The Chair of the Transportation Geography Specialty Group of the AAG recently announced award winners for 2014, and alumna Kathleen E. Deutsch-Burgner took honors for her PhD student dissertation: “Like last year, we had a number of high-quality nominations/applications, and they were difficult to distinguish. The TGSG board members carefully evaluated each nomination, and the following individuals are awarded in the upcoming...
Read MoreDon Janelle retired from UCSB and his position as Researcher/Program Director for the Center for Spatial Studies on February 28, 2014, and a reception was held in his honor on the afternoon of the 26th. The following letter of tribute by Professor Emeritus Mike Goodchild was read out at the event: “It’s hard to believe that I’ve known Don Janelle for almost 45 years—we arrived at the department of geography at...
Read MoreGeography Associate Professor Leila M. Vespoli de Carvalho (Meteorology and Climate Sciences) recently wrote to say that graduate student “Forest Cannon was notified by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) that his poster presented at the 94th Annual Meeting (2-6 February, Atlanta, Georgia) got 3rd place in the climate variation and change category. The annual AMS meeting is the most prestigious conference in meteorology in...
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