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  • Group of 7 people posing in Africa
    In 2008 and 2009, a severe drought swept through much of Kenya and Tanzania. Nomadic herders, or pastoralists, such as the Maasai people in Tanzania, pushed south in search of greener expanses, bringing tens of thousands of cattle with them. 
  • Xiaoling Chen in hospital
    Xiaoling Chen, PhD Candidate, Geography Department, «Ƶ “For the People’s Health”: Transforming Hospital Spaces, Recasting Medical ExpertiseLing is a coastal, hilly county in Southern China with a
  • Jennifer Fluri
    The spring semester began with in-person classes and masks on. This eventually transitioned to masks optional, and we ended the semester with our first in-person graduation since 2019. The Geography Department’s graduation celebration included
  • Pam Showalter
    I taught at the University of Toledo, then Texas State University, retiring in 2010 as an Associate Professor with numerous peer-reviewed articles and a co-edited book, "Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster
  • Jessica DiCarlo in the snow
    Chevalier Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transportation and Development in ChinaInstitute for Asian Research, School of Public Policy and Global AffairsUniversity of British Columbia After moving from the
  • Behzad Vahedi standing in front of stone castle
    This past February, I received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for his presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting 2021. According to the AGU, "this honor is awarded for only the most exceptional
  • Katie Clifford
    I graduated from CU with a PhD in Geography in December 2019. My dissertation research combined approaches from natural hazards, climate adaptation, political ecology, and science and technology studies (STS) to understand why
  • Xi Wang overlooking bay
    Xi Wang (Ph.D. 2021), Assistant Professor, Institute for Energy Studies and Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, Western Washington University I completed my Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Colorado (CU)
  • Alana Wilson
    Alana Wilson: I completed my Ph.D. in Geography at CU «Ƶ in December 2017, having done hydrochemistry and cryosphere related research with Mark Williams and Noah Molotch, and with Jennifer Fluri supporting a social science component to my
  • Wildfire smoke over neighborhood
    Dr. Colleen Reid, an assistant professor in Geography, has published many studies that research the air quality and associated health impacts of wildfire events. Due to this expertise, after the Marshall Fire which ignited on
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