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Dr. Heidi Lannon receives Dr. Helen Ruth Aspaas SAGE Geographic Innovator Award

Congratulations Dr. Heidi Lannon, Professor of Geography at Santa Fe Community College and adjunct professor with UF Geography – recipient of AAG’s 2018 Dr. Helen Ruth Aspaas SAGE Geographic Innovator Award. The award is named for one of the founding members of the SAGE (Stand-Alone Geographers) Specialty Group, Dr. Helen Ruth Aspaas, a retired professor […]

Anderson Lecture: Hurricane Maria – Causes and Impacts & Climate Variability in the Antilles Islands

Hurricane Maria – Causes and Impacts Speaker: Dr. Mark Jury Associate Professor, Department of Physics, RECINTO UNIVERSITARIO DE MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico Thursday, 5 April, 2018 1:00-1:50 PM Reitz Union Auditorium University of Florida Refreshments provided All are welcome to attend.   Climate Variability in the Antilles Islands Speaker: Dr. Mark Jury Associate Professor, Department of […]

Geography Colloquium: Tropical Africa and the Political Economy of Mitigating and Coping with Global Climate Change

Tropical Africa and the Political Economy of Mitigating and Coping with Global Climate Change Speaker: Dr. Abraham Goldman Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, March 29, 2018 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Geography Colloquium: Data driven decision-making for natural resource management: Plant community information to manage Lake Apopka North Shore Marsh Restoration

Data driven decision-making for natural resource management: Plant community information to manage Lake Apopka North Shore Marsh Restoration Speaker: Dr. Carrie Reinhardt Adams Associate Professor, UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture and Director of the Restoration and Plant Ecology laboratory, University of Florida Thursday, March 22, 2018 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University […]

UFGeog at AAG 2018

The UF Geography Department is sending a large contingent to New Orleans for the 2018 meeting of the American Association of Geographers Find out where you can see a GeoGator present their research below: Anthropogenic change to fluvial systems, I Geomorphology Specialty Group, Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group, Water Resources Specialty Group 4/10/2018 8:20 AM Balcony […]

Geography Colloquium: Channel Bed and Geometry Changes in the Upper Atchafalaya River, 1967 to 2006

Channel Bed and Geometry Changes in the Upper Atchafalaya River, 1967 to 2006 Speaker: Mr. Mohammad Abdulrahman PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, March 15, 2018 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Endangered Amazon – An Indigenous Tribe Fights Back Against Hydropower Development in the Tapajós Valley

One of Amazonia’s most pristine waterways, the Tapajós River, is under a development threat that holds implications for the entire basin. This threat stems from an infrastructure plan proposed by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), in coordination with complementary projects on the part of its 12 member states. UNASUR’s Initiative for the Integration […]