News Archive

News Archive for the Year 2010 Date Title December 21, 2010 2010: A Benchmark Year for Studies of Ocean Processes December 13, 2010 Year-End Feast Chez Keith and Margot Clarke December 13, 2010 Congrats To Our Latest PhDs! December 10, 2010 Geography Awareness Week, Department Outreach, and Geocaching December 7, 2010 Dapper Don Janelle, Professor Emeritus December 3, 2010 Professor and Mrs. Montello Host Iron Chef Competition with...

News Archive for the Year 2016 Date Title December 7, 2016 Geography Awareness Week a resounding success! December 1, 2016 Geography Department welcomes Nea Alvarado Voss November 14, 2016 Professor Emeritus Waldo Tobler Inducted into URISA GIS Hall of Fame October 3, 2016 Welcome, new Geography faculty members September 29, 2016 David López-Carr named PI and co-director of Center of Expertise on Planetary Health August 12, 2016...

Justin Kiel, a UCSB alum who earned his BA in Geography with an Emphasis in Geographic Information Science, now develops maps to help response teams contain wildfires. Kiel, who has been involved with both the Sequoia and Whittier response efforts, is a geographic information systems (GIS) specialist for Veteran’s Emergency Technical Services (VETS).   VETS offers emergency incident information to assist state and federal...