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Dear Volcano Scientists, Geochemists, and Petrologists:

I would like to begin by congratulating VGP members who received awards and honors from AGU this year. I also thank all the associated committee members for their efforts in reviewing nominations.

The Kuno Award will be presented to:

Marion Garçon, ETH Zurich; and

Daniel Stolper, University of California, Berkeley

The Bowen Award will be presented to:

D. Graham Pearson, University of Alberta; and

Mary R. Reid, Northern Arizona University

Both Bowen awardees will be giving lectures at Fall Meeting 2019.

The Daly Lecture will be given by

Marie Edmonds, Cambridge University.

The Hess Medal will be presented to

Richard J. Walker, University of Maryland, College Park.

There are six new Fellows affiliated with VGP:

James Farquhar, University of Maryland, College Park

Yaoling Niu, Durham University Graham Pearson, University of Alberta Peter Reiners, University of Arizona

Alexander Sobolev, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université Grenoble Alpes

Michael Walter, Carnegie Institution for Science  

The reception will be held Tuesday, 10 December, 6:30–8:00 p.m. in the Marriott Marquis, Golden Gate - A B2.

There will be an additional early-career event on Monday, with details to follow.

So many deserving individuals were nominated for Section and Union awards and honors. It is unfortunate that it is not possible to recognize everyone. However, please do continue to submit nominations. People cannot be selected if they are not nominated!

Registration for Fall Meeting is now open, with the early-bird (less expensive) registration closing 7 November. This should be yet another stimulating and enriching meeting. There were 1,092 abstracts submitted to VGP sessions, a 42% increase over last year’s VGP abstract submissions (771). Your VGP secretaries have been hard at work organizing the session proposals, merging sessions, and scheduling all of these to ensure it will be an exciting and fulfilling Fall Meeting. They appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm and support in facilitating this process. There is, in addition, a full day of special programming on Monday, 9 December, as part of the Centennial celebrations.

The VGP reception will be held Tuesday evening, 10 December. Awards will be presented before either the Daly or Bowen Lectures. There will be a VGP student breakfast, sponsored by Nu Instruments Ltd., before the Centennial presentations dedicated to Earth’s interior on Monday, 9 December. VGP students will need to sign up for a ticket when they register.

Attending meetings is expensive. VGP and AGU are committed to helping students attend the meeting with travel grants. To this end, Development Board member Jamie Austin has promised to match gifts to the Austin Endowment for Student Travel, gifts that also count toward VGP contributions. This past year, VGP received a bonus of $1,000 from AGU because more than 5% of VGP members (170, to be precise) donated more than $50.

Last, the objective of these newsletters is to share opportunities and information we think VGP members of AGU should hear about. This includes meetings, employment opportunities, and career development. Please feel encouraged to connect with our AGU membership by sending me and newsletter editor Joanna Denton anything you think belongs in our quarterly newsletters.

Your VGP Executive Committee for 2019:

If you have questions, concerns, or ideas, please reach out.

Michael Manga, President, VGP Section, AGU