Geography And Environmental Sciences Spotlight

Peter Anthamatten, Associate Professor and Chair of Geography and Environmental Sciences, recently published his latest book, How to Make Maps: An Introduction to Theory and Practice of Cartography . The goal of How to Make Maps is to equip readers with the foundational knowledge of concepts they need to conceive,...

Geography and Environmental Sciences is very proud to announce that Jordan Truitt and Melissa Allen were selected to receive the William M. Rodgers Undergraduate Geography Major Scholarship for Fall 2020.

The Presidential Initiative on Urban Research, sponsored by the CU system to bolster each campus’s unique area of expertise, is intended to support CU Denver’s urban and place-based research and creative work. The winners were selected by the seven deans, with assistance in proposal review from eight faculty. The College...

A timely publication from six Geography and Environmental Sciences faculty titled “Pandemics and the future of human-landscape interactions,” appeared August 27 th in the journal Anthropocene . While early reflections on COVID-19 from the academic community have tended to target the microbiology, medicine, and animal science communities, this article articulates...

Richard Ashmore, Lecturer of Geography and Environmental Science and national award-winning photographer, has had work selected for the photographic exhibition Trees at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont (opening this month). Ashmore’s photograph entitled Adrift , which also won the exhibition’s Director’s Award, was selected by jurist Wendi Schneider, a Denver-based...

The Geography and Environmental Sciences department is very proud to announce this Spring 2020 recipients of the William M. Rodgers Undergraduate Geography Major Scholarship : Nicole Boudreaux, Sarah Zimmer, Briley Manzanares, Hillary Hillam, and Rebecca Dennis.

Anne Chin, Professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences, has been named an American Association of Geographers Fellow. Fellowships will be conferred at the Annual Meeting Awards Luncheon in Denver on April 10, 2020.

Peter Anthamatten, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, and his co-authors are a 2019 recipient of the Journal of Geography Award from the National Council for Geographic Education for, “Giant Maps as Pedagogical Tools for Teaching Geography and Mathematics.” The paper was chosen as...

In a paper published August 23 rd in the journal Quaternary Research , Geography and Environmental Science Professor Emeritus Martin Lockley, and his colleagues, explained the significance of the discovery of baby sea turtle fossil prints from the Pleistocene epoch in South Africa. Lockley, who studied turtle tracks from Colorado,...

Geography and Environmental Sciences is very proud to announce the Spring 2019 winner of the William M. Rodgers Undergraduate Geography Major Scholarship; Matthew Davis will receive $1,000 in award monies. Congratulations Matt!