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The UCSB Department of Geography’s joint PhD program with the Department of Geography at San Diego State University is distinctive in that it brings together two outstanding departments that complement each other. California State Universities do not offer stand-alone doctoral programs. The joint doctorate program thereby provides mutual benefits for two of the strongest research-oriented Geography departments in the US, insofar...

Stearns Wharf, the oldest working wooden wharf in California, was built in 1872 by John Peck Stearns to facilitate the transfer of cargo and people from ships to shore. In 1925, the State of California conveyed the Tidelands and the Harbor area to the City to be held in trust for certain priority uses and purposes. In 1926, Max Fleschmann offered the City of Santa Barbara $200,000 toward the construction of a harbor if the City would...

Arthur Getis is to receive the Founder’s Medal of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) at the RSAI World Congress in Timisoara, Romania, on May 9. The award is for “a senior scholar who has contributed to the field of Regional Science in an important way, and a person who has been active in RSAI over a sustained period of time.” RSAI is a scholarly organization founded in 1954 by Walter Isard, who...