Mrs. Shirley D. Curson-Weiss, friend and benefactor of LPL and the University of Arizona, died on April 21, 2014. Shirley (born Shandel Dauber) led a full, active life of travel and community involvement. She encouraged everyone, especially young people, to travel as part of the educational experience.

Dr. Gerry Neugebauer, the husband of LPL Affiliate Research Scientist Marcia Neugebauer, passed away on September 26, after a long illness. Gerry earned a Ph.D. in physics from Caltech in 1960, after which he served two years in the army, stationed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. When he returned to Caltech, he joined forces with Bob Leighton to build a simple infrared telescope and conduct the first all-sky survey in the infrared. He established one of the two leading programs that pioneered infrared astronomy.

Congratulations to Ingrid Daubar, Tiffany Kataria, and Juan Lora, LPL's most recent Ph.D. graduates!

Kudos and congratulations to LPL alumnus William K. Hartmann (1966), who has been elected a member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).

Three Ph.D. students with LPL affiliations were among the 11 winners of Uwingu travel grants. Congratulations to Ingrid Daubar (advisor: Alfred McEwen), Catherine Elder (advisor: Adam Showman), and Johanna Teske (Dept. of Astronomy, advised by Caitlin Griffith).

Michael Bland (2008) moved to a position as Research Space Scientist with USGS Astrogeology.

Ingrid Daubar has won the prestigious Nininger Meteorite Award for 2013, which recognizes outstanding student achievement in the "Science of Meteoritics" as embodied in an original research paper, for her paper on "The Current Martian Cratering Rate." More about Ingrid's winning research and the Nininger award itself, which is presented by the ASU Center for Meteorite Studi