News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News Collective Work with AmplifyMN Reflection from Nicole Bekesz on her recent internship with AmplifyMN through The Hub's Grounded Knowledge Graduate Student Summer Internship Program. Nature's firefighters How the day-to-day work of beavers plays a crucial role in protecting the environment they inhabit. Logan Gall completes his first year as Teaching Faculty of Spatial Data Science and Associate Director of GeoCommons Welcoming an innovative spatial data scientist to geography department’s geospatial team CNN | Emily Fairfax on rewilding beaver in the UK Geography assistant professor Emily Fairfax was interviewed for this story. Sahan Journal | New film tells story of Minnesota’s first Black woman to become a head brewer (June 2026) Geography PhD student Onteya Zachary is making waves with her new documentary exploring the story of Minnesota's first Black woman to become a head brewer Upcoming Events In-Person Event, October 15, 2026 6th Annual Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture: "Where Do We Go From Here? The Young Lords Speak and the Protracted Struggle for Liberation" Join the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies for the 6th Annual Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture, presented by Dr. Jacqueline Lazú.
Collective Work with AmplifyMN Reflection from Nicole Bekesz on her recent internship with AmplifyMN through The Hub's Grounded Knowledge Graduate Student Summer Internship Program.
Nature's firefighters How the day-to-day work of beavers plays a crucial role in protecting the environment they inhabit.
Logan Gall completes his first year as Teaching Faculty of Spatial Data Science and Associate Director of GeoCommons Welcoming an innovative spatial data scientist to geography department’s geospatial team
CNN | Emily Fairfax on rewilding beaver in the UK Geography assistant professor Emily Fairfax was interviewed for this story.
Sahan Journal | New film tells story of Minnesota’s first Black woman to become a head brewer (June 2026) Geography PhD student Onteya Zachary is making waves with her new documentary exploring the story of Minnesota's first Black woman to become a head brewer
In-Person Event, October 15, 2026 6th Annual Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture: "Where Do We Go From Here? The Young Lords Speak and the Protracted Struggle for Liberation" Join the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies for the 6th Annual Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture, presented by Dr. Jacqueline Lazú.
