Geography Department

Congratulations to seniors Amanda Bowden and Spencer Jones, and junior Amanda Sinning, for being inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor soc...iety this past Thursday! UGA's circle of Omicron Delta Kappa has been in existence for 86 years. UGA Geography Ph.D. student Lori Wachowicz was also inducted. ODK's faculty advisor is at left. See more

Taking summer courses? We highly recommend signing up for Dr. Andrew Herod's Maymester (May 19 - June 10) course Africa in the Global Economy!

Please join us as we celebrate this year's graduates and award winners!

Repost from @uga.gusto Sign-up link in comments. Happy Earth Day The Office of Sustainability is coordinating a UGA Earth Day Global Community clean up to celebrate Earth Day this year. There are 2 events you can sign up for on Friday and Saturday. Or just participate in your own clean up picking up litter for at least 30 minutes during Earth Day through Sunday!! #earthday2021

#EarthDay2021! Take part online! TODAY at 12PM ET, join people around the world for the second-annual virtual #EarthDayLive WATCH the event at: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2021

Now this is cool. https://fb.watch/3IrZkZjK5X/

In case you are wondering... https://fb.watch/3IqpwgI8Nb/

Calling all alumni! If you graduated with a major in Geography, current graduating seniors would like to interview you. As part of the Geography capstone course, students will be asking about how a major in geography has been helpful to your life after UGA and any advice you have for current students. If you're willing to be interviewed, please volunteer by filling out the form linked below. Students will be starting interviews next week.

ESRI has announced the 20 finalists for the 2020 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition. Inspiring! UGA Geographers consider entering this competition, if you're not already. https://storymaps.arcgis.com//3b99b2b90d8e4fe3b76fd202bb88

Dr. Fausto Sarmiento's work building the field of montology was recently highlighted by UGA Research. https://research.uga.edu//down-from-the-mountaintop-mount/

Vote for your favorite map! https://arcg.is/159GD81

Drone Demo Today! Come join us live as we practice social distancing on the Geography lawn or virtually observe the flight via the GIS Day @ UGA Zoom meeting. ...FREE Registration Here is the registration link for GISDay@UGA 2020! https://tinyurl.com/GISDay2020 See more

Today is the day! Checkout out GIS Day's final schedule of events starting TODAY at 11am ET. It's not too late to register: https://zoom.us//reg/tJwtfuiopzgpGdcOfXNEoJRTn7NZ8e3gnnp7

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GUSTO is hosting a virtual map-a-thon for GIS week 2020! The event is open to anyone interested in geography and GIS, no mapping experience required! Register at https://bit.ly/3nbSKQy! GUSTO at UGA GIS Day at UGA

On-campus early voting at Stegeman Coliseum starts today from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Things to know: 1. There is no campaigning allowed within 150 feet of the pol...ling place. Voters wearing items of clothing or accessories advertisinga slogan or a candidate’s name who is on the ballot will be asked to remove the item or go home and change. 2. Sample ballots will be provided for distribution in line along with proper sanitation. 3. You must have a US Government or State issued photo ID. A UGA student ID will work. It must be valid and unexpired. ONLY a GA Driver’s license may be expired. 4. FREE parking will be available for voters in lot S15 (the Carlton St. lot). Once you get there follow the signs to the main entrance. 5. The Map: A. Star- The Main Entrance (Gate D) B. Blue Arrow- Accessible Entranceprior to 10:00 (The Loading Dock) C. Triangle- Free Parking (Carlton Street Lot S15)

Last week SPOC was successfully deployed from the ISS. We've been receiving telemetry with help from amateur stations around the globe SatNOGS, so we know SPOC ...is doing well in the space environment. Currently we are making some adjustments to our ground station on campus but our next objective is to take some initial images. Credit: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Astronaut Kate Rubins for the beautiful image See more

Pick-up your pumpkin from 10 AM-3 PM today! Sign up at https://forms.gle/pWtVp4dpm9TePwM46! Gusto At Uga

Here is a short video from yesterday water sampling using drone.

Yesterday, CyanoTRACKER conducted a field trip to on-going #cyanobacteria bloom affected lake. We collected water samples, proximal sensing & hyperspectral UAV data. Also, for the 1st time, we successfully tested water sample collection using drone.

Create and explore these colorful maps at http://road.tiny-app.net The website uses data from OpenStreetMap and colors city streets based on direction.

Climate extremes, the pandemic, and police violence all lead us to become aware of the same feeling: vulnerability. In 2020 it became a nearly universal experience. https://on.natgeo.com/3dvqNzN

The UGA Geography globe is one of only 3 of these Rand McNally monumental globes in existence. This photo is undated, but blueprints for the globe's design were drafted in 1959. #throwbackthursday

From Sustainable Urbanism to Climate Urbanism co-authored by Geography and Women's Studies @ UGA Associate Professor Dr. Jennifer Rice has been selected as an Urban Studies Journal featured article! The journal makes popular and significant articles temporarily available for free at urbanstudiesonline.com/editors-featured-articles

Our awesome University of Georgia Atmospheric Sciences Program/Department of Geography studios for AthensGAWeather. Thanks to Katie Walls, formerly of WSB Channel 2 and colleagues in the TV media world for the wardrobe donations....Kudos John Knox and our students for the great work

"There is no U.S. agricultural history without the expertise and labor of African people who were enslaved across the South, including the Gullah/Geechee people of the lower Atlantic Coast." Learn more about the meaningful research human geography professor Dr. Nik Heynen and Maurice Bailey, a small business owner and a descendant of those enslaved on the island, are doing to highlight the importance of liberation farming for the Sapelo Island community. https://bit.ly/2F88LGO

"Around the globe, scientists, businesses, governments, international leaders and countless others are leveraging GIS capabilities to understand and solve 21st century challenges, both urgent and complex: monitoring global Covid-19 rates, helping essential workers find childcare, mapping air quality during wildfires, strengthening national power grids, analyzing deforestation and the threat of super typhoons, and more. GIS is at the heart of some of society’s most essential functions, not the least of which is education." https://bit.ly/36HMUl0

As of 8:03am this Monday morning the Cygnus capsule is officially attached to the ISS. In other words, SPOC is now part of the ISS!! It took almost 60hours from... launch to berthing with the ISS! Next they will unload all the cargo over the course of today and SPOC is scheduled to be deployed sometime in mid November. We will provide updates as soon as we get them. See more