Dr. Kang Yang wins UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research
Department of Geography postdoctoral scholar Dr. Kang Yang is winner of a 2017 UCLA Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research, for his work using satellite remote sensing to study meltwater runoff processes on the Greenland Ice Sheet. UCLA currently has over 1,300 postdoctoral scholars and Dr. Yang is one of just four winners selected this year.
This marks the first time a member of our department has won this highly competitive prize. It was established in 1998 to recognize the important contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to UCLA's research mission. Dr. Yang was honored at an awards ceremony hosted by Dean Garrell, where he received an plaque and $5000 prize.
UCLA Graduate EducationThe New Yorker: Professor Smith’s team in Greenland
Chair and Professor Laurence C. Smith’s team in Greenland covered by The New Yorker.
New YorkerProfessor Yongkang Xue elected AMS Fellow
Professor Yongkang Xue elected an American Meterological Society fellow.
This honor is bestowed on no more than 0.2% of the American Meterological Society (AMS) membership in any given year, in recognition of "outstanding contributions to the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences or their applications during a substantial period of years."
American Meterological SocietyProlonged California aridity linked to climate warming and Pacific sea surface temperature
Professor and John Muir Chair Glen MacDonald's research on California droughts have been published in Nature.
Nature, Washington Post, UCLA Newsroom, LA TimesProfessor Michael Storper earns Royal Geographic Society award
Distinguished Professor Michael Storper at UCLA Luskin School of Urban Planning receives the Royal Geographical Society’s Top Award, the Founders Medal of the RGS/IBG for 2016.
UCLA Luskin School of Public AffairsProfessor Kyle Cavanaugh wins NASA New Investigator award
Congratulations to Professor Kyle Cavanaugh on his selection for a NASA New Investigator award.
This highly competitive grant is designed to support outstanding scientific research and career development of scientists and engineers at the early stage of their professional careers.
NASA Science Mission DirectorateProfessor Daniela Cusack earns DOE Early Career award
Congratulations to Professor Daniela Cusack, who has been selected for an Early Career research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. This program supports the development of outstanding scientists early in their careers and is highly competitive.
US Department of Energy - Office of ScienceProfessor MacDonald elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Professor Glen MacDonald, John Muir Memorial Chair and Distinguished Professor of Geography, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Following his election as Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, this caps off an amazing (and well deserved) Grand Slam year for Professor MacDonald.
Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of our country's oldest learned societies. Members contribute to Academy publications and studies of science, engineering, and technology policy; global security and international affairs; the humanities, arts, and education; and American institutions and the public good.
A total of 213 Fellows were elected this year, including 7 from UCLA. The full list may be viewed at the link below.
Congratulations!
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Newly Elected FellowsAAG awards for past and present UCLA Geography members
American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting in San Francisco (April 2016) Awards Ceremony and Lunch honored a number of past and present members of UCLA Geography with prestigious awards. In alphabetical order they are –
- Dr. Audrey Kobayashi (graduate alum) AAG Presidential Achievement Award
- Dr. George Malanson (graduate alum) AAG Lifetime Achievement Award
- Dr. Richard Marston (graduate alum) Melvin G. Marcus Distinguished Career Award
- Dr. Linda Mearns (graduate alum) AAG Distinguished Scholarship Award
- Dr. Sophie Webber (current postdoc) Award for Best Dissertation in Economic Geography
Please join UCLA Geography in congratulating our distinguished AAG award winners.
Photo: of Drs. Malanson, Mearns and Marston.
Professor Agnew named Faculty Research Scholar
UCLA Academic Senate has selected the recipients of the 2016-2017 Faculty Research Lectureships:
- 122nd Faculty Research Lecture, John Agnew (Geography)
