News
- The 2013-2014 recipients of Geography's Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching have been awarded to:Meredith DeBoom for the Teaching Assistant AwardJulia Hicks for the Graduate Part Time Instructor (GPTI) AwardBoth awards carry a $1,000
- The 2014-2015 Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Fellowship recipients are: Chris Anderson-Tarver, Joel Correia, Julia Hicks, Galen Murton, Caitlin Ryan and Sam Smith.
- Regarding the ongoing student movement afoot in Taiwan, Ian published this comprehensive insider report as a participant-observer from day one. Read his article Inside Taiwan's Sunflower Movement - Where Asia's Largest Student Uprising is
- How did a Liberal Arts major from Vassar College end up researching carbon respiration in gale-force winds at the height of winter in the Rockies? Doctoral candidate John Knowles just smiles and shakes his head, recalling the story. Read entire
- Max Counter and Shea Frydenlund have been selected as the 2013-2014 recipients of the department's Adam Kolff Memorial Research Fellowship. The 2013-2014 fellowship provides $2000 toward research expenses for MA students.
- The Africa Specialty Group notified Meredith that she is the winner of the 2014 Student Paper Competition. Her award will be presented at the upcoming AAG meeting in Tampa, Florida.
- John O'Loughin co-authored this Washington Post article with Gerald Toal: How people in South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria feel about annexation by Russia.
- Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grants for 2014-2015 have been awarded to Meredith DeBoom, Aaron Malone and Galen Murton. These grants are competitive awards sponsored by the Graduate School that support the research, scholarship
- Peter Blanken and Christopher Spence of Environment Canada say information they are gathering about the Great Lakes this winter bodes well for water levels this summer, and a better understanding of water loss on the lakes could yield helpful
- A New York Times article about the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia and its proximity to a war zone, includes a map showing the spread of rebel attacks in the North Caucasus. The dynamic map was created using data collected by John O'Loughlin