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Using Repeat Photography to Observe Vegetation Change Over Time in Gorongosa National Park

Posted on June 26, 2017

HERRERO, SOUTHWORTH, BUNTING, CHILD – Using Repeat Photography to Observe Vegetation Change Over Time in Gorongosa National Park HANNAH V. HERRERO, JANE SOUTHWORTH, ERIN BUNTING, and BRIAN CHILD Article first published online: JUN 2017 African Studies Quarterly ABSTRACT: Protected areas are important conservation tools, as they can be managed to preserve baseline ecosystem health, including that […]

Modeling monthly flows of global air travel passengers: An open-access data resource

Posted on September 15, 2015

Mao, L., Wu, X., Huang, ZJ., Tatem, A. (2015). Modeling monthly flows of global air travel passengers: an open-access data resource. Journal of Transport Geography 48: 52-60. (doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.08.017)

Synthesising bushmeat research effort in West and Central Africa: A new regional database.

Posted on September 9, 2015

Taylor, G., Scharlemann, J.P.W., Rowcliff, M., Kümpel, N., Harfoot, M., Fa, J.E., Melisch, R., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Bhagwat, S., Abernethy, K.A., Abugiche, A.S., Albrechtsen, L., Allebone-Webb, S., Anadu, P.A., Basset, T.J., Bennet Hennessy, A., Brown, E., Brugiere, D., Carpaneto, G.M., Colell, M., Cowlishaw, G., Crookes, D., De Merode, E., Dethier, M., Dupain, J., East, T., Edderai, D., Fargeot, C., Fossung, E.E., Gill, D., Greengrass, E., Hayashi, K., Hickey., Hodgkinson, C., Hoffman, M., Jeanmart, P., Juste, J., Linder, J.M., MacDonald, D.W., Mbete, P. Muchaal, P.K., Noss, A.J., Okorie, P.U., Okouyi, V.J.J., Pailler, S., Poulsen, J.R., Puit, M., Riddell, M., Rist, J., Shulte-Herbruggen, B., Starkey, M., Schleicher, J., Thibault, M., van Vliet, N., Whitham, C., Wilcox, A.S., Wilkie, D.S., Wright, J.H., Coad, L. 2015. Synthesising bushmeat research effort in West and Central Africa: an introduction to a new regional database. Biological Conservation 181:199-205.

Graduate students at NASA 2nd GPM Applications Workshop

Posted on June 16, 2015

Graduate students Stephanie Zick and José J. Hernández Ayala attended the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 2nd User Workshop on June 9-11th, 2015 at College Park, Maryland. This workshop brought together all different levels of users, focusing on a broad range of applications areas including disasters, weather forecasting, […]

Student Art Displayed in Geography Department

Posted on June 10, 2015

Anna Hinkeldey is a third year pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and a minor in Art History. In her freshman year she took GEO2242 Extreme Weather with instructor David Keellings, which inspired her to begin creating works involving weather phenomenon. For her class ARH4930C Site Specific Painting, she was required to collaborate […]

Geography Department leads conversation on public policy at Urban Affairs Association

Posted on May 22, 2015

A team of UF researchers, including geographers Mickie Swisher and Ryan Good, led a conversation on public policy at the Urban Affairs Association’s annual meeting in Miami. The panel examined the role played by public policy in issues of urban sustainability. The Urban Affairs Association is the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and […]

Geography Department rolls out UF Online B.A.

Posted on May 18, 2015

The Geography major has been deployed to the UFO website: http://ufonline.ufl.edu/degrees/undergraduate/geography/

Stephanie Zick awarded Pruitt Fellowship

Posted on May 6, 2015

Stephanie Zick has been selected as a Society of Woman Geographers (SWG) Pruitt Dissertation Fellowship awardee for 2015-2016. As a PhD candidate under the advisement of Dr. Corene Matyas, Stephanie is studying the influence of atmospheric moisture on the structure of landfalling hurricanes, with the goal of improving precipitation forecasts in these dangerous storms. Her […]

UF well represented at AAG

Posted on April 28, 2015

UF Geography was once again well represented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG) as five faculty and 22 students attended this year’s meeting in Chicago, IL (April 21-25)! “For me as a human geographer AAG is THE conference” says Ryan Good, PhD student. Ryan was joined by a number of geographers from […]

Geography students participate in Training of Trainers Workshop

Posted on April 14, 2015

PhD student Ryan Good and Master’s student Audrey Smith recently participated in a workshop series focused on the training of adult learners. Hosted by the Gender and Development Working Group at UF, the purpose of the workshop series was to help graduate students who are working (or will be working) in conservation and development fields […]

Identifying hotspots of human anthrax transmission using three local clustering techniques

Posted on April 3, 2015

BARRO, KRACALIK, BLACKBURN – study compared three local cluster detection methods to identify local hotspots of human cutaneous anthrax transmission in the country of Georgia where cases have been steadily Alassane S. Barro, Ian T. Kracalik, Lile Malania, Nikoloz Tsertsvadze, Julietta Manvelyan, Paata Imnadze, Jason K. Blackburn ABSTRACT: This study compared three local cluster detection […]

Dunkle Award Winner 2015

Posted on April 3, 2015

Amber Lee Todoroff is the recipient of the 2015 recipient of the John R. and Fawn T. Dunkle Geography Award. This award of $1000 is given annually to the most distinguished undergraduate student majoring in Geography who shows sustained academic excellence, involvement in departmental, university and community activities, leadership and strong promise for graduate or […]

2015 Robert L. and Glen Anderson lectureship

Posted on March 26, 2015

Dr. Kristie L. Ebi is the 2015 Anderson lecturer and is Professor in Global Health from The University of Washington School of Medicine. She conducts research on the impacts of and adaptation to climate variability including extreme events, thermal stress, food safety and infectious diseases. She focuses on assessing vulnerability and implementing adaptation measures to […]

Assessing Interactions Among Changing Climate, Management, and Disturbance in Forests: A Macrosystems Approach

Posted on March 4, 2015

HALL, BINFORD – Forests are experiencing simultaneous changes in climate, disturbance regimes, and management, all of which affect ecosystem function. Climate change is shifting ranges and altering forest productivity. JUSTIN M. BECKNELL, ANKUR R. DESAI, MICHAEL C. DIETZE, COURTNEY A. SCHULTZ, GREGORY STARR, PAUL A. DUFFY, JERRY F. FRANKLIN, AFSHIN POURMOKHTARIAN, JACLYN HALL, PAUL […]

Dawn Nekorchuk’s Team Win 2015 UF Global Health Case Competition

Posted on February 18, 2015

Dawn Nekorchuk, a Ph.D. student in medical geography, competed and was part of the winning team in the 2015 UF Global Health Case Competition which ran from January 28th to the 31st. The Global Health Case Competition poses a complex global health issue to interdisciplinary teams, encouraging innovative solutions arising from collaboration across multiple fields. […]

Grand Slam for UF at FSG

Posted on February 9, 2015

The weekend’s Florida Society of Geographer’s Annual meeting in Jacksonville, FL turned out great for UF Geography: out of six available student prizes the department won three! These are our winners: Best Graduate Presentation Award, 1st place: David Keellings: Investing Teleconnection Drivers of Bivariate Heat Wave in Florida using Extreme Value Analysis Honorable Mention Presentation: […]

Stephen Golant: Aging in the Right Place

Posted on February 5, 2015

Aging in the Right Place Stephen Golant, Professor in Geography. Available from Health Professions Press. Press Release Article in the Washington Post Encouraging new ways to look at the question of how to grow old successfully, Aging in the Right Place highlights the profound significance of where older people live and receive care. This book […]

Geography department featured in UF Honors’ Prism Magazine

Posted on February 4, 2015

The Geography department was featured in the UF Honors’ Prism Magazine. Dr. Joann Mossa and two senior majors, Kyle Gorma and Marcio Ngombe, were interviewed and gave insights to the major and department. http://ufprism.com/2015/…/13/geography-the-discovered-major/

Grad Program Applications Due Jan. 31 if Seeking Dept. Funding

Posted on January 27, 2015

If you are thinking about applying to our MS/MA or PhD programs and want to be considered for funding as a Graduate Student Fellow or Teaching Assistant, please complete your application by Jan. 31 and encourage your references to submit their letters ASAP. This year, we will award 2 Graduate Student Fellowships and they must […]

GRA Fellowships available

Posted on January 16, 2015

The Department of Geography at the University of Florida is seeking exceptional students to work as part of an interdisciplinary student-faculty team on a research project entitled, Hydrologic transformation in the Amazon basin: reconciling economy, society, and the environment. The project provides four years of support to six graduate fellows at the doctoral level, from […]

What’s in your future?

Posted on December 18, 2014

Check out our Spring Courses here: http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/soc/201501/all/geograph.htm

Jessy Van Horn and James Richardson Win Prize

Posted on December 11, 2014

Two alums of 2014, Jessy Van Horn and James Richardson, shared the $500 prize for the best graduate student poster at SEDAAG 2014 despite completing the research as part of their undergraduate course in Models in Hydrology. Jessy is currently a graduate student at the University of East Carolina and James is a technician with […]

Christian Kamrath named ORISE Fellow at the EPA

Posted on December 3, 2014

After graduating in May 2014 with a B.S. in Geography, Christian completed a summer internship on climate change communication with George Mason University and the National Park Service. He also volunteered at the local county emergency management office in Orlando. Recently, Christian accepted a position as an ORISE Fellow within the EPA, working with their […]

Geography graduate students representing the department at SEDAAG in Athens, GA.

Posted on November 25, 2014

Our graduate students are representing the department very well at SEDAAG in Athens, GA.

Brian Child, Biodiversity Panel Member, on the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environmental Facility

Posted on October 3, 2014

Brian Child has recently been appointed as the Biodiversity Panel Member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel’s (STAP) of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). STAP’s mandate is to provide strategic scientific and technical advice to the GEF to enhance the scientific and technical quality of GEF investments and to enhancing innovation. The Global Environmental […]

Erin Bunting researching southwestern droughts

Posted on October 3, 2014

Recent doctoral graduate Erin Bunting has just taken up a position with the USGS in collaboration with the National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management. She will be using her skills as a remote sensing ecologist to develop a drought vulnerability assessment for the National Parks of the southwest; a study area that covers […]

Dr. Greg Glass joins the Department

Posted on September 29, 2014

Dr. Greg Glass has joined the Geography Department in a joint position with the Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI), as a full Professor. Dr. Glass joins us form Johns Hopkins University. His research addresses the maintenance and transmision dynamics of infectious agents, especially zoonotic agents. His work includes both laboratory and field research of animal reservoir […]

Dr. Bob Walker joins the Department

Posted on September 29, 2014

Dr. Bob Walker has joined the Department in a joint position with the Center for Latin American Studies, and was previously a Professor at Michigan State University. Dr. Walker is a Human Geographer, with a PhD in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania, which places him on the quantitative side of the field, with […]

Dr. Cynthia Simmons joins the department

Posted on September 26, 2014

Dr. Simmons has joined the department as an Associate Professor and was previously at Michigan State University. Dr. Simmons is a human geographer whose research program addresses the interaction of economic development and environmental policy in Less Developed Countries (LDCs). She is especially interested in the social consequences of these interactions, and much of her […]

Dr. Sadie Ryan joins the Department

Posted on September 24, 2014

Dr. Ryan joins us from SUNY-ESF, where she was an Assistant Professor. Her work addresses issues of Disease Ecology, tropical conservation, human-wildlife interface, and spatial modeling. Dr. Ryan has a joint position with the Department of Geography and the Emerging Pathogen Institute (EPI), and received her PhD from UC Berkeley. Her interdisciplinary work incorporates tools […]

Dr. Jane Southworth receives 2014-15 Florida Climate Institute Faculty Fellow Award

Posted on September 19, 2014

Jane Southworth has been selected to receive the Florida Climate Institute Fellow Award for 2014-2015. This award is based on nominations from the faculty and department chairs with the winner selections based on an votes from members of the Florida Climate Institute Faculty Advisory Committee. The Fellow award recognizes faculty members who are making outstanding […]

HuiPing “Gloria” Tsai to take up post-doc

Posted on September 12, 2014

Gloria Tsai (Ph.D. 2012) will be taking up a post-doctoral position at the Center for Environmental Restoration and Disaster Reduction (CERDR) at National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan on January 1st, 2015. The mission of CERDR is to integrate resources from different research groups at National Chung Hsing University, to foster relationship between NCHU and nearby […]

Andy Noss to MDP

Posted on September 10, 2014

On September 8 Andy Noss began to serve as coordinator for the Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) program, which is run jointly by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for African Studies at UF. email: anoss@ufl.edu Office: 470 Grinter Hall Tel: 352-392-3293 MDP website: http://mdp.africa.ufl.edu/ MDP blog: http://mdpprogram.wordpress.com/ MDP facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MDP.Program […]

Natalia Hoyos gains tenure track position

Posted on June 20, 2014

Dr. Natalia Hoyos (Ph.D., 2004) has just been appointed to the Faculty of the Department of History and Social Sciences at Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. Natalia is getting back into academia after she and her husband Jaime (Ph.D., Geology, 2005) had two children and spent time at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on Barra […]

Dr. Matyas named Colonel Allan R. & Margaret G. Crow Term Professor

Posted on June 10, 2014

Cori Matyas has been named the Colonel Allan R. and Margaret G. Crow Term Professor for the academic year 2014-2015. This is a signal honor for our superb faculty members. As the introduction on the CLAS web site states: “Since 1995, CLAS Term Professorships have been awarded to outstanding faculty who excel in both scholarship […]

Bethany Laufer works for the Weather Channel

Posted on May 29, 2014

Bethany Laufer is now working as a Meteorological Content Producer at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia. She will be producing for a live show featuring on-air meteorologists such as Stephanie Abrams who also received her Bachelor’s Degree in Geography from UF. Bethany received her BA in Geography along with the Certificate in Meteorology and […]

Multiple Graduate Students Receive Awards

Posted on May 1, 2014

Several PhD students ended the spring semester by obtaining notable grants and fellowships from outside the department. Tim Fullman was awarded a prestigious Dissertation Award from the UF Graduate School to support the completion of his dissertation. Amy Panikowski has been awarded a NSEP David L. Boren Fellowship. The fellowship will allow her to participate […]

Amy Panikowski awarded 2014 NSEP David L. Boren Fellowship

Posted on April 28, 2014

PhD student, Amy Panikowski, has been awarded a prestigious NSEP David L. Boren Fellowship. The fellowship will allow her to participate in intensive language training at the University of Florida for isiZulu during the summer. In the fall, she will travel to South Africa and spend ten months continuing language training, completing field work and […]

Dunkle Award Recipient for 2014

Posted on April 24, 2014

The Dunkle Award was established to honor the long time service and devotion of professor and scholar, Dr. John R. Dunkle, to the Department of Geography at the University of Florida. This award is given annually to the most distinguished undergraduate student majoring in Geography who shows sustained academic excellence, involvement in departmental activities, leadership […]

Ryan Good awarded Fulbright-Hays fellowship

Posted on April 23, 2014

PhD student Ryan Good has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright-Hays fellowship through the Group Projects Abroad program. The fellowship will allow him to travel to Tanzania this summer for Swahili language training followed by doctoral research. The Fulbright-Hays Program supports research and training efforts overseas, which focus on non-Western foreign languages and area studies. The […]

Recognition for Risa Patarasuk

Posted on April 22, 2014

The paper, “Spatial modeling of road network development, population pressure and biophysical properties of upland crop and forest conversions in Lop Buri province, Thailand, 1989-2006.” by former Ph.D. student Dr. Risa Patarasuk and Dr. Tim Fik was named runner up by the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography for its best paper of 2013. Risa is […]

Dawn Nekorchuk to attend Network Modeling for Epidemics workshop

Posted on April 22, 2014

PhD student Dawn Nekorchuk was accepted with scholarship into the 2014 Network Modeling for Epidemics workshop at the University of Washington. The workshop will be offered June 16-21 on the Seattle campus of UW. The hands-on course will cover classical descriptive network analysis and the new statistical methods of Exponential family Random Graph Models (ERGMs). […]

Dances with Anthrax

Posted on April 15, 2014

Dr. Jason K. Blackburn, director of the Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Lab, and Assistant Professor of Geography and a team of scientists have published a new paper in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases on the confirmation of anthrax infection in bison from testing the remains of wolf kills in southwestern Montana. Dr. Blackburn has […]

Ryan Good completes service on Africa Specialty Group board

Posted on April 15, 2014

At the close of the 2014 meeting of the Association of American Geographers, PhD Student Ryan Good completed his term as Student Director of the Africa Specialty Group (ASG). Ryan served a three year term after being elected to the ASG’s executive board in 2011. The ASG’s mission is to enhance geographic research and scholarship […]

Montreal Gazette: Golant’s age-friendly analysis

Posted on February 18, 2014

The report, “Age-Friendly Communities: Are We Expecting Too Much?” was prepared in early February (2014) for the Institute for Research for Public Policy, a Montreal think tank. It is available in .pdf format at: www.irpp.org/en/research/faces-of-aging/age-friendly/

President of AAG and Dr. Matyas meet at AMS Annual Meeting

Posted on February 17, 2014

During the week of February 2, Dr. Matyas travelled to Atlanta, GA for the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. She spoke with current AAG president and fellow climatologist Dr. Julie Winkler inside the exhibition hall at the AAG booth (pictured above). Accompanying Dr. Matyas were five PhD students and three undergraduate students […]

Anderson Scholar Lecture

Posted on February 12, 2014

Prof. Richard T.T. Forman, Research Professor of Advanced Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, will give the annual Robert L. Anderson and Glenn Anderson Visiting Lecture. The title of the lecture is “Urban Ecology, Science of Cities: More Geography-Ecology Synergy?” Venue: Turlington 3012 From 3:00pm to 4:00pm There will be a reception in […]

Carly Muir wins de Blij Undergraduate Prize

Posted on February 10, 2014

Carly was awarded the de Blij prize of $200 for the best paper presentation by an undergraduate at the 2014 Florida Society of Geographers Annual Meeting in Orlando. Her paper, entitled “Is Precipitation Driven by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation Influencing Land Use and Land Cover in Florida?” outlined the results the research undertaken as part […]

EPI & Geography job talk

Posted on February 4, 2014

Dr. Wu will address drinking water challenges in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh. The community-based childhood diarrhea data, tubewell information, arsenic concentrations in groundwater and climate data are collected and integrated in a geographic information system (GIS) database. The spatial relationship between childhood diarrhea and tubewell water access, groundwater arsenic levels, as well as […]

2014 Ryan Poehling Awards to David Keellings and Sheldon Waugh

Posted on January 14, 2014

David Keellings and Sheldon Waugh are the awardees of the 2014 Ryan Poehling Fellowship. This award of $1500 is made annually to two graduate students, one in the Ph.D. program and one in the M.S./M.A. program, who best exemplify the sustained academic excellence, commitment to departmental service and leadership of the graduate program that Ryan […]

Two PhD Fellowships Available for Fall 2014 Applicants

Posted on January 13, 2014

The Department of Geography will award two Graduate Student Fellowships to PhD applicants who are admitted to the Fall 2014 term. These awards will cover four years of full tuition, stipend, and health insurance. Other funding will also be available. To qualify, be sure to submit all application materials by the January 31, 2014 deadline. […]

Campus Visitation Program for Fall 2014 Applicants

Posted on November 4, 2013

The Office of Graduate Minority Program sponsors a two-day Campus Visitation Program (CVP) to give prospective graduate students the opportunity to engage with the UF community. You must apply as this program is by invitation only. Propspective students who are African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native-Americans, Pacific Islanders, Asian-Americans, students underrepresented in their academic field (i.e., men in nursing, […]

2007 PhD graduate appointed Associate Director at CU

Posted on October 10, 2013

Joel Hartter has been appointed Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder beginning in spring 2014. At CU, Joel will continue his work focusing on human-environment interactions, primarily in the American West and Sub-Saharan Africa where he directs two ongoing projects funded by the USDA and NSF. Joel has also […]

SEER Lab makes anthrax recommendations

Posted on September 27, 2013

Drs. Karoun Bagamian, Postdoc, and Jason Blackburn have published a review on the importance of serological testing anthrax affected wildlife populations. The study appears in the upcoming Journal of Wildlife Diseases and makes important surveillance recommendations.

UF Geographer assists outbreak response in Africa

Posted on September 27, 2013

Dr. Kathy Alexander, Virginia Tech, and Dr. Jason Blackburn, UF Geography, have evaluated the seasonal patterns and likely causes of diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana using a simple questionnaire and existing hospital staff and infrastructure. The approach does not require increased human or economic resources, and it can give immediate insight into public health threats […]

Andy Garcia works for Gates

Posted on September 23, 2013

Congratulations to Andres “Andy” Garcia who has just started a new two-year position with the Gates Foundation in Seattle. Andy will be developing geospatial applications to trace and display the distribution and spread of various diseases globally. He will return to Gainesville in a month to defend his doctoral thesis.

Dr. James Elsner to speak at Colloquium September 26

Posted on September 18, 2013

Dr. James Elsner is the Earl & Sophia Shaw Endowed Chair in Geography at Florida State University. He will give a guest lecture on hurricanes in MET4532/MET6530 on September 25 and present his tornado-related research during Colloquium on September 26, 2013. He has co-authored three books and over 115 journal articles on hurricane climatology, risks, […]

SEER Lab models Bacillus anthracis

Posted on September 6, 2013

Working with partners from Italy, Kazakhstan, and the US (Louisiana State University), Drs. Jocelyn Mullins and Jason Blackburn developed ecological niche models of Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, to predict the geographic distribution of the disease across the landscape of each country. The work was published in PLOS ONE (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0072451). Previous studies have […]

Eric Keys interviewed by Guardian

Posted on September 5, 2013

Recently Professor Eric Keys was interviewed by the prestigious British newspaper, The Guardian, for his opinion as to how world markets could best help the poor. Eric’s suggestions were among 18 derived from a panel of experts. Eric notes: Information is key to M4P: Where I work in southeastern Mexico, the biggest impediment to agricultural […]

Carly Muir wins undergraduate prize

Posted on September 4, 2013

Carly Muir won the prize for the best undergraduate poster at the Florida Society of Geographers Annual Meeting in Tallahassee. Her research, carried out as a directed independent study, is part of a large NASA funded program in the department under the leadership of Prof. Southworth. Carly analyzed daily rainfall records from Maun, Botswana between […]

Amber Todoroff chosen for IDREHSI Experience

Posted on August 29, 2013

Amber was one of ten interns chosen to participate in the National Science Foundation’s Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Hyperspectral Imagery (IDREHSI) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. During this program she completed four weeks of intensive hyperspectral digital image processing and field lab training, accompanied by […]

Stephanie Zick awarded AMS travel grant

Posted on August 19, 2013

Congratulations to Geography Ph.D. student Stephanie Zick, who has been awarded an American Meteorological Society (AMS) student travel grant to attend the 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology in Breckenridge, CO, to be held September 16-20, 2013. The AMS awards student travel grants to senior undergraduate and graduate AMS student members, in recognition of the invaluable […]

Jeff Lower becomes President of MAPPS

Posted on June 24, 2013

Congratulations and kudos to Jeff Lower, who holds both undergraduate and Master’s degrees from the Department. Jeff will become President of Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS) this summer. MAPPS is the US national association of firms in the surveying, spatial data and geographic information systems field. Its members are engaged in surveying, photogrammetry, […]

Dr. Marcia Castro

Posted on May 28, 2013

Dr. Marcia Castro Department of Global Health and Population Harvard School of Public Health Home “Malaria and its control in diverse ecosystems: Case studies in the Brazilian Amazon and urban Tanzania.” 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, March 13th 3012 Turlington Hall Department of Geography and The Emerging Pathogens Institute, UF.

Dr. Peter Waylen named Gibson Term Professor

Posted on May 1, 2013

“Dr. Peter Waylen has been named a Robin and Jean Gibson Term Professor for 2013-2014. The honor recognizes faculty members who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service, and carries a salary bonus and a small amount of research support. These professorships are funded entirely by private donors to the college for rewarding top faculty […]

Allassane Barro awarded travel URISA GIS

Posted on April 10, 2013

Congratulations to Alassane Barro, Ph.D. student in Geography. Alassane has been awarded an $800.00 travel award to attend the 4th URISA GIS in Public Health Conference in Miami, Florida 17-20 June 2013. This award is jointly funded by the Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Lab and the Department of Geography. Medical Geography Awards Committee: Jason […]

Dr. Andy Tatem has published in Science http://news.ufl.edu/2012/10/11/malaria-control/

Posted on February 14, 2013

SEDAAG 2012

Posted on February 13, 2013

SEDAAG 2012: UF Geography had a strong presence at the conference this year. Undergraduate Hannah Herrero, graduates Erin Bunting, Yin-Hsuen Chen, Ian Comstock, David Keellings, Stephanie Zick , and faculty members Corene Matyas, Joann Mossa, and Peter Waylen all presented their work at the conference. Presentations were also made by recent alumni Andrea Gaughan and […]

SEER Lab taking on new PhD student

Posted on February 13, 2013

The SEER Lab will be taking on a new PhD student beginning Spring 2013 to assist with a spatio-temporal modeling effort to improve anthrax surveillance in Australia with the Department of Primary Industries. Apply now to the graduate program in the Department of Geography and also contact Dr. Jason Blackburn for more details.

Dr. Mossa awarded EDGE grant

Posted on February 13, 2013

Dr. Joann Mossa was awarded an EDGE Careers and Outreach grant from the AAG to develop a portfolio system to assess student learning outcomes by our undergraduates

Dr. Smith receives Fulbright Award

Posted on February 13, 2013

Dr. Smith receives a Fulbright Award to give some lectures and conduct collaborative research on the ethnobotany of several archaeological sites in the Brazilian Amazon. He will work help identify botanical remains in archaeological sites and ascertain the extent to which the vegetation on and around archaeological sites has been modified by human, particularly enrichment […]

Dr. Stephen Golant awarded 2012 Richard M. Kalish Award

Posted on February 13, 2013

Dr. Stephen Golant was awarded the 2012 Richard M. Kalish Award from the Gerontological Society of America for his article “The quest for residential normalcy by older adults: Relocation but one pathway,” published in the Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 25, pp 193-205.

Dr. Joann Mossa wins Advisor of the Year Award

Posted on February 13, 2013

Dr. Corene Matyas receives $470,000 NSF CAREER Award

Posted on February 13, 2013

2012 Recipient of the John and Fawn Dunkle Fellowship Award

Posted on February 13, 2013

May 2012. Justin Fisch is the 2012 recipient of the Dunkle Award. This award of $1000 is made annually to an undergraduate Geography major who shows sustained academic excellence, involvement in departmental activities, leadership and strong promise for graduate study. This year was the tenth year this scholarship was awarded. Previous winners are Dylan […]

2012 Recipient of the Edward Fik Fellowship

Posted on February 13, 2013

May 2012: An award of $500 is made annually to a graduate student in the process of writing their thesis . The Fik Award is supported by Prof. Timothy Fik in memory of his late father. No award was given this year. Previous winners are Fan Li, Ashish Patel, Lin Cassidy, Joel Hartter and Cerian […]

The Glenn R. Anderson Visiting Lectureship

Posted on February 13, 2013

The Anderson Visiting Lectureship was created thanks to the generous donation of Robert Anderson in the name of his brother Glenn who was a Geography major at UF in the 1960s. Each year, the Anderson Lecture brings leaders in various areas within Geography to talk with students and to learn about the great things going […]