UCSB Geography field trip! Lecturer Jennifer Bernstein, along with 50 of her GEOG 108 Urban Geography students, headed south to the LA River on Saturday, May 14th. Hosted by FOLAR (Friends of the LA River), the group spent the day touring the river and the surrounding area. This trip was a case study in the social, political, environmental, and economic factors that go in to managing nature in an urban environment. As quoted by...
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Ready, Set, Go! Seven teams of undergraduate and graduate students participated in the Geography Department’s Scavenger Hunt on Thursday, June 2. Planned and executed by the Outreach Committee, (Heather Frazier, Nina Bingham, Sari Blakeley, Mike Johnson, Susan Meerdink, and Rafael Ramos) the event was hosted to promote interaction among the geocommunity and other participants, and to celebrate the end of the academic year. Featuring...
Read More2015-16 Annual Geography Awards The following is the transcript used by Geography Chair Dan Montello while presenting the annual awards during the Department’s final Colloquium on June 2, 2016: The department gives five major graduate student awards: Excellence in Teaching Excellence in Research the Leal Anne Kerry Mertes Scholarship Award the David S. Simonett Memorial Award the Jack & Laura Dangermond Graduate Fellowship They...
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