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Jeff Lower becomes President of MAPPS

Congratulations and kudos to Jeff Lower, who holds both undergraduate and Master’s degrees from the Department.  Jeff  will become President of Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS) this summer.  MAPPS is the US national association of firms in the surveying, spatial data and geographic information systems field. Its members are engaged in surveying, photogrammetry, […]

Allassane Barro awarded travel URISA GIS

Congratulations to Alassane Barro, Ph.D. student in Geography. Alassane has been awarded an $800.00 travel award to attend the 4th URISA GIS in Public Health Conference in Miami, Florida 17-20 June 2013. This award is jointly funded by the Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Lab and the Department of Geography. Medical Geography Awards Committee: Jason […]

Krithi Karanth 2013 Outstanding Young Alumnus

The UF Alumni Association announced that Krithi Karanth has been selected by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as a 2013 Outstanding Young Alumnus. The UF Alumni Association established this award to recognize Gators who have distinguished themselves in business, community, or service.  Krithi completed a Master in Environmental Science at Yale, working with […]

2013 Recipients of the Ryan Poehling Fellowship Award

December 2012. Two awards of $1500 are made annually to 2 graduate students who best exemplify the sustained academic excellence, commitment to departmental service and leadership of the graduate program which Ryan displayed. The 2013 fellowship winners are: Yang Yang (PhD) and Nirav Patel (Master’s), joining past winners: Erin Bunting, Erica Carlsson, Pinki Mondal, Caroline […]