Professor Thomas Gillespie selected for Distinguished Teaching Award
Professor Thomas Gillespie selected as one of five UCLA faculty for the 2014-2015 UCLA Academic Senate recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Heat waves becoming more prominent in urban areas
Professor Dennis Lettenmaier’s research on heat waves and their increasing prominence in urban areas is featured in the LA Times, Washington Post, KPCC, after being published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
Rivers of meltwater on Greenland’s ice sheet
UCLA-led study by Professor and Geography department Chair Laurence C. Smith shows how rivers of meltwater on Greenland’s ice sheet contribute to rising sea levels.
Graduate student Vena Chu wins AGU award
Geography Graduate Student Vena Chu wins AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award – Cryosphere at AGU Fall Meeting 2014.
LA Times Op-Ed by Professor Diamond
Prof. Jared Diamond identifies true risks to American democracy in Los Angeles Times Op-Ed
Professor Eric Sheppard receives honorary degree from Bristol University
Professor Eric Sheppard receives honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Bristol University.
Ph.D. candidate Vena Chu interviewed about remote sensing
UCLA Geography Ph.D. candidate Vena Chu interviewed about remote sensing of Greenland meltwater release to the ocean by NASA Earth Observatory.
Professor Cindy Fan addresses Hong Kong street protests in NY Times Op-Ed
UCLA Geography Professor Cindy Fan addresses Hong Kong street protests in NY Times Op-Ed.
NSF EaSM-3 East Asian Project funded
Professor Yongkang Xue is leading an international research team looking at forces driving climate change in East Asia over the next 30 years. This 4-year research project is being funded by the National Science Foundation.
Ea SM-3:Collaborative Res: Surface-induced forcing and decadal variability and change of the East Asian climate, surface hydrology and agriculture
Using the past to understand climate change
Professor and John Muir Chair Glen MacDonald examins changes in the fossil record, plant remains, pollen, tree rings, and geochemistry over the years to understand climate change.
