OLD ANNOUNCEMENTS

Spring Picnic

3 june 2005 @ 3:30

Sunset Canyon Rec. Ctr.

... be there!

XEP Bowling Night
Saturday, June 11th @ 11:00pm
AMF Bowling/Bay Shore Lanes(310) 399-7731
234 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA  90405

XEP: Ice Skating fun
Saturday, Feb 5th @ 2:30pm
Culver Ice Arena (directions below)

Following the request from many students, we've planned an outing to
a local ice skating rink for our February event.

The price will be between $4-$7, depending on if we have enough people (12
or more) to get a group rate. XEP is covering the cost of skate
rentals.

Please respond to Calypso with the following:

YES _____
NO _____
# of guests _____
need a ride _____
# of extra seats _____

Culver Ice Arena, LLC
4545 Sepulveda Boulevard
Culver City, California 90230

International Holiday Potluck
Sunday, December 5, 2004
4pm @ Matt and Calypso's

Tis the season to be jolly ... and, more importantly, eat lots of great
food, so XEP has decided to fill your heart with joy and invite you to an
International Holiday Potluck.

We encourage you to make your favorite holiday dish from home, wherever in
the world that may be, and join us on DECEMBER 5, around 4PM at Matt and
Calypso's house.

Please RSVP with the number of people attending and what type of dish you
plan to make. (Drinks will be supplied courtesy of XEP. Friends and/or
significant others are definitely invited.)

UCLA XEP members only, obviously.

for info e-mail calypso...

Brown Bag Bhursday

A lunchtime gathering of DAOS grad students. It's a good forum and a nice lunch. Bring your lunch to:

MS 7124B
Thursday, 9 December
11:30-12:30pm

	Ralph J. Cicerone Nominated for NAS President June 15, 2004: The Council of the National Academy of Sciences has unanimously approved the nomination of Ralph J. Cicerone, chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, for election as president of the Academy, to succeed Bruce Alberts on July 1, 2005. An atmospheric chemist, Cicerone was elected to the Academy in 1990 and has served on more than 40 NAS and National Research Council committees. In 2001, he chaired the landmark NRC study Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, conducted at the request of the White House. The NAS membership will formally ratify its selection for president by ballot in December 2004. [press release]

At a serious business meeting on 29 June 2004, Calypso was named to the vacant executive chair.

We finally got around to posting pictures from the pizza party.

Need some tax info? Try here.

Don't forget to RSVP for the TGIF Get Together (RSVP by 27 Feb., TGIF on 5 March!)

Find out about wireless access on campus.

Check out the latest summer internship.

And the latest interesting graduate courses!

Awards -- Congratulations to Niki, Michael, Greg, Ryan, Simona, and John!!!

Climate Variability Summer School in Switzerland

2003 Nobel Prizes were awarded in early October. Chances are that you lost.

2003 MacArthur Fellowships (the "genius award")

2003 AMS Awards: Congratulations to Peter Webster (Rossby), Rich Rotunno (Charney), Michael H. Freilichand (Suomi), Toshio Yamagata (Sverdrup), Friedrich A. Schott (Stommel), Mary M. Glackin (Brooks), John W. Zillman (ABBE), Margaret A. LeMone (Anderson), Brian Mapes (Meisinger),  James M. Haywood (Houghton), Christopher Daly (Applied Meteorology), Gary K. Grice (Mitchell), John Feldt (Reichelderfer), and the other winners.

Myisha Partridge joins the department.

Get in on the FORECASTING FUN

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