News
- Preston received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award through the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program for his research entitled "Does Change in Fine-Scale Soil Properties After Fire Stimulate
- Andrew will present at the Sawyer Seminar on Human Rights, part of the Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin - Madison on Friday, May 6, 2011.The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the Human Rights Initiative a major grant to
- Erich Mueller and Andrew Linke have been selected as this year's recipients of the Department's Gilbert White Fellowship. The fellowship provides dissertation writing support for a semester.
- Adam Williams received a $1000 Smith Scholar Award from the Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) program.See CARTSS Website for more info.
- Natalie Koch Receives National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows Nordic Research Opportunity for 3 months research collaboration in Finland.
- Ted was selected to receive a Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship for 2011-2012. This fellowship provides one academic semester of support to assist outstanding PhD candidates in the completion of their dissertation.
- The Graduate Student Teaching Excellence awards are presented by the Graduate School to reward outstanding graduate part-time instructors (GPTI).
- Sarah is the recipient of a National Geographic Young Explorers Grant. National Geographic provides these grants to help cover "field project costs for hard-working, passionate, creative individuals with great ideas".
- Adrianne's essay was awarded 1st prize in the memoir category of the Thompson Awards for Western American Writing. Adrianne's essay was an autobiography about fear of avalanches and "funny" coping mechanisms while in the backcountry.
- Austin Cowley, Ian Rowen, and Amelia Schubert have been selected as this years recipients of the department's Adam Kolff Memorial Research Fellowship. The fellowship provides $1500 toward research expenses for MA students.