Class of 2024

Welcome to Our Fall 2024 Graduate Students

Aug. 29, 2024

Please join us in welcoming our incoming graduates for Fall 2024! Back row: Colin Gilbert, Lauren Thomas, Maren Roeske, Virgil Alfred, Matthew Woodland, Lars Schwaebe, Tyler McIntosh Middle row: Danyan Leng, Hayes Hart-Thompson, Sydney Carr, Emma Tyrrell, Maddy Rich, Anshul Sharma Front row: Esmee Mulder, Zhe Lin, Yangchengsi Zhang, Yanxiao...

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Babs Buttenfield received the National Research Award by the UCGIS

Aug. 21, 2024

Babs Buttenfield received the national research award by the UCGIS (University Consortium for Geographic Information Science), for significant contributions to geospatial data generalization and modeling, multi-scale mapping and geodatabase design, most notably through her continuing Research Faculty affiliation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Excellence in Geospatial Information...

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Stefan Leyk awarded NSF grant for the Imola project

July 23, 2024

Professor Stefan Leyk received a $499,999 grant for the Imola project from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the titled project, "Collaborat ive Research: HNDS-I: Building Long-term, National-scale Spatiotemporal Data Collections from Historical Map Archives" . Collaborators on the project include Associate Professor Yao-Yi Chiang from the University of Minnesota...

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¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder scholars honored as 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

June 17, 2024

Reprinted from the College of Arts and Science's Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine by Rachel Sauer (June 13th, 2024) Researchers Emily Yeh and Brian Catlos are recognized for prior career achievements and exceptional promise Two University of Colorado Boulder scholars have been named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows , recognizing not only...

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Spring 2024 Newsletter Published

May 17, 2024

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 Update form . The newsletter contains department news, alumni updates, and articles...

Commencement students

Spring 2024 Commencement Photos

May 17, 2024

Congratulations Department of Geography 2024 graduates! To view and download your photos, please see Spring 2024 Commencement photos .

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Isaac Rivera receives the AAG Digital Geographies Outstanding Dissertation Award

May 17, 2024

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 entitled: "Mapping the Terms of Freedom & the Ongoing Refusal of Settler Imaginaries". Abstract: Originating in Denver, Colorado in 1907 and exported as...

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Millie Spencer awarded Fulbright Fellowship 2024-2025

May 7, 2024

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 Chile. The Chile Fulbright Science Initiative will enable her to expand her existing research in Chile further south to...

Jessica Finlay

Jessica Finlay Receives Emerging Scholar Award in Health and Medical Geography

May 1, 2024

During the 2024 Association of American Geographers (AAG) meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dr. Jessica Finlay was awarded the Emerging Scholar Award in Health and Medical Geography. This is a highly competitive award. According to the AAG website , this award "seeks to recognize early career scholars who show significant potential...

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Sarah Posner Receives TA Award

April 20, 2024

Sarah Posner was named the outstanding Geography Excellence in Graduate Teaching - Teaching Assistant in 2023-2024

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