News: Student Success

Unlearning Poverty
June 15, 2021
2021 Awards, Honors and Achievements
June 8, 2021
Deepfake Maps Could Really Mess With Your Sense of the World
May 28, 2021
From Seattle Central College to UW Geography with an Emphasis on Social Justice
May 11, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: A new Measure: the Revolutionary Quantum Reform of the Metric System, Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series, and more
May 10, 2021
A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images
April 21, 2021
Portrait of Gerald W. Halmo
Remembering UW Geography Alum Gerald Halmo
March 30, 2021
How ‘Story Maps’ Redraw the World Using People’s Real-Life Experiences
March 26, 2021
Elizabeth Theirl at Granite House
Announcing Our 2021 Halmo Geography Scholar: Elizabeth Theirl!
March 22, 2021
Nicole Lorenzo in Tita Bun Co Instagram Post
Inspired by Identity and Background, Tita Bun Collective "Creates Encouragement for Collaboration"
March 16, 2021
Image of Laptop and Publications
New Publications from Geography Faculty and Graduate Students!
March 15, 2021
Feben and Senait at the Womens Center
From Making Connections to Administrative Assistant, Feben Alemu Inspires Others at the UW Women's Center
February 25, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Katz Distinguished Lecture: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Contemporary Environmental Issues In Taiwan, Global Perspectives on Restorative Justice & Race, and More
February 17, 2021
Photo Austin Crane
Ph.D. Candidate Austin Crane Profiled in "American Songwriter"
January 7, 2021
The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
January 5, 2021
GIS Day 2020 Poster
First Annual GIS Day at UW Is a Resounding, Remote Success!
December 1, 2020
Reimagining Social Care and Racial Justice
November 19, 2020
Dr. Lawson (Honors Director and Geography Faculty) Interview with Talia Kertsmann
November 12, 2020
2020-2021 Labor Studies Scholarships and Prizes: Including Two New Geography Graduate Students!
November 5, 2020
‘2020: The Course’ ponders the meaning of this unusual year
October 30, 2020
Image of computer screen with lines of code
UW awarded NIH grant for training in advanced data analytics for behavioral and social sciences
October 20, 2020
Forest Coverage Change in Bach Ma National Park
GIS Workshop Students Prepare for "Real Life" in Collaboration with Employers like MEDRIX
August 10, 2020
Five myths about policing
June 26, 2020
2020 Awards, Honors and Achievements
June 16, 2020
You Thought You Were an Environmentalist Podcast.
You Thought You Were an Environmentalist: Geography Students Broadcast Environmental Justice Themes through Podcasting
April 6, 2020
Geography Alum Utako Kase.
Alumni Profile: From Hackathon to Amazon, Utako Kase is Proud to Have Studied Geography
February 18, 2020
Tanner Minh Le.
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Tanner Minh Le, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Summer 2019-Present
January 31, 2020
T-Mobile Headquarters in Bellevue, WA, covered in purple light.
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Rey Matsunaga, T-Mobile, Autumn 2018-Spring 2020
November 8, 2019
Racquel West.
A Museum Mission
November 3, 2019
Front cover of report "The Union Effect: Raising Standards for Workers Across Washington," featuring three people packing boxes in a warehouse.
Report Co-Written by Presidential Dissertation Fellow Lee Fiorio Featured in "The Stand"
October 16, 2019
Tree with big branches and substantial root system.
With New Course About Genealogical Geographies, Faculty and Students Find "Joy" in Collaboration
September 12, 2019
Geography Alum Matt Manolides.
Alumni Profile: Staying Positive and Curious, Matt Manolides Finds Success with GIS
July 11, 2019
Nathaniel Aune, Matt Seungju, Gordon DeLap and Hayden Hong.
Undergraduates Present Compelling Research in the 2019 Research Symposium
June 18, 2019
Laudelina Campos de Melo.
Ph.D. Candidate Caitlin Alcorn Wins AAG's Geographic Perspectives on Women Award for Dissertation Proposal
June 11, 2019
View of the Puget Sound and Discovery Park Lighthouse in Seattle
M.A. Student Amelia Schwartz Receives Award from UW Center for Human Rights for Work on Indigenous Water Rights
May 16, 2019
Geography Major Ji Hae Walks on a New York City Street
In Just Two Short Quarters, Transfer Student Ji Hae Hong Finds Opportunities for Success at UW - and Abroad!
May 1, 2019
Student Lexi Nims Testifies in Front of State Legislature
Geography of Health & Healthcare Student Lexi Nims Testifies in the Washington State Legislature!
April 24, 2019
Two dancers performing in a government building.
Geography Major Sean Harding Reflects on Legislative Reporting Internship
April 17, 2019
Geography Ph.D. Candidate Julian Barr Writes Blog Post about "Creative Pedagogies"
March 26, 2019
Geography Graduate Student Lee Fiorio Featured in Perspectives!
March 18, 2019
DAPL in geographical and historical context - Author: Isaac Rivera
First Year Ph.D. Student Isaac Rivera Receives Simpson Center's Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship!
March 12, 2019
Map of Evictions in Pierce County from 2017
Geography Graduate Student Alex Ramiller Collaborates with an Interdisciplinary Team Researching Evictions in Washington State
March 5, 2019
Sophia Nelson on public transportation in New York City
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Sophia Nelson, King County Metro Transit, Winter-Spring 2019
February 28, 2019
Melissa Espinoza
Alumni Profile: From Yakima to Edinburgh, UW Geography Alum Melissa Espinoza Pursues a Career Researching Housing and Homelessness
February 7, 2019
Students in GEOG 478 in autumn quarter
Enacting Social Justice Principles in the Classroom... and in the City
January 29, 2019
Photography of Student Henry James Campion Standing on the Beach at Alki in West Seattle
Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Henry James Campion, On Exchange from the UK
January 11, 2019
Union Slough, on the University of Washington campus, is the outlet of Ravenna Creek.
Bringing a Critical Lens to Restoration Ecology
November 17, 2018
Jody Nguyen Tran.
Coming Together Through Identity: Geography Major Jody Nguyen Tran and the Vietnamese Student Association at UW
November 12, 2018
Students at Mitre’s Monument in La Isla – Recoleta
Exploring Neoliberalism and Urban Space Through Study Abroad in Buenos Aires
October 30, 2018
Undergraduate geography major Tanner Heslop.
Undergraduate Career Spotlight: Tanner Heslop, Time Value Investments, Autumn 2018
October 15, 2018

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