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UF in South Africa: People, Parks, & Conservation in Africa

Join the UF study abroad program with Geography! REALIZE the complexities of conservation within the African context. GAIN practical field skills conducting empirical research. INCREASE cross-cultural understanding. EXPERIENCE the most amazing protected landscapes left in the world. UF in South Africa: People, Parks, & Conservation in Africa Summer A: May 17 – June 7, 2018 […]

Dr. Esther Mullens to join UF Geography as Assistant Professor in Climate Science!

UF Geography is delighted to announce that Dr. Esther Mullens will be joining our program as a new Assistant Professor in Climate Science in Fall 2018. By training, Dr. Mullens is an Atmospheric Scientist with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Reading (UK) and a PhD from the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology. […]

Geography Colloquium: Mathematical models and the fundamental thermal niche of huanglongbing, a vector-borne pathogen of citrus trees

Mathematical models and the fundamental thermal niche of huanglongbing, a vector-borne pathogen of citrus trees Speaker: Dr. Leah R. Johnson Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech Thursday, February 15, 2018 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Geography Colloquium: Weather, Climate and Crops; Forecasting and Commodity Simulation in the South East United States

Weather, Climate and Crops; Forecasting and Commodity Simulation in the South East United States Speaker: Mr. Fergus Keatinge PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, February 8, 2018 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Geography Colloquium: The Center for Landscape Conservation Planning and the Florida Strategic Plan for Sustaining Military Readiness through Conservation Partnerships Project

The Center for Landscape Conservation Planning and the Florida Strategic Plan for Sustaining Military Readiness through Conservation Partnerships Project Speaker: Dr. Tom Hoctor Research Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida Director, Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, University of Florida Thursday, November 16, 2017 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of […]

Sleeping on fire: A trip to Africa’s most dangerous volcano, in an active conflict zone

UF Geography PhD student and National Geographic Explorer Mr. Nick Dowhaniuk‘s writing on Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo was recently featured by National Geographic. Nick wrote about the impact of an eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on a remote and war torn region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read the full story at National […]

Geography Colloquium: Wild Futures in Conservation and Climate

Wild Futures in Conservation and Climate November 9th, 3pm, Rion Ballroom, Reitz Union Mac Stone, Conservation Photographer, Author and Educator Title: Dispatches from the Field – A World in Flux Mac Stone travels the globe to bring back stories from the frontiers where mankind and the natural world collide. Copies of Mac’s book Everglades: America’s Wetland will […]

Stephanie Mundis brings Geography knowledge to Oak Hall School

UF Geography PhD student Stephanie Mundis (QDEC Lab, Emerging Pathogens Institute) recently visited the second graders at Oak Hall School, where she gave a presentation on her past work in Kenya. The second graders of Oak Hall have been studying Kenya this semester in preparation for their singing performance at Oak Hall’s International Day. When Stephanie […]