Symposium!

[Dana Friend]

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*Please join us for the 9th Annual Summer Symposium at the Paleontological
Research Institution (in conjunction with CNY Paleo) in Ithaca, NY on
August 1 & 2, 2015!*

The Symposium is a small, fun, and relatively informal event held at the
end of the summer each year. We aim to attract academics, professionals,
and educators from a variety of natural science disciplines including
paleontology, biology, and earth sciences, and geology. We also hope to
increase ties among paleontology students in the region (and beyond) and we
welcome all levels of students to share their research this summer. It is
an excellent opportunity for students to gain more experience speaking
about their work in a professional format, but in a friendly, less formal
atmosphere. If you are doing research please sign up to share it with us in
a talk or a poster presentation! Talks will be 15-minute slots (12 minute
talks with 3 minutes for questions). Posters should be no wider than 48
inches and we recommend the height not exceed 36-40 inches. *Online
registration is now open* and can be found at  http://priweb.org/symposium.

Saturday, August 1 will feature posters and oral presentations by
professionals, students, academics, and expert amateurs whose research
covers paleontology, biology, earth science or earth science education,
including a keynote talk by Dr. Mark D. Uhen from George Mason University.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included with registration, and the day
will run from 8:00am (start of breakfast, talks start at 9am) until dinner.
On Sunday, August 2 Dr. Carl Brett of the University of Cincinnati will
lead a field trip from PRI focused on the Finger Lakes' Devonian geological
history.

Participants and attendees are encouraged to use this symposium as an
opportunity to use PRI’s world-class collections. We invite you to visit
for this purpose on Friday, July 31 but arrangements can be made to use
collections at any point during the weekend. Dr. Greg Dietl and Leslie
Skibinski will help orient you to the collections of your interest. You
will be able to indicate your desire to use collections while registering
online.


We look forward to seeing you this summer at PRI!

Summer Symposium organizing committee:
Dana Friend
Jansen Smith
Brendan Anderson
Stephen Durham

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Dana S. Friend
PhD Candidate, Paleontology
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Cornell University
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