Posts by geogadmin

While there is an adage that there is no such thing as bad press, geographers are fed up with the cliché that Geography is simply the study of maps. Sure, the word itself is from the Greek geographia – “description of the earth’s surface,” from geo- “earth” + -graphia- “graphic” or “description.” But today’s definition ain’t your daddy’s anymore! The...

The following is an article from the new UCSB news central service, The Current, titled “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” which was written by Julie Cohen and posted November 21: When Mr. Acton’s second-grade class came to school Wednesday, they had no idea they were going to play with dirt. But that’s just what they did to celebrate Geography Awareness Week (GeoWeek) as part of UC Santa Barbara’s...

Recently, the Geography Visibility and Outreach Committee had the exciting opportunity to share geographic thinking and remote sensing concepts with young people from around the county. On Sunday, October 20th, Geography graduate students James Allen, Bonnie Bounds, Helen Chen, Kitty Currier, Heather Frazier, Susan Meerdink, Marcela Suarez, and Haiyun Ye hosted an interactive table at the Santa Barbara County 4-H’s second...