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Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grants for 2015-2016 have been awarded to Shae Frydenlund and Eric Lovell. These grants are competitive awards sponsored by the Graduate School that support the research, scholarship and creative work of graduate students from all departments. All funding is provided by private donations

Chris has received a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award from the National Science Foundation. This grant will support Chris' research on arsenic exposure and health effects in rural Bangladesh

Joel was awarded a DDRI grant by the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program of the National Science Foundation . The award will support his dissertation research on indigenous rights, law, and territory in Paraguay. See the NSF award page for more information.

Ian received a one-month Summer Fellowship to the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan at Tubingen, Germany.

Sponsored by the Remote Sensing Specialty Group (RSSG) of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) since 1992, the award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of remote sensing and to the geographic community through their remote sensing research, teaching, and/or outreach. The Award will be presented...

John O'Loughlin received the Myron Weiner award of the International Studies Association for distinguished scholarship at the association's annual meeting in New Orleans on February 20th. Before the reception in his honor and the presentation of a plaque, his research over the past 40 years on spatial analysis in political...

Awarded by the China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) of The Association for Asian Studies, Emily was selected to receive the E. Gene Smith Book Prize on Inner Asia. The award is given in recognition of her achievement as the author of Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of...

Ian was awarded a 2015 Dissertation Fellowship from the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy to support his project: "The politics of tourism between mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Territory, identity, and democracy". The award includes a return flight to Taiwan, four months of support, and the opportunity to collaborate with...

A poster presented by Sean and others last June at the American Meteorological Society 17th Symposium won 2nd place in the poster student presentation. Burns, S. P., S. Metzger, P. D. Blanken, G. Burba, E. Swiatek, J. Li, B. Conrad, H. Luo, and J. Taylor, 2014: A comparison of infrared...

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 Abigail Peters who was invited to join Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa for Fall 2014.