Posts by patty@geog.ucsb.edu

Congratulations to Professor Tommy Dickey, on receiving the 2015-16 UCSB Distinguished Teaching Award.  Tommy is the first Professor from Geography to receive this award, initiated in 1978. The Distinguished Teaching Award acknowledges excellence in teaching and excellence in creative and scholarly work. Click here for link to announcement   Again, congratulations,...

Professor Catherine Gautier-Downes is featured in the Council of University of California Emeriti Associations (cucea) newsletter, discussing climate change and her participation in the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) international climate summit meeting in Paris. COP21 is the largest international diplomatic conference ever organized by France. This event is part of the cycle of major UN conferences on climate change. Professor...

Geography PhD Students Song Gao and Yingjie Hu were recently presented the 2015 National Award for Outstanding Chinese PhD Students Study Abroad from the China Government Scholarship Council (CSC). Only three UCSB doctoral students received the award this year, two of which we are proud to say are from our own department. Only 500 students, all with remarkable academic achievements across multidisciplinary domains, received this award...