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Congratulations to Professor Gregory Okin for being selected as a 2020 class of AGU Fellows

Professor Gregory Okin was selected as a 2020 AGU fellow. …
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Glen MacDonald in USA Today on California Fires

Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor Glen MacDonald interviewed…
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Passing of Professor Emeritus Norman Thrower

Norman Joseph William Thrower Norman Joseph William Thrower,…
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Graduate students awarded Fulbright-Hays

Graduate student Samuel Brandt was awarded a Fulbright-Hays 2020…
This quarter has reinforced for me ever more the force of Alexander von Humboldt’s perspective that geography, literally earth description, revolves around a single word, Zusammenhang, or the interrelationships of phenomena of every kind, both physical and human. My personal and heartfelt congratulations to all of you! Go on from UCLA to embrace this world in all of its diversity. Stay curious. And keep in touch with us at UCLA.

Commencement 2020

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Statement on the Racial Crisis

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Passing of Professor Antony R. Orme

Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is with a heavy heart…
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Los Angeles Biodiversity Atlas featured

Professor Thomas Gillespie’s and Geography graduate student…
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International Studies Association award for Professor John Agnew

Professor John Agnew recognized by the International Studies…
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Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World

Rivers, more than any road, technology, or political leader,…