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Hunter Geography Alumni Focus:
Lynn Seirup
(MA 2004)
Director of Public Safety GIS Data Development Center,
NYC Office of Emergency Management


Lynn A. Seirup aboard a U.S. National Guard flight videotaping damage from Superstorm Sandy on November 9, 2012.

Variety is the best part of my job. When I started working at the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) as an intern, I looked at how to allocate the city's populations between temporary vaccination centers in the event that an epidemic threatened the city. Most recently, I've been using a new storm surge model from the National Hurricane Center to redraw the city's evacuation zones.

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Chair's End of Year State of the Department Message
May 2013

Dear colleagues, students, and friends of Hunter Geography,

I hope that you have all had a fulfilling 2012-2013 academic year. With one week left before finals I thought it was time for an end of year State of the Department message. The department is going through a number of changes, so it is simultaneously an exciting time, a sad time, and a bit of a stressful time for Hunter Geography. I would like to fill everyone in on what is happening, including changes to our faculty, and revisions to our curriculum.

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Alumni Focus will be an occasional series on our website to showcase some of the careers that our graduates are pursuing. Our first Alumni Focus features Lynn Seirup. Read the article here.


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