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…
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 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 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…
A group of scholars from the Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, China, visited Dr. Chuanrong Zhang’s research team group at Department of Geography and CESE on Nov. 24, 2014. Read more…
The Atmospheric Sciences Group (ASG) and the Department of Geography are please to present a seminar by Professor David A. Robinson (Rutgers University and New Jersey State Climatologist) to be followed by a panel discussion. Read more…
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Careers in geography, geospatial technologies, and the environmental sciences are among the fastest growing areas of the US economy. The Department of Geography is hosting a panel session with recent graduates in celebration of Geography Awareness Week. Read more…
Professor Debs Ghosh will be giving an invited talk at Southern Connecticut State University in the celebration of Geography Awareness Week. The theme this year’s Geography Awareness Week at SCSU is “The Geography of Food”. Read more…
Professor and Geography Department Head Ken Foote recently answered some questions regarding ‘Ground Zero’ and the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, which opened its doors to the public for the first time on May 21 of this year.
Professor Thomas Cooke has accepted the Editorship of Urban Geography effective January 1, 2015. Read more…