Geography Colloquium: Spatial Social Network Analysis: New Approaches and Tools

Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck awarded AAG 2023 Harm J. de Blij Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Geography Teaching

Posted on February 1, 2023

Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck (Gaby), an instructional faculty at the University of Florida, is an exceptional geography teacher. Her innovative and rigorous courses focus her students on applied activities and real-world examples such as designing a global pandemic response plan, critiquing how disease is portrayed in popular culture, or creating a zombie movie! She requires students […]

Geography Colloquium: Reflectivity as Detected by Space- and Ground-Based Radars Detecting Tropical Cyclones

Posted on January 20, 2023

Speaker: Dr. Corene Matyas Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, January 26, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: The different scanning strategies and atmospheric profiles through which energy beams pass from space-based as compared to ground-based radars can produce different reflectivity values in […]

Geography Colloquium: Managing Urban Stormwater with Novel Nature-based Solutions: Why Community Perception and Everyday Landscape Experiences Matter

Posted on January 18, 2023

Speaker: Dr. Jiayang Li Assistant Professor Department of Landscape Architecture, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER) College of Design, Construction, and Planning University of Florida Thursday, January 18, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 University of Florida Abstract: Cities are exploring novel nature-based solutions (NBS) that integrate engineering and technological […]

Congrats Amobi Amanambu on winning a CLAS Dissertation Fellowship

Posted on December 1, 2022

Joins us in congratulating Amobichukwu Amanambu on winning a CLAS Dissertation Fellowship for the Spring 2023 semester. The award will support work on his dissertation, which is titled, “Drought, dam and dredging impacts on the upper Apalachicola River and floodplain.” Every fall, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) awards approximately fifteen, one-semester dissertation […]

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 RYAN POEHLING FELLOWSHIP AWARD WINNERS!

Posted on November 30, 2022

I am delighted to announce this year’s graduate student winners for the Ryan M. Poehling 2023 Memorial Fellowship. This is our highest honor for our graduate students and all students must be nominated by a faculty member to be considered. This year the awards committee had a very difficult time due to the amazing set […]

Geography Colloquium: Affective Heritage and the Politics of Memory after 9/11: Curating Trauma at the Memorial Museum

Posted on November 30, 2022

Speaker: Dr. Jacque Micieli-Voutsinas Assistant Professor School of Art and Art History, Museum Studies University of Florida Thursday, December 1, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Memorial Museums are evocative spaces. Drawing on aesthetic practices deeply rooted in representing the ‘unrepresentability’ of cultural trauma, most notably […]

Geography Colloquium: What Drives Extreme Events? Evaluating the Major Contributors to Total Water Levels Along the U.S. Atlantic Coast

Posted on November 17, 2022

Speaker: Gabrielle Quadrado PhD Student Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, November 17, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Coastal zones along the Atlantic margin of the Southeastern United States (U.S.) have different physical characteristics due to the region’s long coastline, frequent storms, and […]

Geography Colloquium: Linking Global Land surface air temperatures and Land Surface Properties to Radiative Effects of Precipitating Clouds in General Circulation Models

Posted on November 1, 2022

Speaker: Dr. Frank Li Project Scientist Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Thursday, November 1, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Using satellite measured clouds and precipitation from NASA CloudSat-CALIPSO estimates, and radiation from Clouds and […]

Geography Colloquium: Disparities in Business Impact and Recovery from Hurricane Harvey, COVID-19, and Hurricane Laura

Posted on October 24, 2022

Speaker: Dr. Maria Watson Assistant Professor School of Construction Management Center for Housing Studies University of Florida Thursday, September 15, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Since 2017, U.S. communities along the Texas and Louisiana border including Beaumont, TX, Port Arthur, TX, and Lake Charles, […]

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