Chaparral 2011-2012: MILESTONES

MILESTONES

Matthew Allen, son of Min-Jung Song and Mike Allen, was born at 6 p.m. on Jan. 27, 20 inches long and weighing 4 kilos. Matthew is little brother to Max and Maya Allen, and according to Mike, "quite the complainer."

Roberta Vadman's daughter, Kara, a sophomore geology major at Colgate University, was selected to travel in March and April on an expedition to Antarctica aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer research vessel. She will be working with an interdisciplinary team of scientists and students on the LARISSA (LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica) project, which is "studying the catastrophic disintegration of an Antarctic Ice Shelf system as a model and as a predictor of the likely continent-wide changes that Antarctic ice shelves will experience in response to the modern warming trend." Kara will be involved in all shipboard activities including navigation, the recovery of marine sediment core samples, and lab work. The expedition is scheduled to leave March 7 and return April 15.

Do you have any milestones to share with us?
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