Dr. Ray will be talking on “Coming of Age at the End of the World: Eco-Grief, College Students, and Climate Change.”

On March 8 at 7pm, Dr. Ray will be talking on “Coming of Age at the End of the World: Eco-Grief, College Students, and Climate Change” for the “My Favorite Lecture” series at the Plaza Grill in Arcata.

PermaLink: http://now.humboldt.edu/achievements/10371/

Alum Michael Vernon (MS 2017) with Rosemary Sherriff (Geography), Jeff Kane (Forestry), and Phil van Mantgem (USGS) published a new paper.

Alum Michael Vernon (MS 2017) with Rosemary Sherriff (Geography), Jeff Kane (Forestry), and Phil van Mantgem (USGS) published a paper titled “Thinning, tree-growth, and resistance to multi-year drought in a mixed-conifer forest of northern California” in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.03.043

Humboldt Geography Announces China/Tibet Field Studies Program for Summer 2019.

Humboldt Geography Announces China/Tibet Field Studies Program for Summer 2019. As part of its continuing global outreach, the Humboldt Geography Department is again offering the China/Tibet Field Studies Program. Since the beginning of the program in 2000 Humboldt undergraduate students have pursued a wide range of topics while exploring and documenting the rapidly changing natural and cultural landscapes of these regions. The design and implementation of a community service project on the Tibetan Plateau will be a hallmark of next year’s program.

Humboldt came home with several top awards from the 72nd Annual California Geographical Society meeting.

Humboldt came home with several top awards from the 72nd Annual California Geographical Society meeting in Sacramento. The 18 current students, along with alumni, who attended represented Humboldt Geography with strong enthusiasm and professionalism.

We had three student awardees. Samuel Wood won first place for the Cartography Paper Competition. Joshua Shindelbower won second place for the Cartography Paper Competition. Quint Migliardi won third place for the Digital Cartography Competition, and several of our students landed Student Travel Awards. Well done!

Congratulations to our 2018 Geography scholarship recipients!

Congratulations to our 2018 Geography scholarship recipients! At the annual awards BBQ, scholarships and awards were distributed thanks to the generosity of alumni and other donors. A new Kosmos award was created this year for leadership and creativity in geospatial science and cartography. Congratulations to recipients Miyako Namba (Dr. John L. Harper Memorial Scholarship), Hartford Johnson (Herring Geography Scholarship), Quint Migliardi (Dr. Joseph S.

Over the last year, students in GEOG 300, Global Awareness, and GEOG 301, Int’l Environmental Issues and Globalization, published papers on public blogs under the instruction of Dr. Laura Johnson.

Over the last year, students in GEOG 300, Global Awareness, and GEOG 301, Int’l Environmental Issues and Globalization, published papers on public blogs under the instruction of Dr. Laura Johnson.

Students in GEOG 300 created an ‘Encyclopedia of Objects of Concern,’ in which they creatively examined how seemingly mundane, ordinary objects connect people, places, and beings across the globe. Check it out here: https://humboldtglobalawareness.weebly.com 

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