Geography News and Updates

On a snowy Friday in January, geography held its first happy hour of the term.

Geography Professor Mike Loranty led the South Africa Study Group this fall, located at the University of Cape Town. The theme for the study group was "Biogeography in the Anthropocene."

Environmental effects can be found in many places: scientific temperature records, pollen surveys, and — based on summer research by Thomas Butler ’24 — in local farm diaries.

The Department of Geography’s pre-registration included discussion and questions about the next term's course offerings, a short informal talk, pizza, and drinks to wash it all down. 

Inventorying Colgate Landholdings with GIS.

Prof. Kate Coddington, PhD, gave talk about a variety of methods and meanings behind visualizations.

Stuart Sopko ’24 via the Upstate Institute, worked with staff of the Oneida Community Mansion House to create an exhibit titled Oneida, Ltd.: More than a Silverware Company, on display at the Madison County Courthouse.

Jasmin Lopez '23, reflects on a summer experience as a National Geographic Society intern.

There was a bumper crop of senior honors theses in spring of 2022 for the Geography Department.

Kelsey Bonham ’22 and John Morgan ’22 were recipients of the Kevin Williams award during the spring of 2020.  Then came the first wave of COVID-19, and like many others, they had to re-evaluate their plans and goals.