News Flash: On November 12, 2015, UCSB Geography Professor Rick Church gave the Presidential Plenary talk at the 62nd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (NARSC) in Portland, OR. The title of his talk was “Tobler’s Law and Spatial Optimization,” explaining how principles of Tobler’s First Law of Geography could be used to improve the formulation of models for spatial...
Read MoreThe Samantha C. Ying Gamma Theta Upsilon Scholarship is named in honor of one of our distinguished alumna and supports undergraduate student(s), based on the criteria of academic achievement and compelling family/personal circumstances. Highest consideration will be given to those students who are active or contributing members of the UCSB Geography Club (the Theta Nu Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon), and the award is available to all...
Read MoreGeography Professor and Chair Dan Montello reflects upon the discipline and the importance of Geography today: Something everyone should know about Geography is what a fascinating and relevant academic discipline it is. But I think the average person is often unaware of this. So many people seem to labor under outdated impressions that Geography is just a descriptive discipline, that it focuses exclusively on mapping and naming earth...
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