Follow-up (was RE: important news for student advisors in paleo)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Alan Blake Coulson
>
> Thus, there will be no one at NCSU doing
> stable isotope research of fossils, so students interested in this field
> should look to other academic programs. NCSU still has a nice isootope lab
> facility, but its director has no paleontological background and is not
> interested in paleo projects.

I'd just like to point out that the Department here DOES have a nice isotope
lab (several, actually), and instructors who ARE interested in
paleontological projects...

>       NCSU will still have paleo faculty; Dr. Mary Schweitzer and Dr.
> Julia Clarke have both been given tenure track positions. Dr. Schweitzer's
> position begins this fall, and Dr. Clarke's begins in January of 2004.

Congrats to Mary & Julia!  Good luck on your new positions!

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology           Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland          College Park Scholars
                College Park, MD  20742
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