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Jordan T. Hastings (PhD 2009) is a computational geographer, a moniker which spans computer algorithms, database management, geographic information systems, scientific modeling, cartography and visualization. He also is an experienced project manager, having led numerous database and GIS/mapping activities for government and industry sponsors. His current research focuses on gazetteers, geological maps, and data stewardship in the...

Brazil didn’t do very well in the last World Cup, but it scored big time with admissions to the UCSB Department of Geography this fall. Not counting the joint PhD program with SDSU, 5 of the new international grads are from Brazil – outscoring China which only accounted for 4. The Geography Department’s Fall 2014 Graduate Orientation was held on Monday, September 29, 9:00 to 5:00, and our new grad cohort only had two...

The Pew Charitable Trusts applauded President Barack Obama’s decision today [September 25] to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, a group of five highly protected reserves that is home to some of the nation’s most important ocean wilderness (source: Pew Press Release, titled “Obama Administration Expands Protection of U.S. Ocean Treasure: Decision significantly advances global ocean...