Annual FoG Luncheon cancelled
This year's annual Friends of Geography (FoG) luncheon, scheduled for May 20, 2018, has been cancelled.
Landscapes, Memories, Places: Remembering Denis Cosgrove
Scheduled for 20 April 2018, the symposium: Landscapes, Memories, Places: Remembering Denis Cosgrove, Cultural Geographer is scheduled at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere and Arti, Palazzo Loredan in Venice, Italy.
Istituto Veneto at Venice, RHUL GeohumanitiesProfessor Emeritus William A.V. Clark wins award
Professor Emeritus William A.V. Clark wins the 2017-2018 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award, which honors outstanding research, scholarly work, teaching, and service performed by an Emeritus or Emerita Professor since retirement.
UCLA Newsroom, UCLA Emeriti AssociationSpring 2018: Geographies of Food
The Tod Spieker Colloquium
Spring 2018
Geographies of Food: Research Advances in Contemporary Foodways
Mapping kelp forests
Assistant Professor Kyle Cavanaugh helps map kelp forests as a part of Floating Forests.
UCLA Newsroom, Floating ForestsAAG Awards to faculty
The American Association of Geographers (AAG) has awarded a lifetime honors award to Professor Emeritus William A. V. Clark.
Professor Judy Carney and Professor Helga Leitner were elected to the inaugural class of AAG Fellows.
AAG Announces the 2018 AAG Honors, AAG Announces Inaugural Class of AAG Fellows30 UCLA Faculty on Highly Cited Researchers list
Thirty UCLA faculty members, including Geography Distinguished Professor Dennis Lettenmaier, are among the most influential researchers in their fields for 2017 according to Clarative Analytics.
UCLA Newsroom, ClarivateProfessor Smith new study in New York Times
Professor Laurence C. Smith's Greenland surface water research covered in a multimedia piece by the New York Times.
(photo credit: Colin Gleason)
New York Times, UCLA Newsroom, PNASEnvironmental impact of pets
Professor and Chair Greg Okin's research on quantifying the environmental impact of feeding pets estimates that as many as 64 million tons of greenhouse gases annually are created.
The Washington Post, UCLA Newsroom, PLOS OneProfessor Agnew elected fellow of the British Academy
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor John Agnew, who has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.
British AcademyProfessor Agnew receives on honorary doctorate from University of Oulu
Distinguished Professor John Agnew has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Oulu in Finland.
The University of Oulu is ranked as one of the top universities in Finland, with approximately 16,000 students. Professor Agnew is an active collaborator with University of Oulu through joint publications.
UCLA Newsroom, University of OuluNASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships (NESSF) awarded
Graduate students Karen An and Matthew Cooper have each been awarded a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF).
These fellowships will cover their Ph.D. tuition and stipend up to $45,000/year for three years. They are highly competitive, with just 69 selected out of 385 applications in Earth Science Research this year.
NASA - Opportunities for Researchers, NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program – 2017 (PDF)
