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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. 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