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Three members of our graduate program have been awarded dissertation fellowships from the Graduate School and College.

Assistant Professor Adam Bledsoe shares his experiences with activism near and far and how he applies those experiences in the classroom.

In an op-ed, Professor Abdi Samatar looks at the history showing the West and colonial powers have just as much blood on their hands as Putin’s Russia, if not more.  

Thank you to Katherine Klink (geography, environment and society), Cheryl Olman (psychology), and Mike Houlahan (psychology) for their outstanding contributions to Career…

Chippewa National Forest staff are working with the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Leech Lake Tribal College, and the University of Minnesota to research and understand the…

Geography PhD graduate, Dr. Crawford is a USGS scientist and co-chair of the Landsat science team; the Landsat series of satellites provides one of the longest-running and…

Abdi Samatar OpEd: The ANC – 110 Years and What? A Synergistic Approach is Long Overdue

GES welcomes applications for a full-time, 12-month Lecturer position in Geographic Information Science (GIS).

The Warwick Mid-Career Faculty Research Award is a new research award from CLA. Eric Shook’s project A Geospatial Language for Computers has earned him this first ever award.…

GES undergraduate James Schueneman learned the importance of being an active citizen through his internship experience with Omaha Public Schools. Internships are a valuable…

An internship with the Ramsey County Public Works allowed GES undergraduate Diana Flores Castillo to use her classroom knowledge of GIS software for real projects. Her…

Geographer's publication is 'best paper of the year'.

"When people aren't using resources designed for them, how do we fix the system?" says Associate Professor of Geography Kathryn Grace. Grace is researching how women in Africa…

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.