UT Austin will be represented at AGU's 2003 Fall Meeting by members of its staff, students, and alumni. UTIG will host the Jackson School of Geosciences exhibitor booth (location) in the Academic Showcase. Friends and alumni are invited to join us for lunch!

Kathy Ellins and Michelle Hall Wallace will co-convene the AGU special session ED06, "Education and Outreach Efforts of Major Research Facilities and Organizations." This special session provides a forum for various geoscience and ocean science initiatives, facilities, and organizations (EarthScope, Margins, US RIDGE, ANDRILL, IODP, UNAVCO, CERI, USGS, SCEC, SAFOD, IRIS, JOI, CORE, AGI, AGU, etc.) to present overviews of their current or planned E&O efforts. The goal is to engage the AGU community in these education and outreach efforts and to facilitate collaboration among them. Presenters should discuss the ongoing or planned activities of their facility or organization and what's unique about each program. Areas of overlap, differences, and avenues of collaboration would be very useful also. Presenters are encouraged to share their successes and lessons learned, and to address the role of research institutions in education.

JSG staff and students will be presenting the talks below.

* UT PhD student
** UT MS student
*** UT undergraduate student