Greetings Geographers, Friends, and Families, The 2019-2020 academic year was a time of many changes and accomplishments for the Department of Geography. Let me begin by acknowledging the innovation, cooperation, […]
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Map Library Update
This year the UA Department of Geography welcomed a new Map Librarian, Eric Courchesne. Eric has been Program Director, Development Director, and Executive Director for over a dozen nonprofits. He […]
Conference Presentations
* UA Department of Geography Faculty ** UA Department of Geography Graduate Student Invited Talks and Panels Curtin, K.M.* 2019. A family of interdiction models for testing illicit network response. […]
Geography Study Abroad
Belize 2019 The Belize 2019 field course was the largest yet with 25 motivated, hard-working students from across the university. This course was a multi-week trip to Belize to examine […]
2019-2020 Colloquium Series
Date Speaker and Topic September 25, 2019 Dr. John England “Extreme Floods, Paleoflood Data, and Flood Hazards for Dam and Levee Safety” September 27, 2019 Dr. Joseph Messina “Precision Agriculture […]
Cart Lab Update
The Cartographic Research Lab is in the midst of a very busy time. The Lab has contracted with Elsevier Academic Press to produce 196 river basin maps for the second […]
GIS Day
The Department of Geography hosted GIS Day, November 13, 2019. There were eight speakers, representing the UA Geography Department, the City of Huntsville, and the Washington Geologic Survey. Additionally, Daniel […]
Departmental Awards
Undergraduate Outstanding Undergraduate in Geography 2020: William Bridges 2019: Amber Chan 2018: Alexander Fries 2017: James Misfeldt 2016: Anna B. Davis 2015: Bradford L. Bates Outstanding Undergraduate in Environmental Science […]
GIS Certificates
The Department of Geography awarded GIS certificates to the following students: Undergraduate Kimberly Anne Brothers Michael Parris Graduate Emma Seager Callanan Shelley Gossman Bouran Mozayen Judith M. Oppong […]
Geography Master’s Degrees
In 2019, the Department of Geography awarded master’s degrees to the following students: Spring 2019 Gavin Conley Davis Goode James Misfeldt Judith Oppong Biran Van Nostrand Summer 2019 Afrin Hossain […]