The UCSB Geography News for Spring 2011 was sent out electronically on April 1. This is the forth Geography Newsletter to be sent in an electronic format; a PDF is available here. Geography News is a biannual production, and electronic mailings occur in March and November each year—and, yes, both dates are calculated to encourage donations to the Department (just before Christmas and just before tax filing). The content of each...
Read MoreA collective noun is a noun that is singular in form but is used to define a group of people or things, like “a faculty of academics,” “a chain of islands,” or “a pride of lions.” While playing around with them in 2006 for an article titled “A Plethora of PhDs,” your editor tried to find a collective noun for geographers. Some serious googling came up with “a conglomerate of...
Read MoreMartin Raubal has formally accepted a Full Professorship at ETH Zurich. Consistently ranked the top university in continental Europe, ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, is a leading player in research and education in Switzerland and worldwide. 21 Nobel Laureates (including Albert Einstein) have studied, taught, or conducted research at ETH Zurich, underlining the excellent reputation of the institute...
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