Penn State geography alumna Jazmyn Clark finds career momentum in GIS
Jazmyn Clark, 2022 Penn State graduate, recently visited the Department of Geography, reconnected with academic adviser Jodi Vender and toured Walker Building to see recent renovations. During her visit, Clark shared how GIS training and an internship lead helped launch her career.
Coffee Hour talk to explore gentrification, migration and labor in rural America
Lise Nelson, professor in the School of Geography, Development and Environment at the University of Arizona, will present at the Department of Geography’s Coffee Hour lecture series at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17, in 112 Walker Building.
Coffee Hour to explore mapping design and collaboration in practice
Robert Roth, professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) and director of the UW Cartography Lab, will present at the Department of Geography’s Coffee Hour lecture series at noon on Friday, April 10, in 401 Steidle Building.
Penn State Geography’s new sustainability major draws first declared student
Amaya Heffelfinger is the first student to declare Penn State's new sustainability, society and environmental geography major. The new bachelor of arts program examines sustainability through the connected lenses of environment, economy and equity.
Penn State student bridges Indigenous geography and engineering in the Amazon
Undergraduate Sofia Hoffman joined Assistant Professor Belén Noroña’s geography-led fieldwork in Ecuador’s Yasuní region, working with Kichwa communities to map and sample contamination concerns linked to oil extraction.
Canceled - March 27 Miller Lecture to focus on Indigenous women and the violence they face
This event has been canceled. We will try to host in the fall.
Schreyer Scholar and geography major explores interests beyond the classroom
Ann Ehrlich is currently pursuing an Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate (IUG) degree and will graduate from Penn State with her bachelor's degree in geography, a master's degree in spatial data science and a graduate certificate in remote sensing and Earth observation.
Climate and human health risks of Saharan dust focus of Geography Coffee Hour
The Department of Geography will host Gregory Jenkins, professor of meteorology and atmospheric sciences at Penn State, for a Coffee Hour lecture titled "West Africa poised for late 21st century climate injustice: Modeling increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) and changes in Saharan mineral dust".
Penn State launches sustainability, society and environmental geography major
Penn State’s Department of Geography in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is launching a new major in sustainability, society and environmental geography (SSEG), a bachelor of arts degree program.
Geography Coffee Hour on Feb. 20 to highlight graduate student research
Four doctoral graduate students in Penn State’s Department of Geography will deliver research talks as part of the department’s Graduate Student Coffee Hour series at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20.