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    The 2024 Spring Newsletter has been published and is available for viewing! If you would like to contribute to the next newsletter, please contact the department. If you are an alum, please fill out the Alumni
  • Commencement students
    Congratulations Department of Geography 2024 graduates! To view and download your photos, please see Spring 2024 Commencement photos.[video:https://vimeo.com/947592029?share=copy]
  • Isaac
    Incoming Geography faculty member, Isaac Rivera has received the Outstanding Dissertation award from the Digital Geographies Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. His dissertation is
  • Millie Spencer in Chile
    Millie Spencer has been awarded the 2024-2025 Fulbright-Nehru Research Fellowship.She is currently doing field work in Concepción, Chile, analyzing glacier retreat and its impacts on downstream communities in south-central
  • sarahposner
    Sarah Posner was named the outstanding Geography Excellence in Graduate Teaching - Teaching Assistant in 2023-2024 
  • Emily Yeh
    Emily Yeh has been named Professor of Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her exceptional service, teaching and research. This revered title is reserved for scholars and artists of national and
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    Over the past 5 years, the Association of American Geographers has worked to find ways to significantly reduce the carbon emissions associated with the annual conference.  As part of these efforts, the Association is experimenting this year
  • Ron Cossman
    Dr. Ronald (Ron) Edward Cossman (PhD, 2001), died on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis after a two-and-half week battle against pneumonia (caused by COVID and a subsequent routine trip to the
  • Commencement group photo
    Congratulations Graduates!
  • Horses in the snow at night
    The 2023 Fall Newsletter has been published and is available for viewing! If you would like to contribute to the next newsletter, please contact the department. If you are an alum, please fill out the Alumni Update form. The
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