UF Geography would like to share the exciting news of Dr. Joann Mossa being awarded the R.J. Russell Award from the Coastal and Marine Specialty group, of which Dr. Heidi Lannon serves as Chair. Dr. Jean Ellis from South Carolina and Dr. Heidi Lannon nominated Joann for this prestigious award. Joann is only the 3rd […]
Dr. Sadie Ryan named 2017 Faculty Fellow of the Florida Climate Institute at the University of Florida. The Florida Climate Institute Faculty Fellow award programs recognizes University of Florida faculty who are making outstanding research, extension, or education contributions to these Institutes. The purpose of these awards is to recognize contributions that contribute significantly to […]
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PhD student Ryan Good has just been awarded the 2017 Graduate Assistant Teaching Award! Congratulations, Ryan!
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Congratulations to Dr. Jason Blackburn, who was named a Colonel Allan R. & Margaret G. Crow Term Professor for the 2017-2018 year! These one-year professorships were created by Colonel Allen R. and Mrs. Margaret G. Crow to recognize faculty who demonstrate excellent in scholarship, teaching, and service. These professorships, funded entirely by private sources, allow the […]
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Congratulations to Hannah Herrero, recipient of the 2017 University Women’s Club Graduate Scholarship! Established in 1922 by President Murphree for women faculty, staff and spouses, the University Women’s Club seeks to offer social and service opportunities to its members. Today any woman interested in the University of Florida is invited to join us. Over the years […]
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Congratulations to UF‘s Dr. Ian Kracalik for winning the 2017 Peter Gould Graduate Student Paper Competition at the American Association of Geographers 2017 meeting! Go Gators!
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Dr. Robert Walker has received an NSF award from the Geography and Spatial Sciences program, to fund a project entitled “International Trade Agreements, Globalization, Land Change, and Agricultural Food Networks” with a budget of $375,000. The research, to be conducted in Mexico, investigates links between spatial shifts in that country’s forest biomes, and neoliberal reforms […]
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Two Geography undergraduate students were recognized with the Champions for Change Award at the Earth Day celebration this week. Ms. Paula Roetscher (double major in Geography and Sustainability Studies and a minor in Arabic Language and Literature) and Mr. Tyler James (major in Psychology, minor in Geography) both received the award for their research and advocacy work. The Champions […]
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Recent Geography graduate Mr. Andre McFadden II just received the Best Paper award in the Physical Science Category from UF’s Journal of Undergraduate Research for his paper El Niño – Southern Oscillation and it’s Effect on Rainfall Patterns in the Lake Mweru Basin, Zambia. Andre graduated with a B.A. in Geography with a Certificate in Meteorology and […]
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GAINESVILLE, FL – Geography Ph.D. student Stephanie Zick was awarded one of three $1000 scholarships for best poster at the 5th UF Water Institute Symposium, held on February 16-17, 2016, in Gainesville, FL. In her poster, she quantified the precipitation geometry in tropical cyclones and found significantly different precipitation evolution in storms that make landfall […]
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