Geography News and Updates

Refugee migration is an issue that requires a multi-disciplinary approach, says Interim Provost and Dean of the Faculty and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Ellen Percy Kraly.

What does a flawed story about socks have to do winning a war? A lot, according to George R. and Myra T. Cooley Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Professor of Geography Dan Monk. 

Keegan Kessler ’23 was chosen to participate in the spring 2022 semester of NASA DEVELOP, a branch of NASA Applied Sciences’ Capacity Building Program.

After a term of integrating concepts of consumption with the acts of consumption, Professor Peter Klepeis and students from the Sophomore Residential Seminar went to Colombia to delve deeper into production and the lives of producers.

Claire Bonzani ’22 volunteers to help digitally connect LGBTQ+ asylum seekers to a variety of resources.

Professor Maureen Hays-Mitchell had her last class in December 2021.

Professor Dai Yamamoto gave a talk at SU's Geography and Environment Colloquium series.

Professors Jessica Graybill and Maureen Hays-Mitchell and co-editors have released the seventh edition of Cities of the World.

Food access is a critical area of study in both environmental studies and geography. Anna Duerr ’22 conducted independent research through the geography department with Professor Peter Klepeis and GIS Technician Myongsun Kong to map food access and inequality in nearby Utica, N.Y.