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Following the Department’s recent 40th anniversary events, the graduate students of Geography decided to put on a spring barbeque at Goleta Beach, to give everyone a much-needed end of quarter break. This event was open to all geographers, folks from related departments and programs, and all of their families, friends, and pets. We informally counted a record number of dogs this year, including the geographer-pup Altas, faithful...

“For most of us, crickets are probably most recognizable by the distinctive chirping sounds males make with their wings to lure females. But some crickets living on the islands of Hawaii have effectively lost their instruments and don’t make their music anymore. Now researchers report in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 29 (Pascoal et al.: “Rapid Convergent Evolution in Wild Crickets”) that...

In a panel hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Geography on Wednesday, May 21, UCSB Professor Dan Montello, Brian Thompson of Telegraph Brewing Co., David Walker of Firestone Walker Brewing Co., and Zach Rosen, a local cicerone, discussed the craft beer revolution. The special session was organized by Geography graduate student Sam Prentice, who is teaching California Geography (Geog 148), and was...