Geographers at the University of Nevada Reno employ innovative techniques and methods to examine the complex relationship between humans and their environment and the spatial dimensions of our world’s most pressing challenges. Offering both graduate and undergraduate programs, the Department engages with students at the highest levels of scholarship to conduct integrative research on vital social and environmental problems, in service to our communities, from the local to the global.
Recent news from the Department of Geography
Geography professor navigates shifting geopolitics while conducting research in the Middle East
Questions and topics have necessarily changed over time
Volunteers sought to provide precipitation observations
Community science initiative can help provide more accurate weather forecasts
Northern Nevada Heat Summit draws experts from across the region
The summit was designed to align efforts toward mitigating and adapting to heat in Northern Nevada