We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor of Geography, Joseph P. McFadden, has been awarded the UCSB Distinguished Teaching Award this 2017/18 year. McFadden was one of six Professors to receive this award campus-wide. The Distinguished Teaching Award acknowledges excellence in teaching and excellence in creative and scholarly work. Professor McFadden has demonstrated excellence in teaching across the curriculum:...
Read MoreUCGIS is pleased to announce that Dr. Keith C. Clarke, Professor in our Department of Geography at the University of California at Santa Barbara, has been selected for the 2018 Carolyn Merry Mentoring Award. In his 20+ year tenure at UCSB, Dr. Clarke had advised dozens of graduate students, many of whom sought him out for his steady and supportive guidance. His students and colleagues alike note his generosity with his time and...
Read MoreAn article titled, “Hotter, Drier, Hungrier: How Global Warming Punishes the World’s Poorest” by Somini Sengupta was published into the New York Times early this week. The article features Climate Hazards Group (CHG) Research Director Chris Funk, Field Scientist for CHG Gideon Galu, and their work with Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), looking at 30 years of weather data in East Africa. Funk...
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