Contentious Land Change in Amazonia – Implications for Global Environmental Change Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Simmons Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday,January 12, 2017 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
GAINESVILLE – With a $10 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of Florida will lead a highly collaborative research program focused on stopping vector-borne diseases such as Zika before they spread farther into the United States. Key leadership for the Southeast Regional Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease will […]
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Please note that the Graduate Program Application and funding opportunity deadline is January 31. Please direct all questions to the Graduate Coordinator – Dr. Cynthia Simmons cssimmons@ufl.edu & (352) 294-7511.
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Geography Colloquium ANNUAL GEOGRAPHY BEE A 3-Team Competition Faculty vs. Graduate Students vs. Undergraduate Students Thursday, December 1, 2015 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3006 University of Florida Who Will Win This Year? Faculty & Staff vs. Graduate Students vs. Undergraduate Students All are welcome! Snacks Provided!
WALKER – To Keep a River Running Robert Walker Article first published online: 1 OCT 2016 Earth Island Journal It came in low, guns bristling through the open bay. Such a strange apparition, like a giant insect, almost familiar but for its unnatural sound and fury and the faces staring down at them, striped in the black […]
The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant of $1.6 million to study the impacts of land transactions and investments on agricultural production, ecosystem services, and food-energy security in Ethiopia. Dr. Jane Southworth, chair of the Department of Geography at the University of […]
Geographic Conceptualization for GIS Representation and Analysis Speaker: Dr. May Yuan Ashbel Smith Professor of Geospatial Information Sciences in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas Thursday, November 17, 2016 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3006 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
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The world’s population will reach 8 billion by 2023. One third of the world is TB positive; 300-500 million have malaria; more than 30 million live with HIV/AIDS. Multi-drug resistance in urban settings, climate change, and disease-related mortality are going to impact your near future.
Biofuels, Land Use, and Biodiversity Speaker: Dr. Robert Fletcher Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida Thursday, November 10, 2016 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3006 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
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Highly recommended: Interest in climate variability Knowledge of basic atmospheric processes (e.g., low pressure systems, how clouds form) Desire to visualize and explain patterns of pressure, temperature, precipitation
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