University of Florida PhD students Audrey Smith and Carly Muir are at the Global Land Project Open Science Meeting at the University of Bern, Switzerland. They are presenting the Sustainability Impacts of Large Scale Land Investments session!
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Mr. Ryan Good’s AAG paper, Urban-rural interactions and environmental change on the landscape surrounding Mwanza, Tanzania, won the Landscape Specialty Group’s best student presentation award at the 2019 meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Congratulations, Ryan!
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GeoGator Undergrad Ms. Sarah VanSchoick recently became a McNair Scholar. The University of Florida McNair Scholars Program, named in honor of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, supports undergraduate college students from low-income, first-generation and underrepresented backgrounds who intend to pursue graduate studies. During the summer, students participate in an intensive research program and attend weekly workshops […]
UF Geography’s Ms. Hannah Herrero has accepted a tenure track position as an Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing at University of Tennessee. Congratulations, Hannah!
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Evaluating the Effects of Land Surface Conditions on Rainfall Patterns of Modeled Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Using Geospatial Methods Speaker: Ms. Yu (Jade) Wang PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, April 18, 2019 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
GOLANT – Women Caring for Our Aging in Place Seniors Will Lose Out because of U.S. Immigration Policies Stephen M. Golant Article first published online: 15 Apr 2019 Journal of Aging & Social Policy DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2019.1603535 ABSTRACT: Most older people experiencing chronic health problems, physical disabilities, and memory losses are still able to age in […]
This week’s Geography Colloquium featured some of our current Master’s students presenting their research in a poster session: Megan Black presented Post-restoration analysis of bed morphology of the Lower Kissimmee River, Florida. Michael […]
PhD Candidate Ryan Good was recently awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship to Kenya for the 2019-2020 academic year. The Fulbright Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs. During their grants, Fulbrighters will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. […]
GeoGator Mike Waylen (on right, wearing UF Geography shirt) representing. SEDAAG to take second place in the in the World Geography Bowl at the 2019 meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Well done, Mike!
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SCHAPER – Habitat mapping of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and devil weed (Sargassum horneri) off the coast of Santa Catalina Island, California Michael Espriella, Tyler Schaper, Alison Atchia, Katherine Rose, Vincent Lecours Article first published online: APR 2019 McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal ABSTRACT: Background: Macrocystis pyrifera, commonly known as giant kelp, is a fast-growing […]