Geography Colloquium: The Spatial Pattern of Hurricane Rainfall and Associated Moisture for the North Atlantic Basin

Posted on November 9, 2020

Speaker: Guoqian Yan PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, December 3, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Hurricanes are one of the most dangerous natural disasters as they can produce extremely heavy rainfall, damaging winds, and storm surge. Understanding landfalling hurricane […]

Alumni Adventures: Dr. Abolfazl Mollalo

Posted on November 8, 2020

Dr. Abolfazl Mollalo – Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Baldwin Wallace University Who are you? I’m Abolfazl Mollalo. I noticed my first name is hard to pronounce in the US, so people simply call me Abe 🙂 I’m currently an assistant professor at the Department of Public Health at Baldwin Wallace University. The campus is […]

Celebrating First Gen GeoGators

Posted on November 8, 2020

The National First-Generation College Celebration, held annually on November 8, commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Please join us in honoring trailblazing GeoGator graduate students Sarah VanSchoick, Holli Capps, and Bailey Glover, all of whom are First-Generation students! Are you a First-Generation student? Share your story with us! Credit: […]

GeoGators at SEDAAG

Posted on November 6, 2020

There will be a strong GeoGator presence at the SEDAAG 2020 Virtual Meeting this weekend. Undergraduate student Raina Barnard will be assisting Dr. Heidi Lannon, Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck, and alum Dr. Mario Mighty with the Recruitment of Underrepresented Students into Geography panel. At the end of the conference, Master’s student Sarah VanSchoick will begin her term […]

Why do sinkholes form in Florida?

Posted on November 3, 2020

Rainfall percolating and seeping through soil absorbs carbon dioxide, increasing the acidity of groundwater. As water moves through bedding planes and other spaces and cracks, it dissolves limestone and creates a network of cavities and voids. Over millions of years, pores and cracks are enlarged. Sinkholes form when the land surface above collapses or sinks […]

Meet the Geographer: Morgan Walker

Posted on November 1, 2020

Morgan Walker Pronouns: she/her or they/them Spatial Epidemiologist and GIS Lab Manager Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab) University of Florida Adviser: Dr. Jason Blackburn Focus Area: Geospatial Analysis and Techniques Medical Geography in Global Health Research Statement: I am broadly interested in disease ecology and spatial epidemiology. My research focuses on transmission […]

Geography Colloquium: The Geography of Conflict in North and West Africa

Posted on October 29, 2020

Speaker: Dr. Olivier Walther Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, January 30, 2020 3:50-4:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. African governments are increasingly confronted with new forms of political violence. This study maps the evolution of violence across North and West Africa. […]

Geography Colloquium: Improving our understanding of grassland ecology and biogeography using NEON-enabled science

Posted on October 26, 2020

Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Pau Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Florida State University Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Grass-dominated ecosystems (grasslands and savannas) are tremendously diverse and play an important role in regional and global carbon, water, and energy cycling. However, grass […]

Alumni Adventures: Andrew Garick

Posted on October 23, 2020

Andrew Garick, Video Editor, ABC News Who Are you? Mr. Andrew Garick. I’m a video editor for World News Tonight with David Muir and ABC News in New York City. When did you attend UF? What degrees/certificates did you earn at the Department of Geography? I attended the University of Florida from 1985 through 1990. I […]

Animal carcasses may increase grazing potential and anthrax transmission risk for elk and bison, but differently

Posted on October 22, 2020

The latest publication led by SEER Lab #MedGeo M.S. Alum, and full-time Spatial Epidemiologist Morgan Walker is available in Royal Society Open Science. In this study, Walker and others examined how ungulates, primarily plains bison and elk, use animal carcasses on the Montana landscape. Working with SEER Lab partners at Turner Enteprises, Inc. (TEI) out […]

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