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GES and the CREATE Initiative

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GES Graduate Student, Emma DeVries, is part of the inaugural cohort of CREATE Initiative graduate student scholars.

GES Faculty Member on MPR

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Using trees to study flooding? MPR interview with GES Professor Scott St. George.

GES grad student Paul Moss is pictured receiving an award.

PhD Student Wins Minnesota Climate Adaption Award

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Recently GES grad student, Paul Moss, was recognized as an outstanding climate adaptation contributor in Minnesota

Ryan Mattke, head librarian forthe Borchert Map Library

Map Library Wins Governor’s Award

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The Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online website, developed over several years at the University Libraries, received the Governor’s Commendation Award. MHAPO includes more than 100,000 digital copies of historical aerial photographs, mostly from between the 1920s and the 1990s, and they cover all 87 counties in Minnesota, and has drawn more than 250,000 users to the website over the last six years.

Richa Nagar Recognized

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Congratulations to Professor Richa Nagar, affiliate faculty in GES, who has been awarded the 2019 James Blaut Award for Socialist and Critical Geography.

GES Graduate Student Publication

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Mara McPartland, a second year PhD student in Geography at UMN, is lead author of a new paper: "The response of boreal peatland community composition and NDVI to hydrologic change, warming and elevated carbon dioxide.”

GES Invites Applications for Assistant Professor Position

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The Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track position at the assistant professor level with expertise in urban geography or urban studies, to begin fall semester 2019.

Fall 18 Coffee Hour starts this week.

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This semester's Coffee Hour schedule is now available.

Newest GES Faculty Publication

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"Space After Deleuze" a geo-philosophical book written by GES Associate Professor, Arun Saldanha, will soon be available from Bloomsbury Publishing.

We Are Liberal Arts: Carlos Ruiz

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Carlos Ruiz (BS ‘90, geography; MS ‘96, geography) is the director of business geographics at the Star Tribune's market research department. He uses his analytical and critical thinking skills along with his knowledge of maps and how they work to assist local business owners and journalists to help make the Twin Cities a flourishing community.

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Upcoming Events

January 23, 2019

Mapping 101: Introduction to Spatial Analysis using ArcGIS Online

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This five-hour workshop introduces participants to web-based mapping and spatial analysis using Esri's ArcGIS Online. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on activities, participants...

January 24, 2019

Desktop GIS 101: Analyzing Data and Creating Maps

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This seven-hour workshop introduces participants to using a geographic information system (GIS) to analyze data and create maps. Through a combination of presentations and hands-on...

January 28, 2019

Story Maps 101: Visual Storytelling with Maps

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This two-hour workshop guides participants through the process of telling stories with maps using the Esri Story Map platform. A discussion about best practices in visual storytelling will...

January 31, 2019

Desktop GIS 101: Analyzing Data and Creating Maps

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This seven-hour workshop introduces participants to using a geographic information system (GIS) to analyze data and create maps. Through a combination of presentations and hands-on...

February 1, 2019

Collector 101: Field Data Collection using Esri's Collector for ArcGIS

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This three-hour workshop offers a hands-on overview of offline data collection using Esri's Collector for ArcGIS app. Topics include setting up templates, collecting features in the field,...

February 7, 2019

Desktop GIS 101: Analyzing Data and Creating Maps

Read more about Desktop GIS 101: Analyzing Data and Creating Maps

This seven-hour workshop introduces participants to using a geographic information system (GIS) to analyze data and create maps. Through a combination of presentations and hands-on...

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