Introduction “I am probably not what people would expect to see when deciding what a college student at UF looks like. At 41 l am an older returning student, and I am double majoring in geography and anthropology, both online only. As a teenager life kind of got in the way of me following my […]
Speaker: Dr. Sagy Cohen Professor Department of Geography University of Alabama Thursday, February 29, 2024 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Coffee and Cookies Start at 2:45pm Recorded for YouTube Reitz G330 and Zoom University of Florida Cohosted by the UF Water Institute’s Distinguished Seminar Series and UF Geography Department’s Colloquium Series. All are welcome to attend. […]
The Florida Society of Geographers recently convened for its 60th Annual Meeting. This year’s event was held on February 16-17 in St Augustine, FL. A group of 12 graduate students from the department attended the meeting. The best oral and poster presentations are annually recognized at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level. This year, our graduate […]
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Dr. Pierce Jones Program for Resource Efficient Communities University of Florida Thursday, February 22, 2024 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: The Program for Resource Efficient Communities (PREC) collaborates with large, master-planned community development projects to promote reduced-impact design, construction, and management practices. We use […]
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Speaker: Dr. Jasmine McNealy Associate Professor Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology University of Florida Thursday, February 15, 2024 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: AI and LLMs are, necessarily, topics of immense interest and concern because of the rapid development and deployment of […]
Dr. Sadie Ryan Associate Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, February 8, 2024 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: From restoration of vernal pool habitat, to the struggle for oil in a biodiversity hotspot, to measuring nutritional limits to herbivores in an iconic […]
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UF Geography is delighted to announce our newest hire in our Tenure Track Remote Sensing position. Dr. Di Yang, currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming, will be joining our faculty in August 2024. Di is currently an Assistant Professor in the Wyoming Geographic Information Center (WyGISC) at the University of Wyoming. She […]
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The Awards Committee has selected this year’s graduate student winners for the Ryan M. Poehling 2024 Memorial Fellowship. This is our highest honor for our graduate students and all students must be nominated by a faculty member to be considered. The award winners will be recognized at the Spring Annual Evening of Excellence celebration. The […]
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Speaker: Dr. Chang Zhao Assistant Professor Agronomy Department University of Florida Thursday, November 16, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Human health and well-being are closely tied to the environment, which provides goods and benefits such as food, clean water, clean air, also known […]
The Department of Geography is excited to announce the Bachelor of Science program in Meteorology has been fully approved, and will officially begin in Fall 2024. Our program provides broader geographic training and aims to build skills that crosscut from meteorology to applied climate science, geospatial analysis, hydrology, business, economics, communications, and Al as required […]