Alex Feldwinn received his Associates degree from Santa Barbara City College where he studied Multimedia with a visual emphasis. He went on to get his Bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University where he graduated magna cum laude with a major in Digital Media and a minor in Radio Television and Film. He joined the UCSB Geography IT group in June of 2015 as our new Helpdesk Manager and Windows System Administrator. Alex...
Read MoreA Stanford News Report by Rob Jordan, dated July 8, 2015, and with the title above states that researchers have found that shark attacks on the California coast have dropped by more than 91 percent since 1950: We are in the midst of a shark frenzy. In recent weeks, there has been a spate of reported attacks on both coasts of the United States. The frenzy, however, appears to be more a product of our fears than an actual uptick in the...
Read MoreThe following article was written by UCSB Geography Professor Leila Carvalho and posted on TheConversation.com on June 26, 2015, with the title “Megacity drought: Sao Paulo withers after dry ‘wet season.’”: Exceptional drought, extreme temperatures, unprecedented drops in reservoir levels and threatening water shortages for millions of people have dominated headlines in California in recent years....
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