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Arctic Climate, Environment & Geographies of a Changing North from University of Colorado Boulder is live

Oct. 2, 2020

Sharpen Your Knowledge of the Changing Arctic. Master your knowledge of the Arctic, the rapid changes taking place, and their connections with Northern peoples, economies and geopolitics with this Coursera Online Training . There are three courses in the specialization: The Arctic as a System The Changing Arctic, Past Present...

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Statement on the Benson Center

Sept. 11, 2020

The Department of Geography is firmly committed to the First Amendment right to free speech – the right of individuals and the press to speak freely without state censorship or punishment. The Department also strongly supports academic freedom, which is distinct from free speech. The purpose of academic freedom is...

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Welcome 2020 Graduate Students!

Sept. 2, 2020

Fall 2020 Graduate Students Group Photo - Left to Right: David Bachrach, Jessica Voveris, Taylor Johaneman, Andrew Eiswerth, Behzad Vahedi, Ethan Burns, Emma Rieves, Kathryn Tyler, Eric Kennedy, Emma Loizeaux. Natasha Harvey, Fan Li and Viviana Huiliñir-Curio (insets) Name Advisor Degree Previous Degree From Interest Area David Bachrach Oakes PhD...

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Former CU Geography professor Konrad Steffen passes away in Greenland

Aug. 11, 2020

Konrad Steffen , former CU Geography Professor and Director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), has died following an accident in Greenland this past weekend. With Koni Steffen's death, the ETH Domain has lost an extremely prominent researcher who was also a uniquely kind...

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2020 Spring Newsletter Published

June 21, 2020

The 2020 Spring Newsletter has been published and is available for viewing. The newsletter is filled with department news, alumni updates, and articles by faculty and students. Contents: Message from the Department Chair, pg 2 ​Mara Goldman: Reaction to Coronavirus, pg 3 Page Hartwell: An Undergraduate's Perspective on COVID-19, pg...

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Summer & Fall 2020 Course Announcements

June 9, 2020

Exciting Geography courses are available to you for Summer 2020: Mountain Geography Introduction to Global Public Health Migration, Immigrant Adaptation, and Development GIS in the Social and Natural Sciences Review the course posters to get a flavor for what each class is about and check out the Summer 2020 course...

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Geography Department Condemnation of Racist Police Violence

June 8, 2020

The Geography Department at the University of Colorado Boulder condemns racist police brutality and the use of excessive force, including the documented cases occurring during peaceful demonstrations precisely to protest police violence. We are saddened and outraged by the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade,...

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Spring 2020 Commencement Messages

June 8, 2020

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Sarah Tynen: A first-hand account of China’s drive to detain Uighurs

May 23, 2020

'I still have nightmares about it ... I lost a lot of friends who I’ll probably never see again. I don’t even know if they’re alive or dead.' Sarah Tynen still remembers a near miss from her days as a young graduate student doing research in the city of Urumqi,...

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Coronavirus Updates and Resources

Feb. 27, 2020

CU Boulder is closely monitoring the emerging global public health concern involving the COVID-19 (also known as novel coronavirus). The university is taking proactive and prudent measures to ensure the health and safety of the community in accordance with the guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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