The Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track position at the assistant…
Carlos Ruiz (BS ‘90, geography; MS ‘96, geography) is the director of business geographics at the Star Tribune's market research department. He uses his analytical and…
Tree-ring research is a simple but remarkably powerful tool for environmental science. In the global change era, tree rings provide unique perspective on ways that natural…
The why of where. The social becoming the spatial, and the spatial becoming the social. The art and science of mapping. These have all been contenders for answering the…
Scott St. George, assistant professor of geography, co-authors this article about the history of "megadroughts," or dry spells that were as severe as, but longer lasting than…
At the 2018 Esri User Conference, GIS experts Len Kne, Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, Coleman Shepard, Somayeh Dodge, and Tom Fisher demonstrated to industry peers how innovative…
The Gullah/Geechee Nation has a unique, centuries-old American culture that is under threat. Geography undergraduates Erin Jones and Karah VueBenson traveled to visit Gullah…
Her article "Social isolation and L=loneliness in later life: A parallel convergent mixed methods case study of older adults and their residental contexts in the Mineapolis…
How do you find meaning in movement? Movement and change are an essential part life. Assistant Professor Somayeh Dodge works to understand why and how organisms move and…
Perceptions of the homeless are often incorrect. These misconceptions leave room for ineffective policy. Eric Goldfischer, a PhD candidate in geography, is working to change…
Former UMN Geography Undergrad, Talia Anderson, as part of a team, including Geography Faculty member Dan Griffin, produced an article which recently appeared in the Journal…
A group of undergraduate Urban Studies majors, - the Galtier Parant Group - advised by Paula Pentel, has won the 2018 NAIOP competition with their plan to redevelop the old…
Cover letters can be difficult to do well. Assistant professor and faculty fellow Somayeh Dodge makes sure that her students know exactly how to write one. As part of her…
Dendrologist and Professor of Geography at UMN, Scott St. George, was interviewed on a CBC radio show as part of their news story "How Norwegian trees tell the story of a…
