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As part of a NASA grant awarded to Dr. Jennifer Balch and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Idaho to study climate and land use drivers of invasive-grass fueled fires across the western U.S., Jennifer- Robert Andrus, Joel Correia, Angela Cunningham, Zhaxi Duojie, Mehran Ghandehari, Eric Lovell and Kyle Rodman have each received a Beverly Sears Research Grant. These grants provide funds to assist the student with their PhD research.
- Joel Correia has been selected to receive a Graduate School International Travel Award. This award assists students with travel costs to an international conference to present their research.
- Eric Lovell has been selected to receive a 2017-2018 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship. This fellowship provides one semester of full support during the 2017-18 academic year.
- This fellowship is used to support research work during Summer 2017.
- The Department of Geography Annual Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching have been awarded to Joel Correia (GPTI award), Robert Andrus (TA award), and Adam Mahood (Mentoring Award).
- Professor Seth Spielman's paper was named a top 5 most read paper in the International Journal of Geographic Information Science (IJGIS) in 2016.Message to Seth from IJGIS: "Congratulations! Your IJGIS paper is one of the top 5 most read papers in
- Jennifer Balch's paper titled Human-started ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® expand the fire niche across the United States was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS). Jennifer and her team have been getting the attention of the
- Lauren was awarded a CARTSS Graduate Student Award that will be used to support her dissertation research on carbon accounting and forest carbon offsets.
- Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest academic honor society, with chapters at 280 universities and colleges in America. Founded in 1776, PBK boasts over half a million current members and a strong alumni association.Congratulations to the Geography