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Beyond the Perfect Drought

Beyond the Perfect Drought

Distinguished Professor and John Muir Memorial Chair Glen MacDonald's article, Beyond the Perfect Drought, published in Yale Environment 360.

Yale Environment 360

Society for Women Geographers and Barbara Y. Maida Awards

Society for Women Geographers and Barbara Y. Maida Awards

The recipients of the Society for Women Geographers (SWG) Award and Barbara Maida Awards for this year are:

Society of Women Geographers Award: Ashley Fent and Sara Hughes

Barbara Yablon Maida Award: Corey Rovzar

Professor Glen MacDonald elected to National Academy of Sciences

Professor Glen MacDonald elected to National Academy of Sciences

Distinguished Professor and John Muir Chair Glen MacDonald was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

He joins a very small group of faculty within the department that have achieved National Academy of Sciences memberships, including Professors Jared Diamond, Dennis Lettenmaier, and Professor Emeritus William A.V. Clark.

National Academy of Sciences

Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award

Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award

Professor Emeritus Antony Orme has been selected to receive the 2015 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award at UCLA.

UCLA Newsroom

Professor Thomas Gillespie selected for Distinguished Teaching Award

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.

UCLA Newsroom

Heat waves becoming more prominent in urban areas

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.

UCLA Newsroom, Washington Post, KPCC, Los Angeles Times

Rivers of meltwater on Greenland’s ice sheet

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.

UCLA Newsroom, UCLA Newsroom - Youtube, PNAS

Graduate student Vena Chu wins AGU award

Graduate student Vena Chu wins AGU award

Geography Graduate Student Vena Chu wins AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award - Cryosphere at AGU Fall Meeting 2014.

AGU Fall Meeting 2014

LA Times Op-Ed by Professor Diamond

LA Times Op-Ed by Professor Diamond

Prof. Jared Diamond identifies true risks to American democracy in Los Angeles Times Op-Ed

LA Times

Professor Eric Sheppard receives honorary degree from Bristol University

Professor Eric Sheppard receives honorary degree from Bristol University

Professor Eric Sheppard receives honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Bristol University.

Bristol University

Professor Cindy Fan addresses Hong Kong street protests in NY Times Op-Ed

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.

UCLA Newsroom, New York Times

Ph.D. candidate Vena Chu interviewed about remote sensing

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.

NASA Earth Observatory