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Who walked away with the prizes at this year's Geography Awards Colloquium?

Five UC Santa Barbara professors have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Esri’s Dawn Wright successfully dives Challenger Deep at 10,909 meters with Explorer Victor Vescovo. The expedition to the deepest point on Earth will collect images and data advancing marine science and conservation.

Dean’s award and other prizes recognize scholastic achievement in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, fine arts, as well as service and teaching

Brandi Gaertner (left) and Marcela Suàrez, assistant teaching professors in Penn State’s Department of Geography, have received fellowships to attend the 2022 Training and Retaining Leaders in STEM-Geospatial Sciences (TRELIS) workshop. 

UCSB Geographer Uses Crowd-Sourcing to Find Safe Routes and Hot Spots

Emily Williams and Mark Turiansky receive the 2021-2022 Winifred and Louis Lancaster Dissertation Awards

Climate Hazards Center makes international news:
Decades ago, researchers set a goal to ensure famine never again takes the world by surprise. Despite huge successes, immense untapped potential remains in their forecasting tools.

The first global dataset of river avulsions validates a decade of modeling and theory

Geographers double down on commitment to ethics and equity as a new generation joins the field