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- Melting of ice on Niwot Ridge and the adjacent Green Lakes Valley in the high mountains west of Boulder, Colorado, is likely to progress as climate continues to warm, scientists have found. They report their results in a special issue of the journal
- Emily Yeh was quoted in an article in The Economist magazine titled "The Emperor's Mighty Brother" about the caterpillar fungus and how demand for an aphrodisiac has brought unprecedented wealth to rural Tibet—and trouble in its wake.See more at
- Yang Yang has been awarded an inaugural Jean Bovard Sanville Graduate Fellowship in the Social Sciences for her dissertation research on the changing nature of Islamic urban space in China.
- Before the early years of the 21st century, the idea of combining a vacation with volunteering was unknown to most Americans. A decade and a half later, more than a million and a half people spend nearly $2 billion every year to participate in the
- On a tight curve on a dirt road, rock fall spat off the top of the 30-foot bank, pelting the road. By the looks of the piles of debris in the carriageway, it had been doing this for hours. Rockslides seemed to be a normal occurrence along the road
- In 1952, Albert W. Smith joined the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder and became the first chair of the Department of Geography—after geography and geology split into two departments. He served as a professor until his retirement in 1983
- The College of Arts And Sciences Honors Program Speaker Series Presents “We are here for the Women”: Afghanistan, Time-Space, Gender and Scales of Violence A talk by Dr. Jennifer Fluri, Associate Professor of Geography Tuesday, November 3
- John O’Loughlin has become the first foreigner in more than 100 years to win the Semenov-Tyan-Shansky gold medal for research on Russia. It is the highest research award of the Russian Geographical Society typically targeted toward Russian and,
- Amy has been selected to participate in the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) U.S.-Korea NextGen Scholars Program for 2015-16. The U.S.-Korea NextGen Scholars Program is an initiative by CSIS Korea Chair and USC
- Galen has been awarded a Quick Response Grant from the С Natural Hazards Center to support his ongoing dissertation work on Chinese development in Nepal. The grant will specifically support Galen's current project, (Re)Building the State