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Geography Colloquium: Improving our understanding of grassland ecology and biogeography using NEON-enabled science

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Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Pau Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Florida State University Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Grass-dominated ecosystems (grasslands and savannas) are tremendously diverse and play an important role in regional and global carbon, water, and energy cycling. However, grass […]

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Geography Colloquium: Spatial patterns in mosquito characteristics that mediate vector control effectiveness and disease risk in Florida

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Speaker: Stephanie Mundis PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 22, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. In recent years, deaths and illnesses from mosquito-borne and other vector-borne diseases have been on the rise in areas around the world. In my […]

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Geography Colloquium: LAGOS-US – Leveraging open science, ecoinformatics, and geography to build research capacity for national-scale environmental research

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Speaker: Dr. Patricia A. Soranno Professor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University Thursday, October 15, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Ecosystems across the globe are being subject to unprecedented rates of change in climate, fire, and land use; and, there […]

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Geography Colloquium: Spatial and temporal evolution of political violence and pastoralists in North and West Africa

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Speaker: Matthew Pflaum PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. This presentation is based on a forthcoming OECD report about pastoralist violence in 21 North and West African nations from 1997-2020 using ACLED data. […]

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Geography Colloquium: ForestGEO – A Bottom-up Global Forest Research Network

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Speaker: Dr. Daniel J. Johnson Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservations, University of Florida Thursday, October 1, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. I will explore the origins, outcomes, and future for the ForestGEO plot network. If ForestGEO was a researcher then […]

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Geography Colloquium: Working at The National Science Foundation, Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science, and Modeling the Effects of Forest Management at the Continental Scale

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Speaker: Dr. Mike Binford Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, September 24, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. This three-part colloquium will describe what it is like to work at the U.S. National Science Foundation as a Program Director, the program that […]

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Geography Colloquium: Creating Inclusive Communities of Learning in the Classroom and Beyond

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Speaker: Dr. Anita Marshall (she/her) Lecturer, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida Thursday, September 17, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. In the geosciences, field work is valued for learning opportunities and scientific research, as well as personal and professional growth for students. […]

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Geography Colloquium: The Struggle for Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon

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Speaker: Aline Carrara PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, September 10, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. This dissertation addresses the creation and destruction of indigenous territories (ITs) in the Brazilian Amazônia by studying the formation, expansion, and maintenance of ITs, […]

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Geography Colloquium: Resistance, Global Justice, and Protection of Indigenous Territories in the Amazon: the ipereğ ayũ movement of the munduruku indigenous people

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Speaker: Maíra Irigaray Castro PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, February 13, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend. The Munduruku Movement Ipereğ Ayũ (MMIA), which in Munduruku translates to “We are strong; We know how to protect ourselves and all We […]

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