Thelma Abu, assistant professor of environment and human interactions at the University of Connecticut, will deliver the Department of Geography's Coffee Hour talk on Oct. 31.
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For two Penn State geography graduate students, fieldwork in Southern Africa offered more than a research assignment. It provided a front-row view of how science, community and collaboration come together in the effort to restore landscapes undergoing rapid environmental change.
Associate Professor of Geography Jenn Baka is one of four Penn State researchers who have been selected as 2025 fellows of the Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE).
The hallways of Penn State’s Walker Building helped launch Harrison Cole’s cartography career, eventually leading him to one of the biggest names in the field: National Geographic.
Mook Bangalore, assistant professor of environmental policy in the Penn State School of Public Policy, will deliver his talk at noon on Friday, Oct. 24.
A new Penn State geography course is giving students the chance to question what sustainability means and how it can be practiced in everyday life.
Penn State Geography alumnus Kirk Goldsberry returned to Penn State’s campus this fall to share how spatial data transformed professional basketball and his own career from the classroom to ESPN, the San Antonio Spurs and beyond.
Researchers at Penn State found that children’s diet quality peaks about 80 kilometers from protected areas, with vitamin A-rich foods most likely at that mid-distance in Indigenous population areas.
Kirk Goldsberry, NBA analyst, author and Penn State alumnus, will deliver a talk titled “Mapping the Modern NBA: How Cartography Helped Change Basketball Forever” as part of the Department of Geography’s Coffee Hour lecture series.