The Last Agricultural Frontier in the Brazilian Amazon: Impacts on Smallholders and the Environment Geography Colloquium Speaker: Mr. Williams Castro Graduate Student, Geography Thursday, September 24, 2015 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
GAINESVILLE, Florida — A new 5 year multi-institutional collaborative research grant of $1.85 million funded by the National Science Foundation’s Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (NSF EEID) program will support research on the effect of temperature on 13 different diseases transmitted by insects. It will also measure the capacity for two common disease-carrying mosquitoes […]
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Geography’s Dr. Brian Child was recently interviewed by the New York Times, for their article A Hunting Ban Saps a Village’s Livelihood.
Changing Donor Demands: They Want Real Evidence of Impact! Geography Colloquium Speaker: Dr. Mickie Swisher Associate Professor, Sustainable Agriculture Thursday, September 17, 2015 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
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Linking Land Change to Agri-food Networks: The Maize-Cattle Complex in Neoliberal Mexico Geography Colloquium Speaker: Dr. Yankuic Galvan-Miyoshi Adjunct Associate Scientist, Geography Thursday, September 10, 2015 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
Cecil the Lion: Issues in Wildlife Conservation in Africa Geography Colloquium Speaker: Dr. Brian Child Associate Professor, Geography & African Studies Thursday, September 3, 2015 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
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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, […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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The Geography major has been deployed to the UFO website: http://ufonline.ufl.edu/degrees/undergraduate/geography/