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May 2008

Scripps Oceanography's Geophysics and Seismology Program Receives High Marks

Graduate program ranks fifth in the nation in U.S. News & World Report annual survey of America's Best Graduate Schools

The magazine issued its 2009 ratings of university programs on March 27. The rankings are based on expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students.

A Learning Experience

UC Ship Funds opens the door to students, scientists aboard R/V Revelle

An expedition to the Indian Ocean made the first detailed measurements of a key oceanographic phenomenon, an outcome that might not have been possible without an innovative University of California funding program to support ship-based research.

Grunion Fun

This shore thing isn't always a sure thing

An adventurous crowd of kids and adults stayed up well past their bed times April 7 in hopes of witnessing a late-night ocean wonder: the mysterious grunion run.