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Andrew Linke, graduate student in the Department of Geography, (advisee of Dr. John O'Loughlin) has been selected as a recipient of a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship for participation in the Arabic program in Cairo, Egypt from June 17 to August 15, 2007. Quoting his letter of acceptance "Of many outstanding applications submitted, the Review Panel found yours to be particularly impressive. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, the sponsor of the Critical Language Scholarships, joins the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) in offering congratulations on your acceptance."
John O'Loughlin was one of three guest editors for a special issue of Eurasian Geography and Economics on the Caucasus, published March 2007. The issue presents five specialized articles on political, population, and economic geographies of the region, as well as an overview and a special map supplement. Authors include several IBS and PEC program affiliates (Johno, Frank Witmer, Ted Holland, Andrew Gustafson, Tom Dickinson, and Nancy Thorwardson) as well as several highly esteemed research colleagues from around the world.
Ian Feinhandler and Daniel Trudeau have been awarded the Graduate Part-time Instructor Award by the Department of Geography, April 2006. Congratulations!
Several Program members attended the Association of American Geographers 2006 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, March 7-11.
John O'Loughlin organized and chaired the Political Geography Specialty Group/Elsevier Science Annual Plenary Lecture and a session, The Geography of War Outcomes: Bosnia and the North Caucasus, Russia, at which he also presented a paper, "The outcomes of wars in Bosnia and the North Caucasus: War experiences, ethnic distances, and conflict potentials."
Lynn Staeheli presented a paper, "Locating the public in research and practice," and was a panelist at two sessions: Immigration and Multiculturalism in an Age of Insecurity and Labours of Love: Gender, Reproduction and the Academy.
Aimee Kelly presented a paper, "Motivations, Identity, and the Distribution of Social Resources: Looking at Community Health Centers in the Front Range of Colorado."
Dan Trudeau organized and chaired a panel session, Researching the City, and presented a paper, "Regulating - and Contesting - Urban Citizenship."
Frank Witmer presented a paper, "Detecting Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in Northeast Bosnia using Landsat Multispectral Imagery."
