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Dr. Suzanne Pilaar Birch

A Year of Titles: Dr. Suzie Birch named Wilson Research Fellow

Suzie Birch, associate professor of Geography and Anthropology at the University of Georgia, was last year awarded the Wilson Center Research Fellowship through the Wilson Center for Humanities and Arts.

Dr. Fausto Sarmiento

A Year of Titles: Dr. Fausto Sarmiento receives Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar Award

Fausto O. Sarmiento, professor of mountain science and director of the Neotropical Montology Collaboratory, at the Department of Geography of the University of Georgia, has received a Fulbright U.S.

The SHEP monitoring software used in real time

The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project

Dr. Sergio Bernardes from the Center for Geospatial Research (CGR) is training federal and state agencies on the use of geospatial tools to monitor the performance of mitigation features associated with large engineering projects. The series of workshops offered by Dr.


Ten undergraduates receive honors in the department

On April 20, 2022, the Department of Geography celebrated ten of its top performing undergraduate students for their academic excellence and involvement in the community during their undergraduate years. Congratulations to the following students on winning these departmental awards:

Will O'Neil providing a weather forecast for the Newnan tornado on March 25, 2021.

One year following the killer EF-4 Newnan tornado

March 25, 2022 marks one year after the killer EF-4 tornado tore through Newnan, GA.

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