CITIES AND GLOBALIZATION.   DIGITAL MAPPING, GIS, AND GEOINFORMATICS.   SUSTAINABILITY.   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE.   HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF EARTH SYSTEM.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.
 
 

ALUMNI & STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

 
Students and alumni share on 'Why GEOGRAPHY and ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES?'

Danielle Bartolone
MA Geography candidate; SWG Fellowship Recipient
Zhi He
Geography major;
Public Service Scholarship Recipient
Catherine Prunella
BA 2018
Environmental Studies
Araby Smyth
MA 2015
Geography; SWG Fellowship Recipient
Isabel Potter
BA 2014
Environmental Studies
 

Adrian Ferrar
MS 2018
GeoInformatics
Glenn Liu
BA 2017
Environmental Studies
Sofia Chelpon
BA 2016
Environmental Studies
Sahara James
BA 2018
Environmental Studies
Rebecca Kukla
MA
Geography

 

UPCOMING EVENTS
 

GeoSeminar Series
(Dates vary)
February 27
"What fire shall burn this world"


March 2
Hiking Anthony's Nose


May 10
Annual Department Dinner & Awards Presentation
AWARDS GIVEN - DEADLINES VARY
Cohen Prize

excellent research project, paper or thesis		 Hudson Award

map design competition		 Oak Tree Prize

best research using original field work within NYC		 GTU

international honor society in geography

SWG Fellowship
assist in completion of MA thesis research and further graduate study in geography

Sally Clark Award
quest for new knowledge and the imagination and initiative to seek it

 Student Travel Awards

presenting or attending a professional conference		 AVB Award

distingued service to the geography department


 

GEOGRAPHY NEWS HEADLINES
 

New undergrad advising email addresses
Pear Leff receives USGIF undergraduate scholarship
 
2018 GIS Jobs Fair a success
 
Professor Marcotullio and student George Golub participated in an APN global change research workshop in Beijing
 

Professor Marcotullio, lead author in "Energy Systems" chapter in USGCRP SOCCR-2 report		  
Professor Reinmann publishes article in The Conservation about winter climate change and forest tree growth research		  
Professor Solecki co-authors IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC		  
Amy Jeu presented with 2018 NYS Individual Contributions to the Profession Award

 

Chair's Message (August 2018)

 

Dear students, colleagues, staff, and friends of the Department of Geography: Welcome to the new semester and the 2018-2019 academic year! I hope you had a productive and relaxing summer. I would like to thank Dr. Allan Frei for his leadership of our department in the last six years and invite you to join us again in conquering new heights of academic excellence and building our outstanding community of students and scholars. Read more.


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