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  • Students walking in graduation gowns
    The May 2018 Commencement photos have been published. New this year is a video of the commencement ceremony. You can download photos from the site.
  • Woman rowing raft on river
    Alice Hill studies water supply issues in remote, pressured river basins by Katie Weeman, CIRES outreach writer In the spring of 2009, С»ÆÊé Boulder researcher Alice Hill (PhD Geography, 2017) sat atop an icy Alaskan glacier for the first
  • 2018 Spring newsletter cover with the table of contents
    The 2018 Spring Newsletter has been published and is available for viewing. The newsletter is packed with department news, student and faculty articles, and Emily Yeh's final "Message from the Chair" article. Articles
  • Babs Buttenfield photo portrait
    Barbara "babs" Buttenfield has been elected as the inaugural Parliamentarian of the Arts and Sciences Council (ASC), which is the faculty senate for the College of Arts & Sciences. This is a new officer position, added to
  • 3 people standing at party
    The Geography gathering during this year's American Association of Geographers conference in New Orleans was a big success. Siddharth Menon was the primary organizer with help from others including Gabriella Smith (Gaby) and major support from
  • Aerial view of С»ÆÊé Boulder campus with snow
    By Trent Knoss, С»ÆÊé Boulder Today.С»ÆÊé Boulder researchers have created a map of the Northern Hemisphere showing how location and humidity can affect precipitation, illustrating wide variability in how and why different areas
  • Roger Barry photo portrait
    Roger Barry, longtime faculty member, colleague, and friend to many, passed away March 19, 2018 at the age of 82. Roger had lifelong research interests ranging widely from polar climates to mountain climates to climate change. He was the
  • Shae Frydenlund standing in front of river
    Shae Frydenlund was awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) grant to support her dissertation research project titled "Rohingya Refugees, Translocality, and the Gendered Labor
  • scholarship graphic with mortarboard and rolled up diploma
    Applications for the A. David Hill and Albert W. Smith scholarships are due April 3. You can find out more details on the Scholarships and Awards page. Both are for Geography majors who will be entering their fourth (
  • Zhaxi Duojie photo portrait
    Dorje Tashi (Duojie Zhaxi) was awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) grant. The award will support his dissertation research project titled "Tibetan Farmers in Transition: Urbanization,
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