Xiaoling Chen

Xiaoling Chen Wins the China Geography Specialty Group’s Annual Student Paper Award

April 19, 2023

Xiaoling Chen won the China Geography Specialty Group’s Annual Student Paper Award ($250) at this year’s AAG conference. It is a chapter of a book that will be published by June 2023: Chen, Xiaoling. 2023. The Venue Code: Digital Surveillance, Spatial (Re)organization, and Infrastructural Power during the Covid Pandemic in...

Tyler Roberts

Obituary: Tyler Roberts, PhD 2014, CU Geography

April 19, 2023

We, at CU Geography, are terribly saddened by this immense loss. Tyler was an exemplary student and a caring, bright star of a human being. He was a real community builder while he was at CU. Our collective heart goes out to his family, friends, and loved ones. You will...

David Bachrach

David Bachrach's research featured on YouTube channel of IAIPI

April 18, 2023

David Fernando Bachrach was invited to visit IAIPI (a university in Bandung, Indonesia) and to share his experiences studying and researching abroad. He discussed these topics on the weekly recap youtube channel of IAIPI.

Naomi Hazarika

Naomi Hazarika AAG Council and Speciality Group Awards

April 18, 2023

Naomi Hazarika wins AAG Fellowship Award 2023 Naomi Hazarika , PhD student of Geography, has been awarded the AAG-Urban Geography Speciality Group Graduate Student Fellowship Award 2023. The Fellowship is intended to provide targeted support for original Master's research and for early-stage doctoral dissertation research – while also ensuring award...

Holly Roth

Holly Roth Water Scholar Award Recipient

March 22, 2023

In honor of World Water Day on March 22, the Colorado State University Libraries are announcing a new wave of water research, thanks to the Libraries’ 2023 Water Scholar Award research grants . This year’s recipients are Holly Roth , doctoral student of physical geography at the University of Colorado...

Tim Oakes

Tim Oakes Awarded AAG China Geography Specialty Group’s Outstanding Service Award

March 22, 2023

Tim Oakes is the 2023 recipient of the AAG China Geography Specialty Group’s Outstanding Service Award. The award will be presented at the group’s business meeting on Saturday, 3/25/23 in Denver at the AAG conference.

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Emily Yeh named Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar

March 9, 2023

CU Boulder geography professor to visit other campuses, join classroom lectures and seminars and give major lectures open to the host campus’ community Emily Yeh, professor of geography at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been named a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar for 2023-24, the academic honor society has...

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Geography Alumni & Friends Celebration

March 8, 2023

Dear Alumni, Faculty, and Students, Come for a reception to see old and new friends, hear current graduate students give lightning talks and present posters on their research, and participate in some other fun activities. We’ll also celebrate a few student awards. The event is timed to coincide with the...

Katherine Lininger

Katherine Lininger Receives NSF Career Award

Feb. 17, 2023

Professor Katherine Lininger has received an NSF Career Award for her project titled, "Rivers of Carbon: assessing how humans have altered floodplain organic carbon stocks across the contiguous United States.” The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards...

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Mara Goldman: Why biodiversity matters and what the world is doing about it

Jan. 25, 2023

On Dec. 19, more than 190 countries—excluding the U.S. and the Holy See—signed onto an agreement to protect 30% of land and oceans by 2030 and take 22 other measures to reduce global biodiversity loss this decade. The agreement, signed at the United Nations Convention of Biological Diversity’s 15th Annual...

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