Vinay Gidwani, received a University-wide honor that is awarded to exceptional candidates and reflects the University of Minnesota's strong and enduring commitment to quality graduate and professional education.
Ying Song, Assistant Professor and GIScience researcher, received the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Award for her work on Sustainable Mobility and Multimodal Accessibility in Urban Space.
Associate Professor Kate Driscoll Derickson of Geography, Environment & Society is co-leading a team a part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Urban Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, a program the University has received $7.1 million to launch.
Recenltly the American Association of Geographers(ASG) released a statement of Unequivocal Support for Democratic Process in the Wake of the January 6 Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol:
Through donor and volunteer support, the U of M's Mapping Prejudice project exposed housing as a force behind Minneapolis' racial disparities—and led to change.
