Book Review: Humans
Category: Announcements
Jan
04
Reviewed by Andrej Spiridonov (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
DEEP Award
Category: Announcements
Jan
04
The Paleontological Society is now soliciting for nominations for the DEEP Award!
The Diversity Engagement and Enhancement in Paleontology (DEEP) Award is presented to early career professionals and students who have enhanced the global paleontology community by advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the field. The awards will be presented during the annual Geological Society of America conference.
The deadline to nominate for the 2nd Annual PS DEEP awards is February 16, 2024.
Award Criteria:
Early career professionals as well as undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Individuals are eligible regardless of their status as Paleontological Society members. Nominees eligible for the award will include: currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students; students in gap years between 2-year and 4-year degrees or between undergraduate and graduate school; postdoctoral scholars; those currently employed as paleontologists in academia, industry, government, or a museum and have received their terminal degree 5 years or fewer before the nomination.
Nomination Procedures:
Nominations can be submitted by a second party or can be self-nominated. To keep the selection process fair for everyone, only one letter of support is accepted per nominee. Contact information for the nominator and letter of support should be included.
Please use this form to submit your nomination: https://forms.gle/T3GAp7Uwbj4Khy9b6
For those who are self-nominating: Please provide your letter of nomination and one email to contact for one letter of support.
For those who are nominating someone else: Please only provide your letter of nomination. You will not need to provide a letter of support.
The letter of nomination and letter of support should be no more than two (2) pages single-spaced, and address how the nominee has excelled in one or more of the following pursuits:
- Leadership in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Innovation in the design and implementation of programs or other initiatives dedicated to enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Recruitment and retention such as via recruitment events, mentoring, funding or program implementation.
- Any additional relevant factors to further describe the impact of the nominee’s efforts to promote a diverse and welcoming environment in the paleontological sciences.
Sincerely,
The DEEP Award Committee of the Paleontological Society
Dec
01
Paleontology Is Far More Than New Fossil Discoveries: Understanding the ancient past is critical to responding to challenges we face in the future
Roy E. Plotnick, Brendan M. Anderson, Sandra J. Carlson, Advait M. Jukar, Julien Kimmig and Elizabeth Petsios
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Nov
07
There are abundant and diverse Topical & Discipline Sessions at GSA Connects 2023 that are endorsed by the Paleo Society!
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Oct
03
Reviewed by Blandine Hautier (Bonn, Germany)
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A Paleontologist's Field Guide for Funding from the National Science Foundation
Category: Announcements
Sep
19
The 2022 Summer Policy Interns, supported by the Paleontological Society and the American Geosciences Institute, produced this handbook as a foundation for identifying and exploring funding areas within the National Science Foundation and other related funding agencies.
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Book Review: Strata
Category: Guest Posts
Aug
23
Reviewed by Paul Strother (Boston College Weston Observatory)
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Jul
02
Reviewed by Paul Strother (Boston College Weston Observatory)
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Book Review: Nature Through Time
Category: Guest Posts
May
23
Reviewed by Bruce Rothschild (Indiana University Health, formerly Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
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May
05
Reviewed by Phil Novack-Gottshall (Benedictine University, Lisle, IL)
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May
05
Reviewed by Andrej Spiridonov (Vilnius University, Lithuania & Nature Research Centre, Lithuania)
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Book Review: Animal Movement
Category: Guest Posts
Mar
07
Reviewed by Ephraim Nissan (London, England)
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Feb
07
Reviewed by James Farlow (Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN)
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Jan
06
Reviewed by Phil Novack-Gottshall (Benedictine University, Lisle, IL)
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Nov
30
Reviewed by Ephraim Nissan (London, England)
De Roy, T., M. Jones, and J. Cornthwaite, eds. 2022. Penguins: The Ultimate Guide. Second edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 240 pp. ($28.00 cloth, $19.60 e-book with 20% PS discount.)
This lavishly illustrated, large-format book provides a full-rounded treatment of all extant penguin species, but it also is an eye-opener on fossil and subfossil penguin species. Part 1 is by Tui de Roy, and covers their life cycle, the “jackass” group of braying penguins, Antarctica’s three long-tailed species (the Adélie, chinstrap, and Gentoo penguins), the crested penguins, the rockhoppers, the Little penguin of Oceania, and finally the King and Emperor penguins of Antarctica.
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Book Review: Dragons’ Teeth and Thunderstones: The Quest for the Meaning of Fossils
Category: Guest Posts
Nov
30
Reviewed by Andrej Spiridonov (Vilnius University, Lithuania & Nature Research Centre, Lithuania)
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Oct
01
We are delighted to announce the newest Paleontological Society Fellows: Annalisa Berta (San Diego State University), Carlos Jaramillo (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute), Johnny Waters (University of West Georgia and Appalachian State University), and Lisa White (UC Museum of Paleontology).
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Aug
31
There are 20+ Topical & 8 Discipline Sessions at GSA Connects 2022 that are endorsed by the Paleo Society!