Congratulations to Professor and Department Head (emeritus) Jeffrey Osleeb, who has been awarded the 2014 Anderson medal at this years AAG conference. The James R. Anderson Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the Applied Geography Specialty Group. Read more…
Debs Ghosh receives AAUP Teaching Excellence Award
Assistant Professor Debarchana (Debs) Ghosh has been awarded the AAUP award for Teaching Innovation. Congratulations to Dr. Ghosh for her outstanding work in the classroom. Read more…
Prof. Cooke selected as a Fulbright Scholar
Prof. Cooke has been selected as a Fulbright US Scholar to work in the Department of Demography at the University of Groningen during his sabbatical in Fall 2015. Read more…
“Lost” New England Revealed by High-Tech Archaeology
Kate Johnson appeared on NPR’s Where We Live to discuss her recent research on how LiDAR and GIS have been used to help uncover New England’s history. She was also interviewed by National Geographic and her interview along some new graphics were posted on their Daily News page. Read more…
Assistant Professor Will Ouimet receives NSF RAPID grant to study the 2013 Colorado floods
Dr. Will Ouimet is the principal investigator on a NSF RAPID grant titled “RAPID: Characterizing Sediment Mobilization and Landscape Response to the Combined Effects of Wildfire and Extreme Flooding along Fourmile Canyon, Front Range Colorado”. Read more…
Associate Prof. Nat Trumbull receives U.S. State Department grant
Dr. Nat Trumbull is the PI on a new grant of the U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program entitled “Exchange of Best Practices of Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants.” Read more…
Geography welcomes Ken Foote as Department Head
It is our pleasure to welcome Kenneth Foote to the Department of Geography as Professor and Head starting August 2013. Read more…
Prof. Tom Cooke receives AAG Research Excellence Award
Dr. Thomas Cooke received the Research Excellence Award from the Population Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers. Read more…