Who:All Los Angeles area students in geology, geochemistry, geophysics, planetary science, space physics, and related disciplines (Phew!)
What:Student research symposium; Food, refreshments, and prizes
When:Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (10:00 AM 'til after BBQ dinner)
Where:University of California, Los Angeles
Why:Networking, collaboration, and fun!

The Earth and Planetary Student Research Symposium (EPSRS) is an opportunity for you to show off your cutting-edge research, and check out what other students are up to. All students within driving distance of UCLA (e.g., USC, Caltech, UCR, CSU-Long Beach, CSU-Northridge) are encouraged to attend, and to present. We will have both oral and poster presentations, with a ratio TBD. Oral presentations will likely be 15 minutes including questions, and the poster session will be about 1 hour following lunch. There is no registration fee, and lunch and dinner will be provided free of charge to all students. A limited number of parking passes will be available for free as well. Faculty are invited to attend, and several faculty volunteers are needed to serve as judges - cash prizes will be awarded for the top presentations by grad students in the following amounts.

Oral presentations

• First place: $100.00
• Second place: $75.00
• Third place: $50.00

• First place: $50.00
• Honorable mention: $25.00