Learning-By-Doing or ‘Experimentalist Governance’ in Wildlife Conservation in Southern Africa Speaker: Dr. Brian Child Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 20, 2016 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3006 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
Hurricane Matthew’s near miss of Florida may result in more widespread damage than a direct hit – according to UF’s Dr. Corene Matyas – who was quoted in an October 7th Tampa Bay Times article. Dr. Matyas’ National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research focuses on rainfall from tropical cyclones. From the Tampa Bay Times: “But Florida’s near miss may […]
Bison, Anthrax, and the Environment – Indirect Disease Transmission Risks & Modeling Speaker: Ms. Dawn Nekorchuk PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 13, 2016 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3006 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
Industrial Oil Development, Human Population Growth, and Post-Conflict Regrowth in Conservation Landscapes Speaker: Mr. Nick Dowhaniuk PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 6, 2016 12:45-1:45 PM (Period 8) Grinter Hall Room 471 University of Florida UF’s Center for African Studies’ Natural Resource Management in Africa working group is proud to host Nick Dowhaniuk to […]
Dr. Robert Walker has received an NSF award from the Geography and Spatial Sciences program, to fund a project entitled “International Trade Agreements, Globalization, Land Change, and Agricultural Food Networks” with a budget of $375,000. The research, to be conducted in Mexico, investigates links between spatial shifts in that country’s forest biomes, and neoliberal reforms […]
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In a recent Forbe’s article, recent Geography alum (and Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech) Dr. Stephanie Zick helped explain ‘Why have we seen a ‘blob’ east of Hurricane Matthew’s eye and why it should concern us‘. In the article, she was quoted as saying: “I think there are multiple factors: 1) the stationary band complex, so there would be […]
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Representing the “Real” Behaviour of Biocomplex Systems and the Unintended Effects of Humans – Opportunities, Tools, and Challenges THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO HURRICANE MATTHEW. The geography department hopes that we will be able to reschedule Dr. Muñoz-Carpena’s talk for later in the semester. Speaker: Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena Professor, Department of Hydrology & Water Quality, […]
Visiting Lectures Differentiating California Plant Species Across Seasons Using Airborne VSWIR and TIR Imagery Speaker: Ms. Susan Meerdink PhD Candidate, Visualization & Image Processing for Environmental Research Lab, Deptartment of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara Quantifying Sub-Pixel Urban Composition at Multiple Scales Using Airborne Spectroscopic Imaging Speaker: Ms. Erin Wetherley PhD Candidate, Visualization & Image […]
Graduate Students Discussion Session with Department Chair Speaker: Dr. Jane Southworth Professor and Chair, Geography Department, University of Florida Thursday, September 29, 2016 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3006 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
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Distance and Exporting – Cases from Nova Scotia and the UK Speaker: Dr. Ron Kalafsky Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee Thursday, September 22, 2016 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3006 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
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