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 […]
After graduating in May 2014 with a B.S. in Geography, Christian completed a summer internship on climate change communication with George Mason University and the National Park Service. He also volunteered at the local county emergency management office in Orlando. Recently, Christian accepted a position as an ORISE Fellow within the EPA, working with their […]
Our graduate students are representing the department very well at SEDAAG in Athens, GA.
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Brian Child has recently been appointed as the Biodiversity Panel Member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel’s (STAP) of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). STAP’s mandate is to provide strategic scientific and technical advice to the GEF to enhance the scientific and technical quality of GEF investments and to enhancing innovation. The Global Environmental […]
Recent doctoral graduate Erin Bunting has just taken up a position with the USGS in collaboration with the National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management. She will be using her skills as a remote sensing ecologist to develop a drought vulnerability assessment for the National Parks of the southwest; a study area that covers […]