Dear MSA community, Please consider participating in the upcoming Interior of the Earth Gordon Research Conference. For this GRC, chair Ed Garnero and I are excited to link the disciplines of planetary inquiry in an evolutionary context. The Meeting Description and Program can be found on the “Web Site” link, above, or here: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=12545 If you have never been to a GRC, now is your chance -- it is a relaxed venue to hear the newest, most exciting work on Earth's Interior, with plenty of time for discussion and interaction. Additionally, a /Gordon Research Seminar/ will be held in conjunction with the above GRC. The *Interior of the Earth GRS <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.grc.org_programs.aspx-3Fid-3D14762&d=DQMFAg&c=AGbYxfJbXK67KfXyGqyv2Ejiz41FqQuZFk4A-1IxfAU&r=1O3snjS1zqKsU8TYB3DB3KSEQ_QFK8pzNSdk0UqOk8A&m=xiGVa5h7ZXF_6NJ6XUBPO58tDNe6zWVttZM0sOU2X40&s=zJRuMyWUXSYJx2Z5q6UcP_cPWuiVtzyGRt5fmXFhPLQ&e=>* is scheduled to take place from June 3-4, 2017 at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA and will be chaired by Zachary Eilon. Please visit the GRC web site for more information. The GRS is a 2-day meeting held in conjunction with the GRC that enables graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience to come together in a highly-stimulating and non-intimidating environment to discuss their current research and build informal networks with their peers. The GRS is organized by young investigators with the support of leading scientists from the associated GRC. If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact Megan Totten <mailto:mtotten@grc.org>, the Conference Operations Associate for this meeting. Please note: the registration deadline for this meeting is*Sunday, May 14, 2017*. If your registration is not complete before the deadline, your acceptance to this meeting will be cancelled. Hope to see you there! Roberta Rudnick GRC vice-chair -- Dr. Roberta L. Rudnick Department of Earth Science and Earth Research Institute University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Office phone: 805-893-3082 Fax: 805-893-2314 Vice President, Geochemical Society (http://www.geochemsoc.org/)