Now organized by John Parise, it continues a long tradition initiated by Charlie Prewitt and nurtured by Don Lindsley for many years. A subset of the attendees experienced a special African dinner highlighted by zebra ribs, giraffe steak, water buffalo, wildebeist, etc. Not recommended for vegetarians. On February 8, Bob Liebermann joined a Stony Brook delegation of more than 125 staff and students who traveled to Albany to meet and educate the State Legislators about the wonderful research and educational activities at Stony Brook. Palezoic Deformation in the U. S. Northeast from Mantle Anisotropy.
Reports indicate that even the geophysicists stayed for the entire seminar, which is unusual.
The weather was remarkably pleasant, with trees and spring flowers already in bloom. This brings to 3 the number of Geoscience faculty with active NASA grants, the others being Scott McLennan and Martin Schoonen. More than 120 people attended the evening, despite the February school recess, and were especially appreciative of the cookies and juice served after the lecture. Victory beers followed at the Table Rock Brewery. I have also developed teaching methods that integrate, if you can believe this, martial arts into my general education Earth Science classes.