Latest SEER Lab publication evaluates Orbivirus exposure rates for non-native wildlife from free range preserves in North Florida

Posted on February 26, 2021

As part of SEER Lab‘s long-running collaboration with the Cervidae Health Research Initiative (CHeRI), this latest paper, lead by Jeremy Orange and Dr. Jason Blackburn, evaluated exposure rates to bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) in non-native wildlife managed on large preserves in Northern Florida. The wildlife/deer ranching industry represents one of […]

Meirah Williamson takes 2nd place at 2021 AMS Annual Meeting!

Posted on February 25, 2021

Meirah Williamson’s talk “How Much Do Flash Flooding Events Outside of an Excessive Rainfall Outlook (ERO) Matter?” at the 2021 AMS Annual Meeting was selected as the 2nd place oral presentation among student entries in the hydrology section. Congratulations Meirah!

Geography Colloquium: Between flood and drought – How the production of new waterscapes produces environmental racism in South America’s Chaco

Posted on February 25, 2021

Speaker: Dr. Joel Correia Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida Thursday, March 4, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Dr. Joel Correia is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of […]

Geography Colloquium: Land Cover and Environmental Change and Their Implications in East Africa

Posted on February 23, 2021

Speaker: Ryan Good PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, February 25, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Ryan Good is a PhD Candidate in Geography at the University of Florida. Mr. Good is a human-environment geographer with training […]

Florida Society of Geographers Awards!

Posted on February 22, 2021

The GeoGators did great at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Geographers this Saturday the 20th of February. Julia Tiplea (honorary GeoGator- School of Forest Resources & Conservation Geomatics Program) won best undergrad paper presentation David Caplan won best undergrad poster Holli Capps won best masters paper presentation Leandra Merz won best PhD paper […]

Strong GeoGator showing at FSG

Posted on February 19, 2021

There will be a strong GeoGator presence at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Geographers this Saturday the 20th of February. Whether you want to learn about risk perceptions, coastal flooding, land use change, rural violence, riparian erosion and siltation, extreme rainfall, disease transmission, or park conservation, we’ve got you covered! Physical Geography (Moderator […]

Geography Colloquium: Assessing the impact of trade agreements on land change in Brazil’s Amazonia

Posted on February 12, 2021

Speaker: Dr. Eugenio Arima Associate Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin Thursday, February 18, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Dr. Eugenio Arima is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the […]

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Posted on February 11, 2021

In observation of the 6th International Day of Women & Girls in Science, we celebrate the scientific contributions of female GeoGators – grad students, postdocs, and faculty.

We’re Hiring! Administrative Spec II

Posted on February 11, 2021

The Department of Geography at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is currently recruiting for the position of Administrative Specialist II. This position functions as the Contracts and Grants operations coordinator for the Department of Geography. Provides support to the Chair and faculty of the Department by managing grant, human resources and fiscal activities. […]

Geography Colloquium: Interactive Machine Learning for Heterogeneous Geo-spatial Data

Posted on February 9, 2021

Speaker: Dr. Morteza Karimzadeh Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder Thursday, February 11, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Dr. Karimzadeh is a spatial data scientist, with contributions in geographic information retrieval, machine learning, geo-visualization, and visual […]

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