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Aryn O’Dell wins Dunkle Award!

It gives me great pleasure to announce that the winner of 2023 John R. and Fawn T. Dunkle Geography Award is Aryn O’Dell. The Dunkle award honors the long-time service and devotion of Professor John R. Dunkle to the Department of Geography at the University of Florida. We give this award of $1000 annually to […]

GeoGators Gavriella Hecht and Sarah VanSchoick attend Future Leaders Climate Summit and Aspen Ideas: Climate in Miami Beach

GeoGators Gavriella Hecht and Sarah VanSchoick were selected as two of 250 global Future Leaders in Climate hosted by The Aspen Institute Energy & Environment Program (EEP) in Miami Beach from March 3-9. The Aspen Institute fully funded their opportunity to attend the Future Leaders Climate Summit and successive Aspen Ideas: Climate event in Miami […]

UFGeog at AAG 2023

The American Association of Geographers (AAG) is returning to an in person format the the 2023 AAG Annual Meeting conference format and the UF Geography Department is sending a large contingent to Denver to share our research! Find out where you can see a GeoGator present their research below: THURSDAY 3/23/2023 Remembering Racial Terrorism: the […]

Save the date for Alumni Weekend 2023 on 4/7 and 4/8!

Join us for events on and off campus as we socialize, network and recognize our faculty, alumni and students. Friday, April 7 – Saturday, April 8 2023 Reserve Your Spot Event Highlights Alumni lunches Career networking with current students Department tours Evening of Excellence Awards banquet Nature walks Alumni gathering at Cypress & Grove Brewing […]

Geography Colloquium: Modifiable Spatiotemporal Unit Problems in Remote Sensing of Agriculture

Speaker: Dr. Brad Peter Assistant Professor Department of Geosciences University of Arkansas Thursday, March 9, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Measuring agricultural productivity is a multi-scale problem that requires multi-scale solutions. Understanding the when and where of crop productivity is vital to addressing changes […]

Geography Colloquium: Plans may change: Shifting risks of vector-borne diseases on a warming planet

Speaker: Dr. Sadie Ryan Associate Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, March 2, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: This talk is an overview of work from around a decade of collaborations on ecophysiological models of thermal responses of mosquito borne diseases, and […]