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US Geoscientists: Mark your calendar for Geosciences Congressional Visits Day September 21-22, 2010
Decision makers need to hear from geoscientists! Plan now to go to Washington DC for the annual Geosciences Congressional Visits (GEO-CVD) on September 21-22, 2010. SSA is one of many geoscience societies that collaborates with the American Geological Institute (AGI) for this important event. [Read More]
Click here to view a summary of SSA’s U.S. Public Policy Positions
Eastern Section-SSA 2010 Annual Meeting
The 82nd annual meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America will be held October 17-19, 2010 at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Abstract submissions are now being accepted (the deadline is 10 September) and registration is available (register by 17 September to take advantage of the “early bird” discount). For further information please visit the meeting website.
Italian Seismologists Indicted for Failing to Predict An Earthquake
SSA is deeply concerned to learn that members of our society and their colleagues have been indicted by the Prosecutor’s Office in L’Aquila, Italy for failing to issue a short-term alarm prior to the tragic L’Aquila earthquake of 6 April 2009. [Read More]
Earthquake Debate Videos
One highlight of 2010's SSA Annual Meeting was the Earthquake Debates session in which six invited speakers debated important issues in earthquake science. SSA is pleased to present online videos of each of these debates as well as links to downloadable PDFs of the debaters' PowerPoint presentations. [Read More]
SSA Announces New BSSA Editor-in-Chief
Diane Doser, professor of geosciences at the University of Texas at El Paso, has been named the new editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA)… [Read More]
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SSA 2010 Annual Meeting
The meeting was held 21-23 April 2010 at the Downtown Waterfront Marriott in Portland, Oregon. Additional information is available on the 2010 meeting home page.
26 Apr– Thanks to everyone who attended and helped make the meeting a success! Hope to see you again next year in Memphis, Tennessee (SSA 2011 will be held 13-15 April — Remember to Save the Dates!).
18 Feb– A searchable online database of abstracts submitted for the meeting, including schedule and location information, is now available.
"The Big One is Coming: What Are YOU Going to do About It?" was the topic of a Town Hall Meeting sponsored by SSA in Portland and open to the public on the evening of April 21st. The Oregonian (local newspaper) recognized the event in the front page article the day of the meeting. [Read More]