Each week, the Communications Coordinator in the Department of Geography sends out the "Graticule Weekly" newsletter to students, staff, and faculty on current affairs in the department and on campus. Please use the clickable links below to view our archive of newsletters by release date and headline, with the first "Graticule" newsletter sent out on September 17, 2021. 2024 - October October 4- New Research Project to Study Forest Response to Compounded Threats October 11- Mark Your Calendar: GIS Day 2024 October 18- Geography Wheeler Lecture: Dr. Matthew Huber October 25- Fausto Sarmiento’s New Book Provides Continued Scholarship on Mountainscapes September September 6- NOAA Recommends Funding for Sapelo Island Restoration Project September 13- Max Appelbaum’s Masters Thesis Observes Heat Island Effect In Augusta September 20- UGA Geography Researchers Study Algal Blooms with CyanoTRACKER Project August August 23- Welcome Back to Class! UGA Welcomes Class of 2028 August 30- Ryan Smith, Geography Academic Advisor Wins National Award June June 7- Join us in Welcoming Our Newest Staff Member, Fabiana Hayden May May 3- Undergraduate Advisor Ryan Smith Wins Outstanding New Advisor Award May 10- Congratulations Class of 2024! May 24- Nemin Wu and Hao Yang Win 2024 AAG Paper Competition Awards April April 5- Fall 2024 Registration Begins April 19- Kelly Neighbour Awarded 2024 Presidential Award of Excellence April 26- 2024 Undergraduate Honors and Awards Recipients March March 1- John Knox Named Recipient of Felton Jenkins Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award March 15- Geography Globe Lecture 2024: Danielle Purifoy March 22- UGA Researchers Work to Deploy GeoAI in a Changing World March 29- GeoAI Seminar: Yuhao Kang February February 2- Geography Ph.D. Candidate Jielu Zhang Receives Sustainability Grant February 9- Geography Colloquium with Michelle Ritchie February 16- UGA Geography Alumna Chandana Mitra Named 2024 AAG Fellow February 23- UGA Geographers Explore Effects of Climate Change in Mountain Lakes of Ecuador January January 12- Welcome Back to Campus! January 19- Dr. Christopher Elcik's Research Reveals Demand for Weather Based Pain Forecasts January 26- UGA Geography Alumnus Mingshu Wang Receives IJGI Young Investigator Award 2023 - December December 1- Today's the Day: 2023 Geography Winter Social December 15- Congratulations Class of 2023! November November 3- Max Appelbaum Receives SRNL Poster Award November 10- Mark Your Calendar: 2023 Winter Social November 17- Geography Colloquium: Dr. Yiyi He October October 6- UGA Geography Colloquium- Dr. Ralf Ludvig October 13- ATSC Scholarship Spotlight October 20- Communicating Climate Change October 27- Mark You Calendar: GIS 2023 September September 1- Faculty Spotlight: Marshall Shepherd Wins Environmental Achievement Award September 8- Student Spotlight: UGA GEOG Ph.D. Chintan Maniyar Receives NASA Fellowship September 15- Service-Learning Spotlight: Cross-Institutional Students Support a Coastal Georgia Legacy September 22- Geography Department Publishes Two New Promo Videos September 29- Student Research Spotlight: Recent Graduate Shay Magagey Publishes New Research August August 11- Research Spotlight: New UGA ATSC Research in Nature Communications August 18- Welcome Back to Class August 25- Faculty Spotlight: Chronicle of a Fullbright Global Scholar July July 28- "Undergraduate Spotlight: ATSC/GEOG Double Major Shania Green" June June 2- "Research Spotlight: 'Play Deserts'" June 16- "Welcome, Dean Stenport" June 30- "UGA in the News" May May 5- "Dr. Suzanne Birch Hosts a New 20- Episode Lecture Series" May 12- "Congratulations Class of 2023!" May 19- "Community GIS Class Helps Map Evictions in ACC" April April 7- "Research Spotlight- Dr. Deepak Mishra" April 14- "Dr. Herod Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship" April 21- "2023 Undergraduate Honors & Award Recipients" April 28- "Dr. Gengchen Mai Awarded 2023 AAG Nystrom Award" March March 3- "Introducing: The Weather Dawgs" March 17- "2023 Globe Lecture" March 24- "Research Spotlight: Dr. Amy Trauger" March 31- "Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Fausto Sarmiento's New Book" February February 3- "Alumni Spotlight: ATSC Alumni Featured in Georgia Magazine" February 10- "Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Jackson Featured in Georgia Magazine" February 17- "Dr. Marshall Shepherd Moderates Discussion with Kamala Harris" February 24- "2023 Wheeler Lecture" January January 13- "Welcome Back to Campus" January 20- "Faculty Spotlight: Nik Heynen" January 27- "New Weather Radar a Game Changer" 2022 - December December 2- "Winter Social Potluck & Chili Cook-Off" December 9- "Highlighting Hidden Figures" December 16- "Congratulations Class of 2022!" & "Research Spotlight" November November 4- "Learning Technology Consortium Visit" November 11- "Discovering the World Through GIS" November 18- "GIS Day Photo Gallery" October October 7- "Reflecting On Hurricane Ian" October 14- "Honoring Linnentown: A Living Mosaic" October 21- "Geography Open House In Review" October 28- "Research Spotlight: Dr. Suzanne Birch Authors Two New Papers" September September 2- "Suzanne Birch Named Co-PI on National Science Foundation Grant" & "Internship Spotlight" September 9- "Dr. Andrew Herod Receives Jim Lewis Award" & "Jonathon Preece Attends Cryosphere 2022 Symposium" September 16- "Nik Heynen Leads Students at Penn Center Residency" September 23- "Estefania Palacios Publishes New Paper" & "From the Weather Station" September 30- "A Brief Conversation with Dr. Marshall Shepherd ahead of Hurricane Ian's Landfall" August August 19- "Welcome Back to Class" & "Distinguished UGA Alumnus, Dr. Derek Alderman named to US Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names" August 26- "Weather to Bounce" & "UGA Geography in Orbit" June June 3 - Bi-weekly headline: "'Tell the Whole Story': History of Slavery at UGA" and "National Academies Gulf of Mexico report" June 17 - Bi-weekly headline: "CGR/DiGTL and Virtual Perception Laboratory receive two Learning Technologies Grants" and "Linnentown StoryMap Project" June 30 - Bi-weekly headline: "Utilizing a crowdsourced phrasal lexicon to identify cultural ecosystem services in El Cajas National Park, Ecuador" and "UGA student wins AMS Washington Scholarship for third consecutive year" May May 20 - "Professor of Geography receives Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar Award to Austria, Japan, and Chile" May 13 - "Congratulations, Class of 2022!" May 6 - "Join us for Geography's Graduation Celebration!"
