UF Geography at AGU 2024
We will be presenting every day at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., this week. Come and see our wide array of research on parade! The full program is available here.
Call for Papers – Florida Society of Geographers Annual Meeting
Call for Papers – Florida Society of Geographers Annual Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, February 21-23, 2025. The abstract submission deadline is January 10, 2025. Please register here: https://floridasocietyofgeographers.org Download the flyer.
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Hurricane Milton Updates
Last update: 10/18/2024 Climate change almost certainly made Hurricane Milton deluge worse explains Dr. David Keellings in this interview with the Miami Herald. Professor Corene Matyas was interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s News Breakfast and by ABC Radio News in Australia about Hurricane Milton on 10/8/2024. Dr. Matyas was on the CBC Radio […]
Neha Kohli receives new awards to study in India
Neha Kohli received an American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Fellowship to carry out her PhD project “The Matter of Islands: Examining Island Narratives and Political Life in the Eastern Indian Ocean” in India in 2024-25. Early on, she also received a Graduate Student Research Fellowship from the American Association of Geographers’ Asian Geography Specialty […]
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Michelle Ruiz to join Bill Anderson Fund
Graduate Student Michelle Ruiz was selected to join the Fall 2024 cohort of the Bill Anderson Fund. The Bill Anderson Fund supports minority graduate students who are historically underrepresented in hazards and disaster-related careers. Since its establishment in 2014, the program has enrolled over 100 students from more than 20 disciplines, offering professional development through […]
GeoGator Summer Research Program poster symposium
Join us for the GeoGator Summer Research Program poster symposium, August 29th, 3-4pm, UF Geography Department. Our students will be presenting their amazing research on climate change, hydrology, disease transmission, geomorphological changes, and more. Everyone is invited!
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UF at AAG 2024!
Join us at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in Hawai’i from 16-20 September. The Department of Geography will be presenting more than 30 papers! Unable to display PDF file. Download instead.
EPI Research Day 2024
UF Geography was well represented at this year’s Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) Research Day. Simrik Bhandari, a first year Masters student working in the Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation (QDEC) lab, presented a poster on the spatial patterns of dengue incidence in Nepal. Gavriella Hecht, a second-year PhD student in the Quantitative Disease Ecology […]
Insuring the Unpredictable: Evaluating Physical Risks and Climate Change Impacts in the Insurance Sector
Speaker: Dr. Manny Hernandez Senior Analyst Catastrophe Research & Development Liberty Mutual Thursday, March 7, 2024 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: The escalating frequency and intensity of weather-related events, such as wildfires in California and severe hailstorms over the Midwest, have amplified the impact […]
Geography Student Julia Haley Honored by UF Hall of Fame!
The University of Florida’s Division of Student Life has announced the 2024 Hall of Fame class. Among the students receiving the highest recognition given to UF student leaders includes Geography major Julia Haley! The UF Hall of Fame is reserved for those students who have shown superior leadership and achievement through their activities and scholarship […]
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