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Welcoming an innovative spatial data scientist to the geography department’s geospatial group

Assistant Professor Emily Fairfax was interviewed about the key role beavers play in ecosystem health.

The Coffee Hour schedule for 2023-24, including a 50th anniversary celebration of our Urban Studies Program, and the Borchert Lecture and Spatial Forum.

Faculty member Bill Lindeke, author of St. Paul: An Urban Geography, is interviewed about the city by the alternative journalism website Racket.

Eric Shook was recently named Director of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).

The latest Liberal Arts Engagement Hub residency blends local and national history, performance art, storytelling, and Black resistance and brilliance.

Geography graduate moves to Cornell University.

Allison Makovec finds that her double major in biology, society, and environment and anthropology is a great preparation to reach her medical school goals.

Jacob Sternbach feels literate in a number of disciplines, thanks to the flexibility and diversity of courses within the biology, society, and environment major.

Mikaela Kadolph greatly values the skills she has developed in her leadership minor classes, as they help her achieve her goals.

Yumi Kashihara enjoyed her time as a geography major because it taught her “to think about and deal with problems in a way that [she] never imagined.”

Celebrating the careers of Helga Leitner and Eric Sheppard!

Because of the flexibility that CLA offered, Alison Rasso was able to discover her passion for bioethics.

The CLA community is dedicated to advancing environmental scholarship, increasing sustainability, and raising awareness about how to preserve our beautiful planet—on Earth Day…

Inspired by “how science and humanities go hand in hand,” Tony Kamel will carry his knowledge from CLA to the School of Dentistry this fall.

Financialization, Securitization and the Changing Terrain of Struggle for Caribbean Freedom

Coffee Hour, Friday, April 14, - The story starts with the land: making knowledge for Gullah/Geechee futurity - presented by Kate Derickson.

Dr. Emily Fairfax will be joining our department as a new faculty member for the fall 2023 semester.

Urban studies lecturer Bill Lindeke commented on St.Paul's proposed zoning laws to allow the construction of more diverse types of housing for the Sahan Journal.

Next Coffee Hour on Friday, April 7, 3-4pm, 445 Blegen Hall.