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Date

April 29, 2025

Time

2:21 pm to 2:21 pm

Description

Videos for these talks are on YouTube

Bridging the gap between theory and praxis

“The Graduate Students in the Department of Geography and Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG) welcome students, faculty, and community organizers to attend “Activism & Academia,” a virtual lunchtime series on Tuesdays at noon that is open to the public.

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Free

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“Amid Rage” is Joel Burcat’s second novel

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Alumni

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For Joel Burcat, retired environmental lawyer turned novelist, the first step on his career path was a physical geography course.

“I grew up in Philadelphia and attended Penn State without having declared a major,” Burcat said. “At the end of my sophomore year, I was required to declare a major. I was taking a class in physical geography with Professor Robert Larkin. He suggested that a degree in geography would be a good basis for a career in environmental law. That sounded interesting, something I’d enjoy doing and I decided to pursue it.”

Date

April 29, 2025

Time

2:21 pm to 2:21 pm

Description

Supraglacial Meltwater on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Remember to join us for the Miller Lecture with Laurence C. Smith on Friday, April 9 at 11:30 a.m. EDT

Larry is available for individual meetings today and Friday. Use this link to schedule.

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Free

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Satellite imagery of the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When a block of ice the size of Houston, Texas, broke off from East Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf in 2019, scientists had anticipated the calving event, but not exactly where it would happen. Now, satellite data can help scientists measure the depth and shape of ice shelf fractures to better predict when and where calving events will occur, according to researchers.

Date

April 29, 2025

Time

2:21 pm to 2:21 pm

Description

Rivers of Power

About the talk

This talk will explore some of the many ways that humans have used rivers over time, and how we continue to do so today. Since our earliest cities established along the Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, Nile, and Yellow Rivers, anthropogenic use of rivers has changed over time and varied by region. Yet their critical importance has persisted because they provide five fundamental benefits: access, natural capital, territory, well-being, and a means of projecting power.

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Free

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MGIS

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Recent Master of Geographic Information Systems graduate Nate Geyer has always been interested in epidemiology and geography. As a research support assistant in the Department of Public Health Sciences in the College of Medicine, he was able to put those interests together by creating a new version of the LionVu cancer mapping tool.

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undergraduate

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — State College native Hope Bodenschatz is looking forward to graduating from Penn State this spring with three bachelor’s degrees and one master’s degree, then starting a position as a research assistant for the director of the New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Date

April 29, 2025

Time

2:21 pm to 2:21 pm

Description

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Connection (UROC) offers research and professional development opportunities in the Department of Geography. The GEOG 495 course is a supervised off-campus, non-group instruction experience including individual field work, practicums, or internships. A written and oral critique of the activity is required.

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Free

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Date

April 29, 2025

Time

2:21 pm to 2:21 pm

Description

Mapping Human Mobility Changes and Geospatial Modeling of COVID-19 Spread

Cost

Free

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