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In a departure from previous years, in 2024-2025 the Department of Geography faculty developed a variety of research assistant internships funded by the Halmo Geography Scholars Program.
Like current students, geography alums often find themselves trying to explain to friends and family just what exactly is this subject they have spent so much time studying?
The College of Arts & Sciences celebrates undergraduate and graduate students from across all four divisions, who are recognized for making the most of their time at the UW.
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on 2025 Husky 100
On June 11, 2025, the Department of Geography celebrated over 190 B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. recipients at our annual Convocation Ceremony! Professor Michael Brown, Incoming Undergraduate Program Director, and Professor Bo Zhao, Graduate Program Director, announced the following honorees who received awards from the department:
My neighborhood is growing in all the best ways, thanks to a thoughtful bequest and the birth of a new community garden.
The Office of Global Affairs celebrates Tony Lucero for the Global Visionaries series. Dr.
The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government. Erin McElroy, assistant professor of geography at the UW, is quoted.Featured
on The New Yorker
Since graduating from UW with a B.A. in Geography and History in 2005, Mike Mamic has followed a relatively straightforward path in the GIS career field. First, he began as a GIS Intern with the City of Puyallup. After that, Mike worked as a GIS Technician for Wahkiakum County, Washington, for two years before moving to Bend, Oregon.