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We invite applications for a full-time, 12-month, non-tenure track position at the rank of lecturer with expertise in Geographic Information Science (GISc) to begin teaching…

Spring 2021 graduate Marin Kelly reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate in the Department of Geography, Environment & Society and looks…

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…

Ying Song, Assistant Professor and GIScience researcher, received the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Award for her work on Sustainable Mobility and Multimodal Accessibility…

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…

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…

Congratulations to Professor Ying Song, who recently received TWO grants from the Minnesota Department of Transportation in support of her research.

Several Geography current students and recent graduates have recently been published.

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.

New global temperature data will inform study of climate impacts on health and agriculture.

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Here are 10 introductory level courses that illustrate why education can be fun—and relevant—in today’s world.

Abdi Samatar, Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria and UMN GES Professor shares his insights in an Op-Ed in the Daily Maverick – Opinionista.

Summer 2020 News & Highlights from the Department of Geography, Environment & Society

Kate Derickson reports from the Minneapolis Uprising: "During those long nights, new subjectivities were formed, and the grammar of the social order was suspended, allowing…

“Once the protests started and I saw that people both within and outside Minnesota were trying to make sense of what was happening, I thought this nascent list of resources…

“I am grateful to the department and the many faculty who patiently allowed me to pester them during office hours,” says alum Erika Eidson about her UMN experience. She now…

When UMN visited Ghana, they captured Kwame Adovor Tsikudo’s attention. Having now completed his PhD at the U, Kwame has taken his knowledge and experience from Minnesota to…

I’ve never lived through a sustained uprising for abolition – until last week.

This bibliography is intended to offer background to how Minneapolis became a flashpoint for a global uprising against anti-Blackness and state violence.