News from the Department of Geography and Environment

UH Mānoa Geography and Environment (GEO) welcomes the 2024 AAG’s annual meeting to Honolulu 4/16-20. Check out the events schedule and register: https://www.aag.org/events/aag2024/

GEO Prof Qi Chen's Maui tree study found taller than expected offering hope for island rebuilding and consideration in rebuilding Lahaina town planning.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/01/08/maui-forest-height-map/

UH Geography and Environment is committed to reducing textbook costs for students. All classes for the Summer 2024 semester have zero textbook cost. To access GEO classes for the summer term, visit: https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN&t=202440&s=GEO

UH Mānoa Geography and Environment (GEO) is honored to announce eminent Native Hawaiian navigator Nainoa Thompsom is to be awarded AAG’s 2024 Honorary Geographer of the Year at AAG’s annual meeting 4/16-20 this year in Honolulu.

Navigator Nainoa Thompson to be honored at international meeting of geographers | University of...

The Department of Geography and Environment in the College of Social Sciences at UH Mānoa is the lead organizer in Hawaiʻi.

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GEO professor Reece Jones (@ReeceJonesUH) explains how expansion of the rare maps collection at UH Manoa is “building a knowledge foundation for research across Asia and will be vital resources for generations to come.”

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Rare maps showcase rich history of Asia at Mānoa library | University of Hawaiʻi System News

The maps serve as a valuable resource for students, faculty and researchers interested in Asia.

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UH GEO Public Lecture: Today @ 12P HST, 443 Saunders-
“Connected and Extracted: Understanding How Centrality in the Global Wheat Supply Chain Affects Global Hunger” by Dr. Subhashni Raj, Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning, UH Mānoa

Registration for UHM Summer 2024 semester starts today. To access the available UH Geography and Environment (GEO) classes for the summer term, visit: https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN&t=202440&s=GEO

UH GEO Public Lecture: This Thurs. 3/7 @ 12P HST, 443 Saunders-
“Connected and Extracted: Understanding How Centrality in the Global Wheat Supply Chain Affects Global Hunger” by Dr. Subhashni Raj, Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

How tall are Maui’s trees? New @geog_uhm research on forest heights on the Valley Isle could impact water yields, fire risk and more. https://go.hawaii.edu/nFi

UH Geography & Environment celebrated the end of the Fall 2023 semester and year-end with dinner, a trivia challenge, cookie decorating, and a white elephant gift exchange last Friday. It was a great way to end the semester. We look forward to seeing you in 2024!

UH GEO Professor Qi Chen's federally-funded project, Agriwatch, utilizes AI and satellite remote sensing to monitor the impact of Maui wildfires on agricultural areas, aiming to foster resilient agriculture. Learn more in this @StarAdvertiser story: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/12/10/hawaii-news/uh-studies-of-maui-wildfires-aftermath-draw-grants-totaling-519k/.

UH GEO professor Camilo Mora, PhD candidate Kira Webster, MA alum Jackie Dean, and other volunteers planted saplings in Wahiawa on Dec. 2nd as part of the Carbon Neutrality Challenge to plant 1 million endemic trees in Hawaiʻi. @CivilBeat article here: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/12/planting-1-million-trees-in-hawaii-begins-with-200-saplings/

UH GEO Professor Mary Mostafanezhad and Ph.D. alum Henryk Szadziewski have a new article in the Transaction of the Institute of British Geographers titled, "A case for popular geoeconomics: Angelina Jolie, China, and the semiotic limits of the archive." https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/tran.12647.

UH GEO club, undergraduate, and graduate students, along with professor Dave Beilman, participated in a field service learning day with Oahu Army National Resources Program on November 29th.

UH GEO PhD alum Gina McGuire will be presenting "Biocultural Abundance: Indigenous Ecology on an ʻŌiwi Coast" TODAY, on Wednesday, Nov. 29th, from 3:30 to 4:20pm in St. John Rm 011 and via Zoom as part of the Natural Resources & Environmental Management Research Seminar Series.

UH GEO MA student Tara Sutton is featured in @UHawaiiNews for her involvement with the Red Hill Information Hub. Access the story, "Red Hill water data hub personal for graduate student," here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/11/22/red-hill-data-sutton/.

UH GEO Professor and Department Chair Reece Jones (@ReeceJonesUH) published a new collaborative article, "Interventions on public geographies,' in Political Geography (@Pol_Geog_Jl). Access the article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629823001853?dgcid=author.

UH Geography and Environment does not require the GRE exam for graduate admissions. The application deadline for Fall admission is January 15. Visit this page for information on the application process: https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate/

#AAGWebinar TODAY, 11/17 at 11:00 am HST (4pm ET)- UH GEO PhD candidate Tatsuki Kohatsu & PhD alum Kyle Kajihiro will be participating as panelists in @theAAG webinar, "Troubling the 'American Lake': Archipelagic Perspectives on Militarization in Oceania," https://www.aag.org/webinar/troubling-the-american-lake-archipelagic-perspectives-on-militarization-in-oceania/

UH GEO PhD candidate Tatsuki Kohatsu & PhD alum Kyle Kajihiro will be participating as panelists in the upcoming #AAGWebinar, on Friday Nov. 17 at 11am HST (4pm ET) - "Troubling the 'American Lake': Archipelagic Perspectives on Militarization in Oceania," https://www.aag.org/webinar/troubling-the-american-lake-archipelagic-perspectives-on-militarization-in-oceania/.

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