Department News
Rising Star: Dr. Patrick Burkhart (02/2012)
Lisa Andresky (student) worked with Dr. Heike Hartmann and presented a research paper, “Precipitation Trends in the Indus River Basin”, at the 2012 Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers, 27 February, 2012, New York (picture1, picture 2). (02/2012)
NASA and SRU’s Patrick Burkhart set sights on Mars (03/2011)
Student researcher examines natural gas drilling impact (11/2010)
Student geographer uncovers colonial past in San Salvador (04/2010)
Bethany Meskel has received Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) grant (03/2010)
Rachel DeWolf presented at Powershift Conference (09/2009).
Leave It Green, a student environmental organization led by students from our department, has implemented a Green Fund which was allotted $71,470 by SRU president Robert Smith. The purpose of the fund is to help make SRU a more environmentally friendly campus.
Dr. Michael Zieg returns from another expedition to Antarctica (01/2008).
Thirteen students from the department participated in Power Shift 07, a national youth summit on climate change (11/2007)
Dr. Michael Zieg returns from another expedition to Antarctica (1/2007)
Undergraduates David Fujii and Matt Batina attract the attention of NASA scientists at the American Geophysical Union conference (12/2006)