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Jason Davis, UCSB Geography alumnus (2010) and current postdoctoral scholar at the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, recently received a prestigious NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99). Similar in many respects to the NIH K01 award received by Jason’s dissertation advisor, Dr. David Lopez-Carr, K99 awards fund two years of postdoctoral research as well as three years of full faculty...

The following is an email message sent to everyone in the Department on Monday, February 23 by Dr. Leila M. Vespoli de Carvalho, a UCSB Associate Professor of Geography who specializes in Meteorology and Climate Sciences: If you were on campus around noon, trying to move from class to class or get lunch outside, you were probably surprised not only by the moderate rain but also by hail! It was quite exciting to see all this action...

The following article is by postdoctoral researcher Matt Niblett: One of the biggest challenges facing conservation biologists and ecologists is the development of a knowledge base that is sufficient to make cogent decisions in protecting threatened species. Often, expert opinion drives the derivation of the key question: what comprises suitable habitat for key species? Such opinion and even modeling tends to support what is commonly...