Lindsay Skog Receives a 2014-2015 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship

April 3, 2014

This fellowship is intended to provide outstanding PhD candidates with financial support to assist in the process of completing their doctoral dissertations. It offers one semester of full support and includes a stipend equal to a 50% GPTI appointment (currently $10,186.09), up to five dissertation hours of tuition, mandatory fees,...

Alex Crawford Receives NSF Graduate Reearch Fellowship Program Award

April 2, 2014

The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based...

Gilbert White Doctoral Fellowships Awarded

April 2, 2014

Mason Auger and Galen Maclaurin have been awarded the 2014-2015 Gilbert White Doctoral Fellowships.

DeSana Scholarship Awarded to 3 Geography Graduate Students

April 2, 2014

James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Scholarships for 2014-2015 have been awarded to Joel Correia, Eric Reiff, and Alex Stum.

Sarah Tynen Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award

April 2, 2014

The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based...

2013-2014 Annual Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

April 2, 2014

The 2013-2014 recipients of Geography's Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching have been awarded to: Meredith DeBoom for the Teaching Assistant Award Julia Hicks for the Graduate Part Time Instructor (GPTI) Award Both awards carry a $1,000 fellowship.

Dinaburg Memorial Fellowships Awarded to 6 Grad Students

April 2, 2014

The 2014-2015 Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Fellowship recipients are: Chris Anderson-Tarver, Joel Correia, Julia Hicks, Galen Murton, Caitlin Ryan and Sam Smith.

Ian Rowen writes article about the student movement in Taiwan

April 2, 2014

Regarding the ongoing student movement afoot in Taiwan, Ian published this comprehensive insider report as a participant-observer from day one. Read his article Inside Taiwan's Sunflower Movement - Where Asia's Largest Student Uprising is Blooming

John Knowles’ research featured in LTER Network News, Spring 2014

April 1, 2014

How did a Liberal Arts major from Vassar College end up researching carbon respiration in gale-force winds at the height of winter in the Rockies? Doctoral candidate John Knowles just smiles and shakes his head, recalling the story. Read entire article

Kolff Fellowships Awarded to 2 Geography Grad Students

April 1, 2014

Max Counter and Shea Frydenlund have been selected as the 2013-2014 recipients of the department's Adam Kolff Memorial Research Fellowship. The 2013-2014 fellowship provides $2000 toward research expenses for MA students.

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