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| Lindley Hall, home of the Department of Geography--take a look around. |
Greetings! We welcome your interest in the faculty, students, and activities of the Department of Geography at KU, and hope that our Web site provides you with a comprehensive sense of the things that interest us and the things we do. For those things that pique your interest or intrigue you, we invite you to contact us directly - we will be happy to respond personally.
Congratulations to our 2009 Geography and Atmospheric Science Graduates!
Photo used with the permission of Stephanie Meador
Congratulations are in order for Dave Mechem who received the J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award for 2008-2009 in the Natural Sciences Division of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences!
The following are some grants, awards and honors that our graduate students have received during the past couple of months:
Congratulations everyone!
Congratulations to Jerry Dobson on being named Jefferson Science Fellow by U.S. State Department
Congratulations to Kees van der Veen on his promotion to Full Professor.
Dan Hirmas, Bill Johnson and Steve Bozarth launch a new Soil Geomorphology Research Group website.
See who came to the Atmo Reunion.
Congratulations to Jerry Dobson on his receipt of the 2009 AAG GISSG Robert T. Aangeenbrug Distinguished Career Award.
Congratulations to Garth Myers for being named a Hall Center Fellow for one semester during the 2009-2010 academic year.
Congratulations are in order for Andrew Allen -- Andrew was a member of the University of Wyoming World Geography Team, which won the Association of American Geographers (AAG) regional geography bowl competition for the second consecutive year.
Congratulations to Dan Rose, who, (on behalf of the City of Topeka ) recently received KAM’s ( Kansas Association of Mappers) prestigious 2008 ‘Outstanding Kansas Mapping Project Award’!
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| Attending a reception for KU Kemper award winners for 2008 is (l to r) Geography Department Chair Terry Slocum with former Kemper winners Garth Myers (2000), Steve Egbert (2005), Chris Brown (2006), and this year's winner Shannon O'Lear. |
HEADLINERS - Oread, October 6, 2008
IT'S IN THE SOIL:
William Woods, professor of geography, was quoted in an article in the September issue of National Geographic about soil in the southern hemisphere. The article discusses terra preta, or soil containing carbon. It's not known how much carbon can be stored in the soil, but Woods thinks it has great potential. "The world is going to hear a lot more about terra preta," he said.
GIS Day @ KU is November 19th!
KU Geography is proud to be a key sponsor of GIS Day. Sign up now and check back for a detailed schedule: http://www.gis.ku.edu/gisday/2008/index.shtml
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The GIS Day Student Presentation Competition is open now! Prizes total $500 and include an undergraduate award: http://www.gis.ku.edu/gisday/2008/studentcomp/index.shtml.
| Congratulations to Prof. Shannon O'Lear on her Kemper Fellowship! The Kemper fellowships recognize outstanding teachers and advisers at KU as determined by a seven-member selection committee. Now in their 13th year, the awards are supported by $650,000 in gifts from the William T. Kemper Foundation (Commerce Bank, trustee) and $650,000 in matching funds from KU Endowment. Click here to see the video of the presentation of her award. |  |
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Geography Professor Bill Johnson is involved in trying to unravel the playa phenomenon in Lane County, Western Kansas. Click here to read article. |
Geography welcomes new faculty members Dan Hirmas, Jay Johnson, and Barney Warf to the department.
Upcoming event: Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Houston, TX, October 3-9, 2008.
Papers will be presented by Dan Hirmas, Bill Johnson, Mark Bowen and Alan Halfen.
See titles here.
Congratulations to Ava Dinges and Andrew Oberthaler who have won American Meteorological Society Undergraduate Scholarships! Congratulations also to Sylvia Davison who has won an AMS Minority Scholarship and plans to come to KU.
Terry Slocum has been named a 2008-2009 senior administrative fellow. The program allows selected faculty the opportunity to explore senior administration through meeting with senior administrators, visiting administrative units across campus and discussing national trends in higher education. Read more here.
Jerome E. Dobson, professor of geography, has received the 2008 CaGIS Award of Distinction.
Dobson is well-known for his tenure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1975-2001), where he established himself as an advocate for maintaining a tight bond between GIS and geography. He has also helped found the Association of American Geographers GIS Specialty Group and the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, subsequently holding leadership roles in both organizations.
Quote from June 9, 2008 issue of Oread, KU People page.
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Research Matters broadcast features Geography Professor Johannes Feddema speaking about Landcover and Climate Change. |
photo courtesy of University Relations |
LAWRENCE — On May 20, David Braaten and Johannes Feddema, both professors of geography at the University of Kansas, met for the first time with other members of the Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group in Wichita. Earlier in the month, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius named the two KU experts to the panel that is tasked with exploring how the state could cut greenhouse gas emissions. Click for entire article.
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Congratulations to the Atmospheric Science Program on receiving the Cooperative Observer Award from the National Weather Service for the University's weather station near Lindley Hall. The station is one of the oldest of Kansas' stations. Pictured, left to right, are Richard McNulty, Johannes Feddema, Curtis Hall, Bill Newman of the National Weather Service, David Mechem, Donna Tucker and Terry Slocum. To read more, please click here. |
Chancellor E.H. Lindley spent two years fussing with Gov. Jonathan M. Davis and the Board of Administration over matters large and small. After his defeat by Republican Ben S. Paulen in November 1924, Davis fired Lindley, but Paulen reinstated him as soon as he took office in mid-January 1925. Lindley retired in 1939 and died soon after; the mineral resources building was named for him when it opened in 1943. For more, visit www.buildings.ku.edu.
