Amber Lee Todoroff is the recipient of the 2015 recipient of the John R. and Fawn T. Dunkle Geography Award. This award of $1000 is given annually to the most distinguished undergraduate student majoring in Geography who shows sustained academic excellence, involvement in departmental, university and community activities, leadership and strong promise for graduate or […]
Dr. Kristie L. Ebi is the 2015 Anderson lecturer and is Professor in Global Health from The University of Washington School of Medicine. She conducts research on the impacts of and adaptation to climate variability including extreme events, thermal stress, food safety and infectious diseases. She focuses on assessing vulnerability and implementing adaptation measures to […]
Dawn Nekorchuk, a Ph.D. student in medical geography, competed and was part of the winning team in the 2015 UF Global Health Case Competition which ran from January 28th to the 31st. The Global Health Case Competition poses a complex global health issue to interdisciplinary teams, encouraging innovative solutions arising from collaboration across multiple fields. […]
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The weekend’s Florida Society of Geographer’s Annual meeting in Jacksonville, FL turned out great for UF Geography: out of six available student prizes the department won three! These are our winners: Best Graduate Presentation Award, 1st place: David Keellings: Investing Teleconnection Drivers of Bivariate Heat Wave in Florida using Extreme Value Analysis Honorable Mention Presentation: […]
Aging in the Right Place Stephen Golant, Professor in Geography. Available from Health Professions Press. Press Release Article in the Washington Post Encouraging new ways to look at the question of how to grow old successfully, Aging in the Right Place highlights the profound significance of where older people live and receive care. This book […]
The Geography department was featured in the UF Honors’ Prism Magazine. Dr. Joann Mossa and two senior majors, Kyle Gorma and Marcio Ngombe, were interviewed and gave insights to the major and department. http://ufprism.com/2015/…/13/geography-the-discovered-major/
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If you are thinking about applying to our MS/MA or PhD programs and want to be considered for funding as a Graduate Student Fellow or Teaching Assistant, please complete your application by Jan. 31 and encourage your references to submit their letters ASAP. This year, we will award 2 Graduate Student Fellowships and they must […]
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The Department of Geography at the University of Florida is seeking exceptional students to work as part of an interdisciplinary student-faculty team on a research project entitled, Hydrologic transformation in the Amazon basin: reconciling economy, society, and the environment. The project provides four years of support to six graduate fellows at the doctoral level, from […]
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Two alums of 2014, Jessy Van Horn and James Richardson, shared the $500 prize for the best graduate student poster at SEDAAG 2014 despite completing the research as part of their undergraduate course in Models in Hydrology. Jessy is currently a graduate student at the University of East Carolina and James is a technician with […]