From 2021-2025, the Geography Department published a weekly newsletter to students, staff, and faculty on current affairs in the department and on campus. The department has now transitioned into published a quarterly newsletter and a weekly roundup email instead. To subscribe to our weekly email, please contact geography@uga.edu. 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. 2025 - May May 2- GUSTO's EJI Trip - Photo Gallery May 9- Congratulations Class of 2025! April April 4- Climate Change Geographies Program of Study Approved for Fall 2025 April 11- Nik Heynen Awarded 2025 AAG James Blaut Award April 18- 2025 Globe Lecture: Dr. Rachel Scarlett April 25- 2025 Undergraduate Honors and Award Winners March March 14- Amy Trauger & Jennifer Rice to Launch New UGA Press Series March 21- GUSTO hosts trip to Legacy Museum & National Memorial for Peace and Justice March 28- Thomas Mote Named AAAS Fellow February February 7- UGA Alumnus Castle Williamsberg Wins AMS Award February 14- UGA Geography Alumnus Joshua Inwood Appointed AAG Fellow February 21- Xiaobai Angela Yao Named Editor-in-Cheif of CaGIS Journal February 28- Andrew Herod Named Regents Professor by USG January January 17- David Porinchu Receives 2024 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award January 24- Student Group Spotlight: GUSTO January 31- UGA AMS Chapter Attends 150th AMS Meeting 2024 - December December 6- Spring '25 Course Spotlight December 13- Congratulations Class of 2024! November November 1- Marshall Shepherd Receives National Academies Award for Science Communications November 8- Message from the Department Head November 15- Exploring the Center for Geospatial Research (CGR) November 22- ATSC Students and Faculty Recognized by City of Conyers 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!"
