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Spring 2024 Newsletter Published

Anonymous — Sat, 18 May 2024 01:47:46 +0000

Spring 2024 Newsletter Published Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 05/17/2024 - 19:47

The 2024 Spring Newsletter has been published and is available for viewing! If you would like to contribute to the next newsletter, please contact the department. If you are an alum, please fill out the Alumni Update form. The newsletter contains department news, alumni updates, and articles by faculty and students. Read it here!

Contents:

Message from the Department Chair
Abdalati Visits Washington, D.C. to Advocate for Funding Science
Keith Musselman Briefs U.S. Congress on Advancing Community-based Research and Knowledge Co-Production in the Arctic
Keith Musselman: 8 in 10 lizards could be at risk due to deforestation
Isaac Rivera receives the AAG Digital Geographies Outstanding Dissertation Award
Jessica Finlay Receives Emerging Scholar Award in Health and Medical Geography
Zhongying Wang: Using spatial data science to improve infectious disease forecasting
Brandon Brown Defends Honors Thesis Visualizing Renewable Potential in Colorado
Does fire beget fire? Nathan Korinek investigates the relationship between fires and previously burned areas in western US forests
Climate Change and Resource Conflicts in Mozambique: Insights from Lauren Herwehe's Fieldwork
Josie Welsh: Using a Model River to Investigate How Wood Moves During Floods
Geography Hosted its First Dumpling Making Party
Hannah Escareno, now a geospatial Analyst, remembers her time at the Geography Department
Tai Koester: Building on Undergraduate Training to Lead Research in Political Ecology and Indigenous Geographies
David Kimmett: Generations of Geography: Reflecting on a Legacy of Learning at ��Ƶ GEOG

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Spring 2024 Commencement Photos

Anonymous — Sat, 18 May 2024 00:18:18 +0000

Spring 2024 Commencement Photos Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 05/17/2024 - 18:18

Congratulations Department of Geography 2024 graduates! To view and download your photos, please see Spring 2024 Commencement photos.

[video:https://vimeo.com/947592029?share=copy]

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Ronald Cossman Obituary

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:48:24 +0000

Ronald Cossman Obituary Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:48

Daily Memphian

Dr. Ronald (Ron) Edward Cossman (PhD, 2001), died on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis after a two-and-half week battle against pneumonia (caused by COVID and a subsequent routine trip to the dentist), and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Ron's beloved wife, Dr. Shelley Keith, and mother-in-law, Sharon Rollow, were at his side when he died, where they had been supporting and advocating for him while he was in the I��Ƶ.

Ron was a deeply caring man who invested his time, energy and resources into those he loved. His kindhearted spirit and rich sense of humor (which often skewed on the dark side) shone through in every interaction.

He was born in Fort Lauderdale, FL, on September 13, 1955, the only child of Shirley and Harold (Hack) Edward Cossman. Ron got his adventurous spirit from his mother, Shirley Ann Barall. When he was young, Ron loved to surf and swim and take long walks on the beach with Shirley. As an adult, Ron and his mother enjoyed sharing "Shirley-tinis" and celebrating her milestone birthdays with extreme sports, such as skydiving, hot-air balloon rides, helicopter rides, race car driving, and ziplining. They also enjoyed trips to New York with his cousin BJ and Shelley to dine in fine restaurants and attend Broadway shows.

According to his friends, Ron was a joy to be around. He was a vibrant, energetic and adventurous man who exuded personality, loved to have fun, and embraced deep, meaningful conversations. He attended his first Burning Man in 2008, returning in 2010, 2013 and 2015. Ron was fascinated with this cultural phenomenon and felt deeply that it should be researched. He attended the TED Talks with the same enthusiasm as the scotch tasting camps, not to mention the art, the music and camaraderie.

Ron had a deep love of learning. After graduating from Nova High School, Ron attended the University of South Florida, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications and political science (it was a buy one, get one free deal, as he liked to joke). He was very proud of his time working on Robert Graham's gubernatorial campaign. It was during his first stint in college that he took a job as a concert photographer, combining his lifelong loves of photography and music.

Ron went back to school in the 1990s, first at the University of North Florida, where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics followed by a master's degree in demography and population studies at Florida State University (Go 'Noles!). He graduated with his doctorate in geography in 2001 from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with his dissertation focusing on clusters of inequality in U.S. metropolitan areas. He served as a research professor at Mississippi State University from 2001 until he retired in 2022 as a Full Professor and was then granted Research Professor Emeritus. He was the president of the Southern Demographic Association in 2014. Ron secured over $4.2 million in research grants and contracts, providing much needed funds for major contributions in education, rural health and the wellbeing of children, among others.

Ron not only impacted his field but also cared about and enhanced the local community. As a member and president of Starkville in Motion, an advocacy group for sidewalks and bike lanes, he was instrumental in securing the funding for a beloved multi-use path in Starkville, MS. According to the mayor of Starkville, D. Lynn Spruill, the city had not yet fully embraced biking and walking as being important to the community when Ron began working on the project. His determination and dedication helped make the Lynn Lane bike path a reality and the citizens of Starkville continue to enjoy the fruits of his labor.

Ron started dating the love of his life in 2013 where they bonded over an intense early boot camp class and living in faculty housing. Ron married Shelley on December 31, 2015, on the beach at St. George Island, Florida.

Ron and Shelley shared many adventures together - biking across Iowa (RAGBRAI); competing in the Savage Race 10k and many other running and obstacle course events; and training and competing in Taido, a Japanese martial art. A year ago, they started a new Taido club together at the University of Memphis, and Ron was training for his black belt test. He will be awarded a black belt on November 11, 2023, with two other students from Mississippi State University Taido.

Ron and Shelley loved traveling together. And as much as they both loved the beach, you would never find them lounging in a beach chair, although Ron would have loved to spend time getting a tan and catching up on all of his magazines. They swam with dolphins in Jamaica, traveled to Scotland to "reclaim Shelley's ancestral lands," as Ron liked to say, participated in a Taido competition in Japan, visited dear friends in Idaho and Colorado on a trip to see Yellowstone, and viewed glaciers from a seaplane in Alaska. Ron enjoyed accompanying Shelley at conferences to LA and Seatle, mixing a love of learning and adventure. When not on adventures, Ron and Shelley enjoyed walking hand-in-hand around the neighborhood talking about research and the latest excitement in Shelley's job.

Ron is survived by his wife, Dr. Shelley Keith; mother, Shirley Ann Barall; uncle, Dr. Ronald Tice Spangler, Jr.; cousins, Barbara (BJ), Ben, and Langdon Moss; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Sharon and Dave Rollow; sister-in-law Melissa Norris, nephew Liam Norris, and nieces, Cassandra and Amelia Rose Norris; three sweet kitties, Gabrielle, Elsa and Anna; and many friends who love and miss him dearly. He was preceded in death by his father and stepfather, William (Bill) Barall.

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Fall 2023 Commencement Photos

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:50:46 +0000

Fall 2023 Commencement Photos Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/22/2023 - 18:50

Congratulations Graduates!

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Fall 2023 Newsletter Published

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:47:11 +0000

Fall 2023 Newsletter Published Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 12/19/2023 - 17:47

The 2023 Fall Newsletter has been published and is available for viewing! If you would like to contribute to the next newsletter, please contact the department. If you are an alum, please fill out the Alumni Update form.

The newsletter contains department news, alumni updates, and articles by faculty and students.

Contents:

Faculty Articles and Updates

Message from the Department Chair
Abdalati hosts Discussion on Space-Based Research during International Space Station Research and Development Conference
Truelove and Fluri awarded by SPARC to Investigate Gender, Caste, and Water Inequities in North Indian Cities
Using an Equitable Co-Production Framework for Integrating Meaningful Community Engagement and Science to Understand Climate Impacts
Sarah Schlosser Advancing Education with Open educational resources (OER) Initiative
Jessica Finlay joins the Department of Geography and Institute of Behavioral Science
Jessica Finlay presents to the National Academies

Graduate Student Articles and Updates

PhD student Priscilla Corbett presents work at the World Bank Group in Washington D.C.
Kylen Solvik Receives NASA FINESST Award
Isaiah Lyons-Galante developing GeoVisualizations at the National Renewable Energy Lab
Behzad Vahedi doing a PhD Residency at X - The Moonshot Factory

Alumni Articles and Updates

Lucy Citrine, BA 2021: From Fluvial Geomorphology Research to Mapping Underground Utilities
Molly Guiney, MA 2021: Improving Stream Function and Watershed Health
Brief Alumni Updates

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Jill Adler Grano: Reimagining City Beautiful: Boulder's Path to Equity

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 22:32:20 +0000

Jill Adler Grano: Reimagining City Beautiful: Boulder's Path to Equity Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 11/06/2023 - 15:32

Watch the TED talk here.

In this eye-opening TEDxBoulder talk, Jill Adler Grano delves into Boulder's rich history and the pressing issues that continue to shape the city today. Adler Grano uncovers the untold story of Boulder's past and reveals the city’s classist and racist roots. She passionately discusses the consequences of exclusionary zoning and the dire consequences of prioritizing aesthetics over social justice and equity in housing and land use policies. Her powerful message challenges us to rethink our definition of "City Beautiful" and embrace a future where shared housing models, tiny homes, cottage clusters, and cooperative housing play a vital role. She calls on us to collectively build a more inclusive and equitable community where beauty is redefined, and everyone's needs are met. If you care about housing equity, social justice, and the future of cities, this talk is a must-watch.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://ted.com/tedx Jill Adler Grano is a dedicated advocate for equitable housing in Boulder, Colorado. She believes that housing is a human right and has fought for safe, attainable housing in her role on Boulder's City Council, as the Director of Community Affairs for Congressman Joe Neguse, and as one of Boulder’s Housing Commissioners. Beyond policymaking, she took a hands-on approach by volunteering at the Boulder Homeless Shelter and serving on the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

Grano's academic pursuits reflect her commitment to housing affordability, with her master's thesis exploring challenges and opportunities related to housing affordability in Boulder, showcasing her determination to find practical solutions to this pressing issue.

In addition to her public service and academic endeavors, Grano's involvement in various organizations and initiatives, including her work to support and protect manufactured homeowners and her role in the Sierra Club Political Committee, demonstrates her multi-faceted approach to promoting equitable housing. Her impact extends beyond housing, as she has also been an advocate for small businesses, regenerative agriculture, and an active member of numerous community organizations, highlighting her dedication to the overall well-being of Boulder. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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The dictatorship left a lot of scars

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:33:29 +0000

The dictatorship left a lot of scars Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/26/2023 - 16:33

��Ƶ Boulder showing of film, followed by panel discussion including Chileans who grew up in the dictatorship, will address the 50-year legacy of the 1973 military coup and Augusto Pinochet’s 17-year rule

Fifty years ago this month, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup to overthrow democratically elected Chilean President Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity government.

In the almost 17 years that followed, the Chilean people lived under a brutal and violent dictatorship during which an estimated 3,400 people were “disappeared” or executed, tens of thousands more were arrested and often tortured and an estimated 200,000 were forced into exile.

Pinochet banned political parties, had national electoral registries destroyed, privatized government social welfare programs and redrafted the constitution, which had been in place since 1925, to give himself sole authority to curtail individual rights.

Though Pinochet narrowly lost a 1988 plebiscite, or yes/no vote by everyone in a country, to determine whether he should be president for eight more years, the legacy of the coup and his dictatorship continue resonating in Chile, 50 years later.

Julio Sepúlveda grew up in Chillán, Chile, during the dictatorship.

“The dictatorship left a lot of scars,” says Julio Sepúlveda, a University of Colorado Boulder associate professor of geological sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research fellow who was born during the dictatorship and grew up in Chillán, Chile. “It’s a trauma, and it’s a trauma for society and for individuals and families. You didn’t have to be alive in 1973 to suffer that trauma—many generations were impacted and still are impacted.”

Sepúlveda will be part of a panel Wednesday afternoon following a screening of “The Coup in Santiago: The Last Days of Salvador Allende.” The event, hosted by the ��Ƶ Boulder Latin American and Latinx Studies Center, will focus on the complex social, political and economic legacy of the coup and dictatorship.

“When I was a child, we didn’t speak about it very much because I think people were afraid,” says Viviana Huiliñir-Curio, a PhD student in the ��Ƶ Boulder Department of Geography who also will be a panelist Wednesday.

“It was super taboo, and I think some people decided they couldn’t talk about it because someone could hear you and put in a call to the carabineros (the national law enforcement) saying that you were a Marxist.”

Growing up in a dictatorship

Both Huiliñir-Curio and Sepúlveda were born during the dictatorship, beginning school when nationalism and Chilean identity were strongly emphasized even to young children. Huiliñir-Curio, who grew up in Temuco, Chile, belongs to the Mapuche indigenous group. However, because of policies of discrimination against indigenous groups during the dictatorship, she didn’t grow up speaking—or even learning—her native language of Mapudungun.

“Persecution was part of the experience during the dictatorship,” she says. “The older generations preferred not to teach Mapudungun because for them, it was something that could be dangerous. And in school, I never heard the word ‘dictatorship,’ it was always ‘the government of Pinochet.’ I realize now that the education in school during the dictatorship tried to reinforce distorted ideas about how Pinochet brought development and progress to the country, and it was very influenced by the U.S. culture of the American dream and reinforcing patriotic feelings and national symbols. And indigenous people in these stories were only part of the past, impacting our identities, while discrimination and racism were part of daily life.”

For Viviana Huiliñir-Curio, a member of the Mapuche indigenous group, state-sanctioned discriminiation was part of daily life during the dictatorship.

However, she also remembers growing up singing the songs of Quelentaro and Víctor Jara, a folk singer and activist who was tortured and murdered by the military junta in 1973. “I didn’t totally understand the meaning,” she says, “but they wrote songs about injustice, about inequality and the impoverishment of Mapuche and Chilean campesinos (peasants) and the experiences of low-income families living in the población (marginalized urban neighborhoods). They were songs of resistance.”

As a child during the dictatorship, Sepúlveda says he wasn’t aware of the political and economic nuances that were the daily reality for Chileans, but he was aware of divisions even within families—that Pinochet supporters could report anti-Pinochet family members to authorities.

He also has an uncle who was detained and tortured; an aunt's husband who was in Chile’s FBI-equivalent helped trace and gain his uncle's release.

‘It’s a part of us now’

Living in the United States has also given Huiliñir-Curio and Sepúlveda distinct perspectives on the legacy of the dictatorship and how it continues affecting Chile today. Documents continue to be declassified, some as recently as August, detailing U.S. involvement in the events leading up to the coup, generally justified as preventing the spread of communism. Also this summer, Chilean President Gabriel Boric enacted a national search plan to track down the desaparecidos, or disappeared, who were never found.

However, Sepúlveda mentions that Chile—like many countries, including the United States—is seeing a surge in right-wing rhetoric and extremism, “and we’re hearing many similar things that were said before the coup, as well: socialism is hurting the economy, the government wants to take our land, society is more violent and we’re not safe. These are things you hear in America, too.”

In September 2022, Chilean voters rejected a referendum for a new, progressive constitution, keeping the one written during the dictatorship in place, and in May conservatives won the majority of seats on a 50-member commission to redraft the constitution.

“The right wing has really started emphasizing policies of fear, creating a sense of chaos, telling people that the left wing is going to bring us back to the ‘70s, to socialism,” Sepúlveda says. “If you’re writing policy for social benefits, for access to education, if you support those initiatives, then you get labeled a communist. The far right is creating a campaign of fear that we’ll become the new Venezuela, which is not the case.

“Chile is a diverse society, and it’s difficult to see how countries that have so much good in them are being corroded by a system that is so rigged, by a narrative that is so convincing.”

However, Sepúlveda says he sees hope in the Estallido Social protests of the previous four years that brought hundreds of thousands to the streets against social inequality. Further, Huiliñir-Curio says she sees hope in the ever-growing focus on identity, political memory and indigenous rights, in people’s willingness to speak out against economic and social inequality shaped by the dictatorship and in younger generations' using education and artistic expression, among other tools, to not allow the lessons of the past 50 years to be forgotten.

“It’s a very complicated legacy, and there are those who say we need to move on, we need to put it behind us,” Huiliñir-Curio says. “The denialism from political parties that do not officially recognize the damage provoked by the dictatorship is difficult to talk about, forgive and forget. It’s a part of us now, it’s a part of who we are, and we must ask every day what we learn from this history, this reality.”

Top image: Soldiers force presidential palace employees to the ground during the September 1973 coup; photo by Chas Gerretsen for Gamma

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Colleen Reid: Heat waves are more dangerous than you think

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:14:27 +0000

Colleen Reid: Heat waves are more dangerous than you think Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 07/22/2023 - 18:14

Lisa Marshall , ��Ƶ Boulder Today

The numbers are staggering: As of Wednesday, Phoenix had hit 20 straight days at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius); El Paso, Texas, had sweltered for 33 days above 100 F; and Las Vegas is under an excessive heat warning, expected to reach a scorching 113 F this week.

Even Colorado, which has enjoyed a relatively cool early summer, was bracing for mid- to high-90s starting Sunday and stretching through next week.

Excessive heat can sicken and, in some cases, kill, said Colleen Reid, an assistant professor of geography at ��Ƶ Boulder. During last summer’s heat wave in Europe, 62,000 people perished. Yet the threat heat poses is often underestimated.

Colleen Reid

“People tend to say, ‘Oh it’s hot. I’m used to being hot.’ But some studies say that extreme heat actually kills more people in the U.S. every year than any other weather disaster,” said Reid, who studies the health impacts of extreme heat and wildfire smoke.

��Ƶ Boulder Today spoke with Reid about how heat impacts health, who is most vulnerable, and what people can do to protect themselves.

Heat waves are deceptively dangerous. Why?

The interesting thing about heat is that you don’t see it. You look out your window and you don’t see a tornado or a hurricane or a fire. It looks normal, and without clear imagery, it’s tough to get people to understand the severity of the threat. A lot of people don’t take precautions.

Temperatures around the country are all over the place right now. Is this the new normal?

We will definitely see more of this in the future. Already, we are seeing hotter, longer and more frequent heat waves than we did 10 or 20 years ago, and that is exactly what was predicted by the climate scientists. The projections are, unfortunately, suggesting it will get worse.

What goes on inside your body when exposed to extreme heat?

Your body tries to cool off as best as it can, so you sweat more. When you sweat, you lose electrolytes, and you need those electrolytes for lots of different bodily functions. You are also losing fluid, so you can get dehydrated, which can cause confusion and inhibit the good judgment it takes to stop and cool off. If you can’t cool off, your insides essentially cook.

We know from research that people are more likely to have heatstroke and show up in the hospital or the emergency department with electrolyte imbalance or kidney problems during a heat wave. More than 700 people die in the U.S. each year from heat-related illness. (By comparison, about 88 perish in floods and 68 from tornadoes.)

Are certain populations particularly vulnerable?

People with kidney disease, as kidneys are very affected by the heat. Some prescription medications (including psychotropics, diuretics and medications for Parkinson’s disease) also interfere with body temperature regulation. The elderly, as their bodies have trouble thermoregulating just due to the natural aging process. Similarly, really young children, particularly those too young to be able to use words to explain their discomfort. And, of course, anyone who does not have access to places to cool off.

Are there socioeconomic factors at play here, too?

Yes. We know from my research and that of others that homes that have air conditioning are more likely to be homes owned by wealthier families. And even when people have an air conditioner but are struggling to pay their electric bill, they don't always turn it on. People with lower economic means also tend to live in communities that have less tree cover and fewer parks, and areas with vegetation are cooler than areas filled with concrete.

It’s also been documented that even when you control for income, predominantly whiter communities have more green space, and Black and brown communities tend to have less green space. There's an environmental injustice there. Cities are getting hotter and hotter, and the most vulnerable individuals—the people least likely to have air conditioning—are also the ones least likely to have a park nearby to cool off in.

Keeping cool

Warning signs of heatstroke vary but may include the following, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

An extremely high body temperature (above 103 F) Red,
hot and dry skin (no sweating)
Rapid, strong pulse
Throbbing headache
Dizziness
Nausea
Confusion
Unconsciousness

How can individuals protect themselves?

When you hear there's an extreme heat warning, take note and modify what you're doing that day or at least when you're doing it. If you're going to exercise outdoors, try to do it before the temperature gets too hot. As far as work goes, Colorado has a law to protect agricultural workers by requiring their employers to provide shade and water breaks. But not all outdoor workers—think about construction workers or roofers—have those laws in place in Colorado.

If you must be out in the heat, drink lots of fluids, including electrolyte drinks. Don't drink alcohol or other things that dehydrate you. Seek shade when you can.

How can society prepare for a hotter future?

We need to be doing everything we can to stop emitting fossil fuels to try and slow down climate change. But that's going to take a long time to have an effect.

Meantime, we need to protect people's health now and be ramping up for the fact that it's going to get worse in the future. We need to think about shifting when the workday is in the hottest times of the year. Already, in Arizona, some construction is done at night. We need to think about shifting when sports practices are for kids. And we need to have plans in place to help vulnerable individuals when a heat wave strikes.

How do we help the most vulnerable people?

Cooling centers are great, but you need to get the word out that they exist and you need to provide transportation to them, because a lot of the individuals who need them the most do not have their own vehicles. These centers also need to allow for pets, because people don't want to leave their pet suffering in the heat.

There's a lot of people who just don't want to go to a community cooling center, but if you said they could go to a movie theater or to the library or to the grocery store or a mall and just spend some time to cool their core body temperature down, they might go for that. There are also efforts to create networks where people check on their elderly neighbors who live alone and may be overheating and not realize it.

Most importantly, we need to recognize that extreme heat can kill, and we need to take it seriously.

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Mark Williams Obituary

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:30:17 +0000

Mark Williams Obituary Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 06/12/2023 - 08:30

We are very sorry to pass along the news that Mark Williams, Professor Emeritus of Geography and INSTAAR Fellow Emeritus, passed away in Boulder on June 6. Mark led Niwot LTER at ��Ƶ for two program cycles, 2004-2014, and is responsible for many of the accomplishments and directions that continue on in our program. Mark also was a founder of the Critical Zone Observatory program at ��Ƶ Boulder. Among his multiple awards, he was a Fulbright Scholar and appointed Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.

As an academic scholar, Mark’s focus was on factors influencing the hydrology and biogeochemistry of watersheds, particularly high elevation ecosystems. He also was concerned about environmental impacts to watersheds throughout Colorado and the West. That focus led Mark to pursue several areas of environmental concern:

Mark focused on nitrogen pollution from anthropogenic sources, being one of the first to recognize thresholds in nitrogen inputs to landscapes that alter the way nitrogen cycles through the ecosystem and could cause large deleterious changes in ecosystems often downstream from the source of pollution and inputs to the watershed. His findings spurred studies that are still ongoing today.

Mark and his students and colleagues recognized that greater understanding of the water quality impacts of acid rock drainage throughout the Colorado Mineral Belt required knowledge of groundwater flow paths and mineral weathering rates. His work set the stage for remediation efforts in several critical watersheds in southwestern Colorado.

Mark recognized that energy extraction methods had very large consequences on groundwater, and he contributed to a state-of-the-art assessment of fracking as a means of oil and gas extraction in the Great plans.

Perhaps most significantly, Mark saw the early signs of climate change affecting our mountains. Beginning in the 1990s, Mark and his students worked on a series of projects at NWT that monitored snowpack and the consequences of snow amounts and seasonality, and the consequences of early snowmelt. He demonstrated that snow functioned in multiple ways above and beyond its role as water provider to the west. He argued that our mountains are the water towers of the West, and that snow was the timing factor affecting the availability of that water. His snow survey program for the Front Range in the Green Lakes Valley of the Front Range is something we still conduct.

Mark has left a legacy of colleagues through his sponsorship of 35 graduate students and four postdocs, and his participation in multiple interdisciplinary studies. His legacy has allowed for so many successes at Niwot Ridge LTER. We honor his lasting impacts to our program and celebrate all his accomplishments. We will plan a time when we can come together and honor his contributions to NWT and high elevation science, likely this summer or fall.

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Spring 2023 Newsletter Published

Anonymous — Fri, 05 May 2023 19:32:27 +0000

Spring 2023 Newsletter Published Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 05/05/2023 - 13:32

The 2023 Spring Newsletter has been published and is available for viewing! If you would like to contribute to the next newsletter, please contact the department. If you are an alum, please fill out the Alumni Update form. The newsletter contains department news, alumni updates, and articles by faculty and students.

Contents:

Message from the Department Chair
Katherine Lininger NSF Career Award
Waleed Abdalati Testifies in the U.S. Senate
Emily Yeh's Campus Sustainability Award
Introducing New Geography Professor Keith Musselman
Rafael Pires de Lima on Mapping Arctic Sea Ice and a New NASA Grant
Field work in north central Kenya
Obituary: Tyler Roberts, PhD 2014, ��Ƶ Geography
Daniel Sweeney: Earning a Fourth Degree!
Matthew Woodland: Undergraduate Update
Alumni and Friends Celebration
Alumni News

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