Chris Anderson-Tarver Receives Travel Scholarship from the US National Committee

Feb. 1, 2011

Chris Anderson-Tarver was awarded a travel scholarship from the US National Committee to the International Cartographic Association; $1,300.00. Chris will use the funds to attend the 25th International Cartographic Conference in Paris, France, July 2011. See International Cartographic Association for more information.

Chris Anderson-Tarver Receives Travel Scholarship from the US National Committee

Feb. 1, 2011

Chris Anderson-Tarver was awarded a travel scholarship from the US National Committee to the International Cartographic Association; $1,300.00. Chris will use the funds to attend the 25th International Cartographic Conference in Paris, France, July 2011. See International Cartographic Association for more information.

Jochen Wendel Receives Travel Scholarship from the U.S. National Committee

Feb. 1, 2011

Jochen Wendel was awarded a travel scholarship from the US National Committee to the International Cartographic Association; $1,300.00. Jochen will use the funds to attend the 25th International Cartographic Conference in Paris, France, July 2011. See International Cartographic Association for more information.

Stefan Leyk Receives National Institutes of Health Grant

Jan. 20, 2011

Environmental Variability, Migration, and Rural Livelihoods Funded by NIH, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, $147,000 Lori Hunter and Stefan Leyk (University of Colorado at Boulder) Wayne Twine, Mark Collinson, Barend Erasmus (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) This project focuses on the influences of environmental change and...

Cameron Naficy Receives the British Ecological Society Small Ecological Project Grant

Jan. 3, 2011

Cameron will return to Patagonia to complete his research on the physiological mechanisms of dieback in forests of Austrocedrus chilensis and Nothofagus dombeyi .

Cameron Naficy Receives the University of Montana International Fund Award

Jan. 3, 2011

Cameron Naficy Receives the University of Montana International Fund Award ($700). Cameron will return to Patagonia to complete his research on the physiological mechanisms of dieback in forests of Austrocedrus chilensis and Nothofagus dombeyi .

Waleed Abdalati Named Chief Scientist at NASA

Dec. 13, 2010

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden has selected Waleed Abdalati to serve as the agency's chief scientist effective Jan. 3 for a two-year appointment. Abdalati will serve as chief adviser to Bolden on matters relating to agency science programs, strategic planning and the evaluation of NASA's current science investments. Abdalati also...

Cameron Naficy Receives the Sigma Xi Grant

Dec. 1, 2010

Cameron Naficy Receives the Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research ($700). Cameron will return to Patagonia to complete his research on the physiological mechanisms of dieback in forests of Austrocedrus chilensis and Nothofagus dombeyi .

Tom Veblen Receives CU-Boulder Outreach Award

Nov. 11, 2010

The CU-Boulder Outreach has awarded Professor Tom Veblen $5000 for an outreach project focusing on historical perspectives and ecological impacts of the September 2010 Fourmile Canyon wildfire. The Fourmile Canyon fire was the most destructive wildland fire in Colorado's history, destroying more than 160 homes and burning over 6,000 acres...

Gamma Theta Upsilon wins trivia bowl

Oct. 4, 2010

Proving that there is no better discipline for 'Jeopardy' training, the Geography Department's GTU (Gamma Theta Upsilon) team won first place at the 2nd annual UGGS (United Government of Graduate Students) trivia competition. See UGGS and GTU for more information.

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