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		Matt Wedel receives Fourth International Award in Palaeontology Research Paleonturology '06 December 14, 2006 Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis of Spain recognized UCMP graduate student Matt Wedel with the Fourth International Award in Palaeontology Research Paleonturology '06. The award, which includes a prize of 4,500 euros, is for Wedel's paper "Postcranial Skeletal Pneumaticity in Sauropods and Its Implications for Mass Estimates", published as a chapter in The Sauropods (UC Press).

		Evo in the news: Quick evolution leads to quiet crickets December 1, 2006 This Understanding Evolution news brief takes a look at a stunning example of rapid evolution. In just a few years the crickets of Kauai have evolved a strategy to avoid deadly parasitoid maggots.

		UCMP Receives Funding for Understanding Science November 9, 2006 UCMP has received funding from the National Science Foundation under grant #EAR-0624436 to develop a freely accessible website that will provide an accurate portrayal of the nature of science, as well as tools for teaching associated concepts. Learn more about Understanding Science.

		Bill Clemens awarded the Romer-Simpson Medal for his contributions to vertebrate paleontology November 1, 2006 In October 2006, at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Ottawa, Bill Clemens was awarded the Alfred S. Romer - George G. Simpson Medal. The medal is "for sustained and outstanding scholarly excellence and service to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology" and is the society's highest honor.

		Jere Lipps awarded the 2006 International Joseph A. Cushman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Foraminiferal Research November 1, 2006 The award was presented at the Cushman Award dinner and reception held at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, October 24, attended by over 200 paleontologists. Previous awardees include an international list of the outstanding foraminiferal workers of the past century. Jere was also named a Fellow of the Paleontological Society, an honor initiated in 2005 to recognize outstanding paleontologists in the Society.

		Evo in the news: Where species come from November 1, 2006 Why is biodiversity so great in the tropics? This Understanding Evolution news brief looks at how David Jablonski, Kaustuv Roy, and UCMP's James Valentine have gathered data from the fossil record to answer that question.