Our third annual student chapter conference for the California Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy is rapidly approaching (March 11, 2017). The conference is open to all undergraduate, recent undergraduates, and graduate students in California interested in or conducting research on marine mammals. We want to encourage all interested students to register here <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HBZRQKG>, and to submit an abstract here <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HHMQ2MG>. The abstract submission deadline is Jan 31, 2017. Check out our website <http://smm.pbsci.ucsc.edu/> for more information about the conference, the student chapter itself, or to be added to our private listserv. We look forward to seeing a great turnout in March! Rachel and Liz -- Rachel Holser and Liz McHuron California Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy