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Dr. Michael Robinson holds a B.S. in Environmental Studies and a PhD in Geography, both from UC Santa Barbara (UCSB).  He is just finishing his tenth year teaching, Physical Geography, Weather & Climate, Geographic Information Systems, Field Studies of Eastern Sierra Nevada and Field Studies in Death Valley, at Santa Barbara City College (SBCC).  I recently had the opportunity to ask him a few questions about what he is doing now...

On Friday, March 15, 2019, Richard “Rick” Lee Cramer Jr., 43 years young and UCSB’s Director of IT for the Department of Geography, passed away unexpectedly.  He was killed while driving his motorcycle on his early morning commute to work. Born on June 8th, 1975 in Santa Barbara, CA, he was a first born son and grew to raise a ruckus with his four little brothers, until he graduated from San Marcos High School in 1994.  He went on to...

For over 60 years, UC Santa Barbara has been proud to partner with United Way of Santa Barbara County to raise resources and mobilize volunteers to serve those most at risk locally.  This year a corn hole tournament was added to the roster of fundraising. The Geography Department represented with team “Geog Gals”, consisting of staff members Consuelo Rivera and Alycia Lewis.             The...