GEO 2420 Introduction to Human Geography In person: HG24(22573), Online: HGDL(26084) Relations between human and non-human worlds have changed over time to produce effects everywhere, like the ongoing pandemic. Human Geography provides an analytical lens to critically examine how and why such changes and effects occur across continents, seas and islands. The course focuses on […]
Dr. Yujie Hu has joined the Transportation & Development Institute Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the American Society of Civil Engineers as an Associate Member.
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Dr. Yang Yang, Associate Professor at Temple University he/him/his When did you attend UF? What degrees/certificates did you earn the the Department of Geography? I came to the PhD program in 2009 and finished in 2013 What is your greatest memory from your time as a GeoGator? Every time I traveled to AAG and SEDAAG […]
Medical Geographer Dr. Sadie Ryan‘s work was recently discussed in How Climate Change Is Ushering in a New Pandemic Era: A warming world is expanding the range of deadly diseases and risking an explosion of new zoonotic pathogens from the likes of bats, mosquitoes, and ticks by Jeff Goodell in Rolling Stone magazine: “A recent […]
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Dr. Joann Mossa recently presented Hydrologic Droughts and Drying Rivers, a teaching module for the NSF funded HydroLearn Project. Enjoy the presentation and let Joann know if you have any questions!
Indigenous Rights, Development and Environmental Justice in Latin America LAS 6938 This graduate seminar investigates how environmental change, development, and extractivism intersect with Indigenous struggles for justice. The course begins with a focus on environmental justice, research ethics, and decolonial politics to provide a theoretical and methodological framework for our engagement during the semester. We […]
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GEO3930 GEO6938 GLY4930 Communicating Science Scientists are trained to speak like scientists to scientists. But that distances us from the public! Solving the world’s problems requires everyone. How do we empower politicians, journalists, engineers, and others to take evidence-based actions? Through diverse readings and discussions we will learn about the strengths and weaknesses of research […]
Kyle Gorman – Senior Program Manager at the New York City Department of Transportation’s Public Space Unit He/him When did you attend UF? What degrees/certificates did you earn the the Department of Geography? 2012 to 2015 – BA in Geography, minor in Chinese Language and Culture What is your greatest memory from your time as a […]
Florida and Texas have ideal conditions for tropical diseases, Medical Geographer Dr. Sadie Ryan (Florida Climate Institute, Emerging Pathogens Institute) recently told Channel News Asia’s Disease Hunters: Mosquito Mayhem. Learn more about the global effort to detect – and prevent – the spread of infectious diseases at Disease Hunters: Mosquito Mayhem.
Congratulations to GeoGators John Zachary West and Hannah L. Litwak, who were recently elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society in Fall 2020. Phi Beta Kappa has been the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society since 1776. University of Florida’s chapter was founded in 1938.