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Fall Break

Colloquium – Caitlin Cahill

Social Science and Cultural Studies, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; Graduate Center, CUNY SPEAKER: Caitlin Cahill, Pratt Institute TITLE: Home is where crisis is lived everyday ABSTRACT: Three years ago the Researchers for Fair Policing, an intergenerational participatory action research team, set … Read more

Colloquium – Ara Wilson

SPEAKER: Ara Wilson, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Cultural Anthropology, Duke University TITLE: The Geography of Standards and Transnational Medicine in Thailand ABSTRACT: In the 21st century, medical care is characterized by heightened global flows of patients, doctors, and … Read more

1st Annual Department of Geography Trivia Throw Down

220 Carolina Hall Department of Geography, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please come to the 1st Annual Department of Geography Trivia Throw Down. Date: Friday, Feb 5,  3:35 PM Where: Carolina Hall 220 All welcome! Meet Geography majors, faculty and graduate students. Snacks provided. Prizes!!

1st Annual Department of Geography Trivia Throwdown event

220 Carolina Hall Department of Geography, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please come to the 1st Annual Department of Geography Trivia Throw Down. Date: Friday, Feb 5,  3:35 PM Where: Carolina Hall 220 All welcome! Meet Geography majors, faculty and graduate students. Snacks provided. Prizes!!

Colloquium – Scott Kirsch, UNC Geography

220 Carolina Hall Department of Geography, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Title: Technology as a keyword Abstract While for centuries technology referred to a systematic study of the ‘practical arts’ – typically a kind of book or technical manual –its usage has expanded dramatically so that today we think nothing of … Read more

Colloquium – Corene Maytas, Geography, University of Florida

220 Carolina Hall Department of Geography, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Corene Maytas, Geography, University of Florida Title: On the Edge – Identifying and Measuring Tropical Cyclone Rain Fields Abstract: Geographers measure space, and with that comes the challenge of first delineating the space. In this presentation I will discuss how I … Read more