Cal Poly Pomona hosted the 2014 University of California Transportation Center Student Conference on April 17 and 18. The conference was well-attended – kudos to the Institute of Transportation Engineers Student Chapter at Cal Poly Pomona and the chair of the UCTC student conference Hector Salcedo for a job well done. Many thanks also go to the faculty advisor of the transportation students at Cal Poly, Professor Xudong Jia....
Read MoreThe Association of American Geographers (AAG) held its Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida, April 8-12, 2014, and featured over 4,500 presentations, posters, workshops, and field trips by leading scholars, experts, and researchers. The AAG annual meeting has been held every year since the association’s founding in 1904. The UCSB Department of Geography was well-represented at this year’s meeting: Graduate student Andrew...
Read MoreGeography Professor Jennifer King contacted the editor on Friday to say, “Perhaps someone has already reported the news that Michelle Oyewole and James Allen both competed in the Grad Slam Finals this afternoon. The talks were excellent. James won the Grand Prize!!! (Why the talk that included Cookie Monster did not win we can’t be sure, but they are all winners in the Final Round!). Great visibility for Geography and...
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