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Stuart Sweeney, a UCSB Professor of Geography since 1998, has developed an impressive record of “stepping up” to mentor graduate students with a unique combination of patience and optimism. He has supervised, as chair or co-chair, 12 Ph.D. and 2 masters students, and been a member of nearly 70 other graduate committees. His advisees note that he consistently takes personal concern regarding their professional development and that his...

Greetings folks, Hope you’ve all been staying safe and taking care of yourselves during this unprecedented time. Enjoy this newsletter, which contains some information on how a few of our current faculty members have been navigating through the pandemic. Faculty News Rick Church and Alan Murray have been awarded the 2019 William Alonso Memorial Prize for Innovative Work in Regional Science from the North American Regional...

Professor Dave Siegel is quoted in the two articles below about the impacts of COVID-19 on the NASA EXPORTS (EXport Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing) research cruise, which was postponed from its April departure.   Washington Post: Coronavirus is wreaking havoc on scientific field work VICE: Scientists Are Stuck on an Ice-Locked Ship in the Arctic Due to Coronavirus   Learn more about the EXPORTS mission...