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The visitation to natural wonders like the Galapagos Islands poses questions towards its sustainability (natural, social and economic).
It may not be just location, location, location that influences where people move to in the United States, but also politics, politics, politics, according to a team of researchers.
David Kubarek
November 20, 2019
Growing up in a segregated part of Washington, D.C., in the 1970s, Tony Hutchinson didn’t see a lot of the kids in his neighborhood going on to college. Even though several members of his family had graduated from teacher’s colleges — for him — it didn’t seem like an option.
That all changed — through the help of role models in his life — and he graduated from Penn State’s Department of Geography in 1990 before beginning a decades-long career using data analysis to drive home lending decisions.
Female veterans are the fastest growing demographic among the homeless population in the United States and face a double hurdle of distance and invisibility in getting the health services they need from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to research conducted by Penn State graduate student and U.S. Air Force veteran Elizabeth Elsea.
Our alumni have jobs all over the world and credit their geography degree from Penn State with their careers. Watch videos of 4 of our alumni.
Geography is the science of place and space. It's an incredible field of study that brings together people, the environment, and technology to solve problems.
You may think of maps when you think about geography, and that's certainly one major aspect. Do you ever wonder who built the map you use on your phone every day? Plenty of geographers involved in that! But that's not the only potential career pathway you might take as a geographer. Our alumni are working all over the world to shape policy, sustain our natural resources, help businesses analyze their markets, and plan the cities of the future.
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Penn State will be equipped to meet the needs of students, faculty, and a society at large that is progressively more reliant on immersive technology with the opening of the Center for Immersive Experiences (CIE) on the University Park campus.
The center, with physical space in Pattee Library and collaborators in 11 different academic units at the University, will feature comprehensive services around teaching, learning and research involving immersive technology by increasing access to virtual reality, augmented reality, 360-degree video, mixed reality and more.
For a project in a geographic information systems (GIS) class in Penn State's Department of Geography, Alexis Fisher sought to spotlight the wage gap in the United States. She had familiarity with the topic, but when she began plotting a story map using Esri’s ArcGIS online tools, the data really came to life.
Fisher, a senior majoring in cyber security analytics and operations with a focus in geopolitics, entered historical wage data broken down by counties with variables for gender and ethnicity, to create an interactive map with text, videos, and graphics.
