Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP)

“I am extremely grateful to my trainees, mentors, collaborators, and past supervisors, without whom I could not get the chance to continue to do the science that I love in service of the communities I love.”#sloanfellow

“I feel honored and inspired to have received this award, knowing that many great scientists who go on to field-changing work were once Sloan Research Fellows,” said Wright.

Passionate to broaden interest in geosciences, Wright founded URGE (Unlearning Racism in Geoscience), to address the impact of racism on the participation & retention of people of color in the field.
urgeoscience.org

Wright is also part of a group of scientists focused on “soft earth geophysics," focused on the intersection of geophysics, physics & material science.
stripplelab.ucsd.edu
@scrippsocean.bsky.social

Congrats to Vashan Wright, one of 126 early-career researchers selected to receive the 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship.
As leader of the Scripps Tectonorockphysics Lab, Wright analyzes sediments & rocks from oceans, lakes, rivers & beaches to reveal the granular physics behind geologic processes.

UC San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia's 115 cameras in #LA support real-time fire detection, evacuation planning, and 24/7 monitoring. Footage from our Topanga Peak 2 camera.

See cameras live: cameras.alertcalifornia.org

#LosAngelesFires #PalisadesFire #EatonFire

Wilshire Canyon: ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/...

And

Topanga Canyon: ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/...

being used by CalFire for Palisades Fire

Verdugo Peak 2 Camera in use for Eaton Fire: ops.alertcalifornia.org/cam-console/...

ALERT California @alertcalifornia.bsky.social cameras been helping first responders capture, locate and monitor the So Cal fires. The cameras.alertcalifornia.org site is the fastest available tool for the general public to see live camera views. #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #HurstFire

explorations now Newsletter

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Helen A. Fricker

IGPP is thrilled to congratulate Helen A. Fricker (@helen-amanda.bsky.social) on her receipt of the IGC's Seligman Crystal (@igsoc.bsky.social), in recognition of Fricker as a "generous and tireless contributor to the glaciological community."
igpp.ucsd.edu/fricker-awar...