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My name is Waleed Abdalati. I study ice from space, in particular the Greenland ice sheet and its contributions to sea level by using satellites to observe gains and losses in the mass of the ice. I have been deeply involved with NASA satellites, especially the ICESat satellites, which help us measure and investigate how Earth's ice sheets and glaciers are changing and what those changes mean for our planet and our communities.
Congratulations Department of Geography 2025 graduates! To view and download your photos, please see Spring 2025 Commencement photos.
Abby Hickcox, a teaching associate professor of geography and associate director of the Arts and Sciences Honors Program, has been named the 2025 Cogswell Award for Inspirational Instruction winner.
This award, made possible by an anonymous donor, is to be used to “support graduate student research.” To honor the donor’s wishes, the Department makes this award late in the Spring semester so that it can be used for conference travel through the end of Fall 2025.
This award will be used to provide support to graduate students for field research in the Geography Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Shelby Ross is the winner of the Spring 2025 Gilbert F. White Doctoral Fellowship in Geography Award.
What would happen to our geographic analyses if we wholeheartedly approached Latinx women and non-binary people as significant, multifaceted spatial thinkers and actors who form Latinx feminist geographies?
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Mapathon! Thank you to all who submitted their maps. We had 27 submissions this year. The categories were: Sustainability & Environmental Justice, Relationality & Community Engagement, Inclusivity & Diversity, Personal Exploration & Storytelling, Social Justice, and Innovation. With one Overall Best Map, one People's Choice, and a few Honorable Mentions.
A U.S.-Ukraine accord on a ceasefire proposal has put the notion of a negotiated end to the three-year war on the agenda, and in the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
University of Colorado Boulder's Geography Department is calling for maps that capture life affirming geographies - following Cindi Katz’s invitation for imagining Topographies of Hope (2001) and Sarah Elwood’s (2021) invitation for reading how social movements enact thriving otherwise, this Mapathon is an exercise in the active enactment of hope.