Anna Hinkeldey is a third year pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and a minor in Art History. In her freshman year she took GEO2242 Extreme Weather with instructor David Keellings, which inspired her to begin creating works involving weather phenomenon. For her class ARH4930C Site Specific Painting, she was required to collaborate […]
A team of UF researchers, including geographers Mickie Swisher and Ryan Good, led a conversation on public policy at the Urban Affairs Association’s annual meeting in Miami. The panel examined the role played by public policy in issues of urban sustainability. The Urban Affairs Association is the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and […]
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The Geography major has been deployed to the UFO website: http://ufonline.ufl.edu/degrees/undergraduate/geography/
Stephanie Zick has been selected as a Society of Woman Geographers (SWG) Pruitt Dissertation Fellowship awardee for 2015-2016. As a PhD candidate under the advisement of Dr. Corene Matyas, Stephanie is studying the influence of atmospheric moisture on the structure of landfalling hurricanes, with the goal of improving precipitation forecasts in these dangerous storms. Her […]
UF Geography was once again well represented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG) as five faculty and 22 students attended this year’s meeting in Chicago, IL (April 21-25)! “For me as a human geographer AAG is THE conference” says Ryan Good, PhD student. Ryan was joined by a number of geographers from […]
PhD student Ryan Good and Master’s student Audrey Smith recently participated in a workshop series focused on the training of adult learners. Hosted by the Gender and Development Working Group at UF, the purpose of the workshop series was to help graduate students who are working (or will be working) in conservation and development fields […]
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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: […]