Graduate students at NASA 2nd GPM Applications Workshop

Posted on June 16, 2015

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, […]

Student Art Displayed in Geography Department

Posted on June 10, 2015

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 […]

Geography Department leads conversation on public policy at Urban Affairs Association

Posted on May 22, 2015

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 […]

Geography Department rolls out UF Online B.A.

Posted on May 18, 2015

The Geography major has been deployed to the UFO website: http://ufonline.ufl.edu/degrees/undergraduate/geography/

Stephanie Zick awarded Pruitt Fellowship

Posted on May 6, 2015

Stephanie Zick has been selected as a Society of Woman Geographers (SWG) Pruitt Dissertation Fellowship awardee for 2015-2016. As a PhD candidate under the advisement of Dr. Corene Matyas, Stephanie is studying the influence of atmospheric moisture on the structure of landfalling hurricanes, with the goal of improving precipitation forecasts in these dangerous storms. Her […]

UF well represented at AAG

Posted on April 28, 2015

UF Geography was once again well represented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG) as five faculty and 22 students attended this year’s meeting in Chicago, IL (April 21-25)! “For me as a human geographer AAG is THE conference” says Ryan Good, PhD student. Ryan was joined by a number of geographers from […]

Geography students participate in Training of Trainers Workshop

Posted on April 14, 2015

PhD student Ryan Good and Master’s student Audrey Smith recently participated in a workshop series focused on the training of adult learners. Hosted by the Gender and Development Working Group at UF, the purpose of the workshop series was to help graduate students who are working (or will be working) in conservation and development fields […]

Dunkle Award Winner 2015

Posted on April 3, 2015

Amber Lee Todoroff is the recipient of the 2015 recipient of the John R. and Fawn T. Dunkle Geography Award. This award of $1000 is given annually to the most distinguished undergraduate student majoring in Geography who shows sustained academic excellence, involvement in departmental, university and community activities, leadership and strong promise for graduate or […]

2015 Robert L. and Glen Anderson lectureship

Posted on March 26, 2015

Dr. Kristie L. Ebi is the 2015 Anderson lecturer and is Professor in Global Health from The University of Washington School of Medicine. She conducts research on the impacts of and adaptation to climate variability including extreme events, thermal stress, food safety and infectious diseases. She focuses on assessing vulnerability and implementing adaptation measures to […]

Dawn Nekorchuk’s Team Win 2015 UF Global Health Case Competition

Posted on February 18, 2015

Dawn Nekorchuk, a Ph.D. student in medical geography, competed and was part of the winning team in the 2015 UF Global Health Case Competition which ran from January 28th to the 31st. The Global Health Case Competition poses a complex global health issue to interdisciplinary teams, encouraging innovative solutions arising from collaboration across multiple fields. […]

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