April 2008

Jerry Dobson (U Kansas): Geosurveillance & Its Implications
April 2, 2008

Mackay School of Earth Science & Engineering Awards:
Outstanding BS- Leandro Romero
Outstanding MS Geography- Cassandra Hansen
Outstanding MS Land Use Planning- Marco Velotta
April 3, 2008

Cris Benton (Architecture, UC Berkeley): The KAP (Kite Aerial Photography) Program and Landscape Perception
April 9, 2008

ASSOCIATION of AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS: Conference in Boston, Mass.
April 16, 2008

Cheryll Glotfelty (Literature & Environment, English, UNR): On Nevada Literature and Landscape Geography
April 23, 2008

March 2008

John Abatzoglou, (PhD, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Desert Research Institute) Fires and Floods: Impacts of 21st Century Climate Change on Extreme Weather Events for the Tahoe Basin
March 5, 2008

Graduate Student Presentations (five offerings: Candace Wheeler, PamLewiston-Grace, Cassie Hansen, Leia Jamieson, Becca Ciccone)
March 12, 2008

Dr. Franco Biondi has been selected to receive the 2008 Outstanding Researcher Award. He is being recognized for the $1.3 million grant for fire history work in the Great Basin and several publications in major journals. He will be honored at the annual John W. Mackay Awards Banquet on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the Siena Hotel Casino in Reno, beginning at 5:30 in the evening. Congratulations!
March 14, 2008

Brett Riddle, PhD, Late Neogene biogeography of the Baja California Peninsula: Do Biotic signatures of vicariance predict geologically cryptic trans-peninsular seaways (Department of Biology & Life Sciences, UNLV)
March 19, 2008

Spring Break
March 26, 2008

February 2008

Nigel J.R Allan (UC Davis): Engaging the Human Terrain of Afghanistan-A Fieldworker's View
February 6, 2008

Scott Stine (History, UNR): Joe Walker & Non-doscovery of Yosemite
February 13, 2008

Alicia Barber (History, UNR): Variations of a Theme of Reno
February 20, 2008

Crystal Kolden (PhD Cand., Clark University): On Being on Fire...
February 27, 2008

May 2007

Congratulations McNair Program Scholars!
May 4, 2007

Gretchen Hill
"Major Expressions of Basque Identities in the Great Basin Region"

Mark Rincon
"Evaluating Water Usage and Water Rights in the Kings River Valley, Nevada using Geographic Information Systems"

Congratulations to the John W. Mackay 2007 Awards Banquet Winners
May 4, 2007

Shane Cleary
Vernon E. Scheid Student Acheivement Award
Outstanding B.S. Student

Tamara Silvernail Johnston
Award for excellence: Student Water Forum

Jerome L. Lohry
Outstanding M.S. Student

Mark Rincon
Best Undergraduate Paper: Student Water Forum

Thomas E. Dilts
President's Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation, Association o fPacific Coast Geographers (APCG) Conference

Irene Seelye
Honors Undergraduate Research Award (HURA)

Dr. Scott A. Mensing
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography, 2007 Regent's Teaching Award

April 2007

UNR's Cassie Hansen wins Prestigious Award
April 10, 2007

And the winner of the 2007 National Geographic Award in Mapping is... Cassie Hansen from

the University of Nevada Reno! Congratulations from the Department of Geography!

March 2007

John James' Memorial to be Held on Friday, March 30th
February 27, 2007

John's Memorial is being held in room 215 in the Mackay Science Building on Friday, March 30 th from 2 – 4p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and share a story about John or sit and listen to others' stories about John. Cookies and punch will be served.

February 2007

George R. Stewart and Explorations of the American West
February 9, 2007

Listen to Don Scott discuss the life of George R. Stewart, the novelist who wrote Earth Abides and originated the practice of naming great storms. See flyer for details.

On WPA & Civilian Conservation Corps: Landscapes of the American West
February 8, 2007

Join Dr. Gray Brechin, project scholar for the California Historical Society for his discussion on prominant features built in the FDR era and since then in his colloquium on Wednesday afternoon on February 21, 2007. See flyer for details.

Re-photographing Montana: Exploring a Western American Landscape
February 8, 2007

Join University of Montana Professor Bill Wyckoff to see his contribution to our Spring Colloquium series on Wednesday, February 21, 2007. See flyer for details.

21st Century Isolationism: Alpine Explorations in the Great Basin
February 7, 2007

Join UNR Geography Alumni Scotty Strachan and Barry Beck for their colloquium on Wednesday afternoon on February 14, 2007. See flyer for details.

January 2007

Geography Colloquium begins this week
January 26, 2007

Join project manager Mark Demuth for an interesting discussion on the Reno Railroad ReTRAK project. Wednesday afternoon on January 13, 2007. See flyer for details.

Former climatologist, geography professor John James dies
January 18, 2007

John James, a longtime University professor of geography as well as state climatologist for the State of Nevada, passed away Monday following a long battle with Parkinson's disease. During an on-campus interview in his cramped office in the Mackay Science Building in 1998, James noted that he loved living in northern Nevada and thoroughly enjoyed his work.
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Upcoming Events:

Geography Dept. Colloquium:

Cheryll Glotfelty (Literature & Environment, English, UNR): On Nevada Literature and Landscape Geography
April 23, 2008