• Geological Society of America -- Nov. 6-9, New Orleans. Among other UC Davis participants, new GSA president Eldridge Moores will be reviewing the history of plate tectonics and how changes in plate processes may bear on the origin of animals. Media contact: Sandra Rush, Public Information, (303) 443-8489, or at the meeting news room, (504) 544-6202 or 544-6200. • Society for Neuroscience -- Nov. 11-16, San Diego. Members of the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and other campus researchers will be among the participants. Media contact: Joe Carey, Public Information, (202) 462-6688. • American Institute of Chemical Engineers -- Nov. 12- 17, Miami Beach. Bruce Gates, UC Davis professor of chemical engineering and material science, will receive the William H. Walker award for contributions to the field's literature, including his most recent text, "Catalytic Chemistry." Media Contact: Jeff Lenard, AIChE Communications, (212) 705-7660, jeffl@aiche.org. • American Geophysical Society -- Dec. 11-15, San Francisco. UC Davis researchers will discuss results from studies in air quality, weather prediction, groundwater, seismology and more. Media contact: Dave Thomas, AGU Public Information, (202) 939-3212, dthomas@kosmos.agu.org. • Cognitive Neuroscience Society -- March 31 to April 2, San Francisco. Organized through the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience, the national meeting will include topics such as imaging and memory, frontal lobe function, brain mechanisms and emotion, mechanisms of facial recognition and more. Media contact: Kate Gazzaniga, (916) 757-8974, kmgazzaniga@ucdavis.edu.