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My name is Hannah Escareno and I received my BA in Geography in 2023. Today, I am a geospatial analyst by profession, while in my free time, I’m an avid rock climber and violist with an affinity for crochet, analog photography
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
Emily Yeh has been named Professor of Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her exceptional service, teaching and research. This revered title is reserved for scholars and artists of national and
This fall, we welcomed Jessica Finlay to the Department. Dr. Finlay, featured in this newsletter, is an Assistant Professor examining health geographies, neighborhoods, aging, and well-being. We also welcomed Sean Dunn as the Department’s new
The fragmented water supply in Shimla, India. Photo Credit: Naomi HazarikaAssistant Professor Yaffa Truelove and Professor Jennifer Fluri have been awarded a Government of India SPARC grant in collaboration with Dr. Anu Sabhlok
On August 2, 2023, CIRES Director and Geography professor, Waleed Abdalati, hosted a discussion at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) with Dr. Susan Margules, Head of the National Science
Sarah Schlosser's OER Grant for GEOG 3053 GIS: Mapping at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ The University of Colorado System is embarking on a multi-campus Open educational resources (OER) initiative. Open CU's goal is to have a
By Keith Musselman The Arctic and rivers located in the Arctic and subarctic are warming due to climate change. To understand the impacts this warming will have on people, partnering with impacted Indigenous communities in the
New Assistant Professor, Dr. Jessica Finlay was part of an "Aging in Place with Dementia" workshop hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She presented her Cognability research to
Jessica is a health geographer who uses mixed methods to investigate how built, social, and natural environments impact health and wellbeing across the life course. She has developed a new concept, Cognability, to capture how neighborhoods