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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.
Alum 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.
Alum 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
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Geography Ph.D. Candidate Julian Barr Writes Blog Post about "Creative Pedagogies"
March 26, 2019
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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
Alum 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
Geography student Kevin Ho at Tolt-River Natural Area
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Kevin Ho, King County Parks, Summer-Autumn 2018
October 10, 2018
Five students looking at a laptop computer as they work on their community project for the South King County Food Coalition.
UW News Highlights Innovators in Geography Featuring Professor Sarah Elwood and GIS Workshop
October 3, 2018
Rob Anderson sitting on a fallen tree watching the water flow down a creek.
Graduate student Rob Anderson receives the Joff Hanauer Fellowship!
August 9, 2018
Alejandro Montesinos standing with his award.
Alejandro Montesinos receives an OMA&D Merit Award
June 4, 2018
Maggie Wilson
Ph.D. student Maggie Wilson receives European Union research grant
April 16, 2018
Racquel West
Racquel West named 2018 McNair Scholar
April 2, 2018
Skye Naslund
Skye Naslund Awarded Richard and Joanne Morrill Graduate Student Fellowship
March 23, 2018
Geographers in the News.
Geographers in the News
February 26, 2018
Yurika Harada.
Yurika Harada Receives Mary Gates Research Scholarship
January 22, 2018
Mobility Patterns from Digital Trace Data
Lee Fiorio Wins First Place in CSDE Competition
December 7, 2017
Sweeps_Map
GIS Workshop Students Featured in Real Change!
November 15, 2017
A geography intern standing in the middle of recycled materials.
Geography student interns with Recycle Corp
October 23, 2017
James Senseney running
Geographers Compete in Ski to Sea Race
October 4, 2017
Kory combining physical and digital mapping
Geography Student Maps Youth Camp in North Bend
September 27, 2017
Arianna Muirow
Graduate Student Awarded Henry M. Jackson Leadership Fellowship
August 14, 2017
Alex Carl's Field Map of MS in WA State
GEOG 381 Class Fuses Mapping and Health Studies
May 31, 2017
Ayanda Masilela
Graduate student Ayanda Masilela receives the Joff Hanauer Fellowship!
May 30, 2017
Left to right: Kuang Sheng, Christina Chappell, Murphy Stack, Nina Mesihovic, Reyna Marquez
Five Geographers Win Mary Gates Research Scholarships
May 1, 2017
Caitlin with domestic workers and legislators on the day the amendment extending labor rights to domestic workers was passed in April 2013.
Geography Students Awarded Chester Fritz Fellowship 
April 26, 2017
Example of Student CARTO Map
Geography Students Create Virtual Interactive Maps For GEOG 258 Class
April 18, 2017
Ghosts of Seattle Past
Geography Alum Anisa Jackson Published in Ghosts of Seattle Past
April 13, 2017
Kuang Sheng
Undergrad Geographer Named to Husky 100
March 15, 2017
Nina
Geography Undergrad Wins Two UW Scholarships
March 9, 2017