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A Brief Conversation with Dr. Marshall Shepherd Ahead of Hurricane Ian's Landfall

As Hurricane Ian barreled towards the western coast of Florida this week, Dr. Marshall Shepherd was hard at work fielding questions from a variety of high profile news outlets requesting his expertise on the storm's catastrophic potential. As Ian crept over the mountain-less region of Cuba and into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, it become evident that the storm's impact would be significant. Despite Dr. Shephard's busy schedule…

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Dr. Nik Heynen Leads Students at Five Day Penn Center Research Residency

This past June, students and faculty from universities across the Southeast united at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District on St. Helena Island, SC for a series of discussions, community conversations, workshops, educational excursions, and place-based studies on the themes of Land, Liberation, and Justice. The Penn Center, formerly one of the nation’s first schools for formerly enslaved people, is now the site of a litany of…

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Dr. Suzanne Birch Named Co-PI on National Science Foundation Grant

UGA Geography and Anthropology professor Dr. Suzanne Birch has been named Co-Principal Investigator for a substantial National Science Foundation (NSF) grant with the purpose of establishing novel data communication and networking infrastructure between historically sectioned disciplines. The stated mission of the NSF grant falls in line with a global trend towards increased transparency, interchange, and ethical collection of data in scholarly…

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Dr. John Knox's New Study Reveals 479 weather-related bounce house injuries, 28 deaths

Over a decade ago, Dr. John Knox saw a joke on Facebook comparing the phenomenon of runaway bounce houses to the scientific study of dust particles in the atmosphere. Several years and hundreds of hours of intensive, intricate research later, Dr. Knox now admits that bounce houses are no joke. The results of his recently published study reveal a plethora of injuries and deaths caused by a volatile combination: windy weather and large inflatable…

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Distinguished UGA Alumnus, Dr. Derek Alderman named to US Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names

Tuesday, August 9th, a day when much of the world was observing The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Holland formally announced the members of the newly conceived Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names. Among those selected for the esteemed committee included one of UGA Geography’s very own, alumnus Derek Alderman. Since receiving his Ph.D. from the University of…
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