President of AAG and Dr. Matyas meet at AMS Annual Meeting

Posted on February 17, 2014

During the week of February 2, Dr. Matyas travelled to Atlanta, GA for the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. She spoke with current AAG president and fellow climatologist Dr. Julie Winkler inside the exhibition hall at the AAG booth (pictured above). Accompanying Dr. Matyas were five PhD students and three undergraduate students […]

Anderson Scholar Lecture

Posted on February 12, 2014

Prof. Richard T.T. Forman, Research Professor of Advanced Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, will give the annual Robert L. Anderson and Glenn Anderson Visiting Lecture. The title of the lecture is “Urban Ecology, Science of Cities: More Geography-Ecology Synergy?” Venue: Turlington 3012 From 3:00pm to 4:00pm There will be a reception in […]

Carly Muir wins de Blij Undergraduate Prize

Posted on February 10, 2014

Carly was awarded the de Blij prize of $200 for the best paper presentation by an undergraduate at the 2014 Florida Society of Geographers Annual Meeting in Orlando. Her paper, entitled “Is Precipitation Driven by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation Influencing Land Use and Land Cover in Florida?” outlined the results the research undertaken as part […]

EPI & Geography job talk

Posted on February 4, 2014

Dr. Wu will address drinking water challenges in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh. The community-based childhood diarrhea data, tubewell information, arsenic concentrations in groundwater and climate data are collected and integrated in a geographic information system (GIS) database. The spatial relationship between childhood diarrhea and tubewell water access, groundwater arsenic levels, as well as […]

2014 Ryan Poehling Awards to David Keellings and Sheldon Waugh

Posted on January 14, 2014

David Keellings and Sheldon Waugh are the awardees of the 2014 Ryan Poehling Fellowship. This award of $1500 is made annually to two graduate students, one in the Ph.D. program and one in the M.S./M.A. program, who best exemplify the sustained academic excellence, commitment to departmental service and leadership of the graduate program that Ryan […]

Two PhD Fellowships Available for Fall 2014 Applicants

Posted on January 13, 2014

The Department of Geography will award two Graduate Student Fellowships to PhD applicants who are admitted to the Fall 2014 term. These awards will cover four years of full tuition, stipend, and health insurance. Other funding will also be available. To qualify, be sure to submit all application materials by the January 31, 2014 deadline. […]

Campus Visitation Program for Fall 2014 Applicants

Posted on November 4, 2013

The Office of Graduate Minority Program sponsors a two-day Campus Visitation Program (CVP) to give prospective graduate students the opportunity to engage with the UF community. You must apply as this program is by invitation only. Propspective students who are African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native-Americans, Pacific Islanders, Asian-Americans, students underrepresented in their academic field (i.e., men in nursing, […]

2007 PhD graduate appointed Associate Director at CU

Posted on October 10, 2013

Joel Hartter has been appointed Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder beginning in spring 2014. At CU, Joel will continue his work focusing on human-environment interactions, primarily in the American West and Sub-Saharan Africa where he directs two ongoing projects funded by the USDA and NSF. Joel has also […]

SEER Lab makes anthrax recommendations

Posted on September 27, 2013

Drs. Karoun Bagamian, Postdoc, and Jason Blackburn have published a review on the importance of serological testing anthrax affected wildlife populations. The study appears in the upcoming Journal of Wildlife Diseases and makes important surveillance recommendations.

UF Geographer assists outbreak response in Africa

Posted on September 27, 2013

Dr. Kathy Alexander, Virginia Tech, and Dr. Jason Blackburn, UF Geography, have evaluated the seasonal patterns and likely causes of diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana using a simple questionnaire and existing hospital staff and infrastructure. The approach does not require increased human or economic resources, and it can give immediate insight into public health threats […]

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