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Kuang Sheng
Undergrad Geographer Named to Husky 100
From left to right:  Jonathan Engelbert, Kory VanDyke, Travis Axe, Skye Naslund, Rebecca Stubbs, Olivia Hollenhorst
Geography students lead UW Start Center workshops in partnership with Radiant
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Geography Undergrad Wins Two UW Scholarships
Magnuson Park
Geography Students Undertake Restoration Work at Magnuson Park
Saida Grundy
Dr. Saida Grundy delivers “A History of Anti-Black Violence Tells Us Attacks On Black Academics Are Not Ending (I Know Because It Happened to Me)" at our March 10th Colloquium
Simpson Center
Fellowship awarded to Geography Department Grads
Amy Horton
Amy Horton delivers “Public Storytelling for a Caring Economy" at our February 24th Colloquium
Tiffany Grobelski
Dr. Tiffany Grobelski delivers “Democracy by Energy Transition: The Politics of Administrative Legal Contact Zones in Poland" at our February 10th Colloquium
Adam Romero
Dr.  Adam Romero delivers "Manufacturing Petrotoxicty (1903-1945)" at our February 3rd Colloquium 
Tara Cookson
Dr. Tara Patricia Cookson delivers "Does giving cash really alleviate poverty?" at our January 27th Colloquium 
Close up view of the tree ring
Fallen sequoia tree provides research opportunities for students
Laura Pulido
Dr. Laura Pulido delivers "Landscapes of Settler Colonialism" at our October 21st Colloquium 
Reece Jones
Dr. Reece Jones delivers "Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move" at October 14th Colloquium
Ojserkis
Geography alumni row in Rio Olympics
Sean Wang
Geography alum helps unearth wealth of ORCA card data
Collage: "H2O: What is it Worth?" by Cindy Luc
Geography major Cindy Luc creates "River of Life," a geography-inspired mixed media collage
Lauren Drakopulos
Lauren Drakopulos awarded a Washington Sea Grant Science Communications Fellowship
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Congressional Internship Program
Junior Geography major César García earns a place in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Congressional Internship Program
Edgar Sandoval, Jen Porter, and Rob Anderson
Geography Graduate Students win 2016 NSF Fellowships!
Portrait of Prof. Katharyne Mitchell
Katharyne Mitchell receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Map Image of Seattle with Stamen Watercolor Base Tiles
Introducing the Digital Geographies Winter 2016 Map Gallery!
Image of Siqiao Shay Xie
Undergraduate Siqiao Shay Xie accepted into London School of Economics MSc Program
Bellingham City Club Presentation: The Poor are Us: Middle Class Poverty Politics
Dr. Britta Ricker (Asst. Prof, UW Tacoma Urban Studies)
Dr. Britta Ricker delivers "Bird's-eye photovoice: The use of unmanned aerial vehicles for participatory action research and citizen science" at Feb. 12 colloquium.
Geography Honors Students Kristen Hiatt, Stella Jones, and David Urbina
Geography Honors Students Stella Jones, David Urbina, and Kristen Hiatt received Mary Gates Research Scholarships!