Cyclone Idai: ‘My family needs to eat, I don’t know how we will survive’

Posted on April 29, 2019

UF Geography Associate Professor and Meteorologist Dr. Corene Matyas was recently interviewed by The Guardian about the impact of Tropical Cyclone Idai on Mozambique: Corene Matyas, an associate professor at the University of Florida with expertise in the patterns of cyclonic rainfall, says this is possible but cautions that a complex computer simulation model would […]

Dr. Corene Matyas named Undergraduate Teacher of the Year!

Posted on April 25, 2019

The Office of the Provost Announces 2019 Awardees Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Dr. Corene Matyas

New maps show where mosquitoes will invade Ecuador’s Andes mountains

Posted on April 25, 2019

GAINESVILLE – Blood sucking insects such as the Yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, are more than just a nuisance in Ecuador, they also spread diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika. A warming world means that public health officials must decide where to direct surveillance and mosquito control efforts not only today, but also […]

GeoGators present at Global Land Project Open Science Meeting

Posted on April 24, 2019

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!

Ryan Good wins the AAG Landscape Specialty Group’s Best Student Presentation

Posted on April 23, 2019

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!

Sarah VanSchoick becomes a McNair Scholar

Posted on April 23, 2019

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 […]

Hannah Herrero hired as Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing at University of Tennessee

Posted on April 23, 2019

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!

Geography Colloquium: Evaluating the Effects of Land Surface Conditions on Rainfall Patterns of Modeled Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Using Geospatial Methods

Posted on April 17, 2019

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.

Graduate Student Poster Presentation

Posted on April 12, 2019

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 […]

Ryan Good receives Fulbright Fellowship

Posted on April 11, 2019

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. […]

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