Awards from AAG Population Speciality Group

The Population Specialty Group of the AAG awarded Professor Emeritus Bill Clark a Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Population Geography in terms of teaching, research, and service.

Graduate students Chuncui Velma Fan and Dylan Connor placed first and second, respectively, in the Population Geography Student Paper Competition of the AAG. (Fan: Wage Inequality among Immigrant Workers in the U.S. Metropolitan Areas: Spatial-temporal Patterns and Implication for Rising Overall Wage Inequality. Connor: Child Mortality and Urban Space: A multilevel analysis of 21,563 mothers in Dublin City, 1911)

Jida Wang receives Distinguished Teaching Award for TA’s

Jida Wang has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Teaching to receive the Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. To receive only one of five awards is a great honor and a testimony to his achievements as a TA, as well as students’ and colleagues’ appreciation.

Professor Cindy Fan receives Distinguished Teaching Award

Professor Cindy Fan receives the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award.

The World Until Yesterday in UCLA Today

Professor Jared Diamond’s forthcoming book, The World Until Yesterday, featured in UCLA Today and UCLA Magazine.

Professor Carey in NY Times

Professor Judith Carney on African plants raised in gardens in New York in the New York Times.