Congratulations to Dr. Atkinson-Palombo who was recently named to the Transportation Research Board.
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Two Geography professors selected for new UConn mid-career scientist program.
Professors Anji Seth and Chuanrong Zhang have been selected for a new UConn program to fund membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science for promising mid-career scientists.
Dr. Foote to give talk at the University of Victoria
Dr. Ken Foote to present one of this year’s The City Talks at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.
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Geography professors receive teaching commendations
Congratulations to Professors Nat Trumbull, Adam Keul, Ken Foote and Will Ouimet. All four received commendations from the Provost for high teaching evaluations for the fall semester 2014.
Professor Atkinson-Palombo receives award from American Real Estate Society
Dr. Carol Atkinson-Palombo from the Department of Geography and Ben Hoen (from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) have received the Marc Louargand Best Research Paper Award in 2014 from the American Real Estate Society for their work on the impact of wind turbines on property values in Massachusetts. Read more…
Geography PhD student selected as 2015 Diplomacy and Diversity Fellow
Congratulations to Geography PhD student Neil Oculi, who has been selected as one of the 2015 Diplomacy and Diversity Fellows. Neil will join 23 other outstanding American and European emerging leaders this May for an intensive program about international relations and global diversity. Read more…
The American decline in driving actually began way earlier than you think
Research by Geography Ph.D. candidate Timothy Garceau shows that driving rates in the U.S. hit a peak more than a decade ago. Tim recently presented a poster at the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting in Washington DC and his research caught the eye of a Washington Post blogger Emily Badger. Read more…
Sailing the Mid-Century Arctic: Geography’s Scott Stephenson charting the possibilities for the future of Arctic shipping lanes.
At this year’s meeting of the American Geophysical Union, assistant professor Scott Stephenson and Laurence Smith of UCLA, presented the scenarios for three potential routes through the Arctic: the Northern Sea route along the northern coast of Russia, the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic, and the Trans-Polar Route over the North Pole. Read more…
Professor Foote on NPR discussing make-shift memorials after several grim events in Cleveland.
Professor and Geography Department Head Ken Foote recently added some insight on the topic of make-shift memorials after several grim events in Cleveland. Read more…
Professor Cooke to give seminar in Ireland
Professor Tom Cooke has been invited to give a seminar in the Department of Geography at the National University of Ireland-Galway on December 4. Read more…