News from the Department of Geography and Environment
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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/.
Celebrate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day at UH Mānoa tomorrow, November 15th, 9 AM until 12 PM, in the Government Documents & Maps section located on the ground floor of @UHMLibrary, https://higicc.org/13277221.
Registration for the upcoming Spring 2024 semester starts today, beginning with continuing classified students. For a list of UH Geography and Environment (GEO) classes for the spring term, visit: https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN&t=202430&s=GEO
Registration for the upcoming semester at UH Mānoa will begin next week. UH GEO has five writing-intensive courses available for the spring semester. For more information on class availability and schedule, visit: https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN&t=202430&s=GEO.
HawaiiView has recently released a 30-m spatial resolution forest height map for the island of Maui (https://hawaiiview.org/data/l2fhm-maui/), predicted using Landsat-8 cloud-free mosaic and calibrated using airborne lidar data. UH GEO Professor Qi Chen leads the project.
Unfortunately, this talk by Dr. Pallavi Banerjee has been canceled. Thank you for your interest.
UH GEO is co-sponsoring a book talk tomorrow, featuring Dr. Pallavi Banerjee, who will be discussing "The Opportunity Trap: Highly-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program." Join us, on Wed. Nov. 8th, from 3:00-4:15 PM in George Hall 301B.
UH GEO is co-sponsoring a book talk tomorrow, featuring Dr. Pallavi Banerjee, who will be discussing "The Opportunity Trap: Highly-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program." Join us, on Wed. Nov. 8th, from 3:00-4:15 PM in George Hall 301B.
UH GEO is committed to reducing textbook costs for students. All classes for the Spring 2024 semester have zero textbook cost, TXT0: https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN&t=202430&s=GEO.
UH GEO is co-sponsoring an event tomorrow, Nov. 1 from 3-4:30 PM at the East-West Center, Burns Hall 3015, titled "Reflections of Cross-cultural Research and Methodologies." Speakers include GEO graduate students Anna Duerr and Dalilah Laidin. https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/reflections-cross-cultural-research-and-methodologies
#AAGWebinar next Tuesday, Nov. 7th at 10 am HST (3 pm ET) - "Islands and Agriculture: The coevolution of agroecological systems and society in Hawai‘i" with panelist Dr. Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, UH Dept. of Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences. Register at: https://www.aag.org/webinar/islands-and-agriculture-the-coevolution-of-agroecological-systems-and-society-in-hawaii/. @theAAG
UH Mānoa has released the class availability for the upcoming Spring 2024 semester. To access the available UH Geography and Environment (GEO) classes for the spring term, visit: https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAN&t=202430&s=GEO
UH GEO professor Reece Jones is quoted The Texas Tribune on border barriers as 'powerful nationalist symbols,' that 'may not stop the movement of migrants,' .
Texas lawmakers weigh spending $1.5 billion on more border barriers. …
The House Appropriations Committee passed House Bill 6 on Monday. If it becomes law, the bill would fund an esti...
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UH GEO is co-sponsoring an upcoming event @EastWestCenter, “Reflections on Cross-Cultural Research and Methodologies," on Wed., Nov. 1 from 3pm HST. Anna Duerr (MA student) & Dalilah Laidin (PhD candidate) will be among the grad students who will present. .
Reflections on Cross-Cultural Research and Methodologies
www.eastwestcenter.org
Looking for a graduate program in Geography and Environment? GEO at UH Mānoa is a top program with faculty expertise in climate change, political ecology, and sustainability with an Asia-Pacific focus: https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate/.
We will be at @uhmanoaʻs open house event, "Discover UH Mānoa," this Saturday, Oct. 21 from 10am to 2pm. Visit our campus, tour the facilities, learn about our academic programs and meet faculty, staff, and students. For more information visit: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/discovermanoa/.
