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NSF award will support Karimzadeh and team in fusing heterogeneous large earth data for sea ice mapping
Dr. Morteza Karimzadeh , assistant professor of Geography at CU Boulder and his collaborators at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and CU Denver’s Department of Computer Science were recently awarded a three-year $1.2M grant by the National Science Foundation 1 to support their project ‘ Harmonized Earth’...
Arctic Specialization
Interested in learning about the rapidly changing Arctic and its implications on ecosystems, climate, and the global economy? Polar scientist and CU Distinguished Professor Mark Serreze has just released a three-course specialization on Coursera that will walk you through all of this and more. As described by Serreze, “No matter...
Building classroom-community connections in the time of COVID-19
Teaching, and learning remotely during the pandemic is not easy—from dropped zoom calls and spotty internet, to feeling disconnected from classmates and course material. But this fall, one class managed to combat feelings of isolation and social distance through a community-based project on hunger. Funded by a Community Impact Grant...
What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
I’ve been asked to reflect on my efforts to build a GIS curriculum here at CU-Boulder. When I arrived on campus in January 1996, there wasn’t an actual curriculum in place, just a single GIS class offered intermittently by part-time lecturers. One was Loey Knapp, a full-time employee at the...
New Faculty
Introducing Guofeng Cao
I am a geographic information scientist with broad training in geography, statistics, computer science and earth sciences. Prior to joining CU, I spent several years teaching in the Department of Geosciences at Texas Tech University where I also served as the director of the Center for Geospatial Technology. I have...
Introducing Rachel Isaacs
My love of travel and the environment led me to seek out opportunities to learn new skills and leverage these to travel around the world. This desire transitioned into a degree in Geography. In fact, I am one of the rare few who has received degrees in Geography throughout my...
Alumni Updates and Department News
Department News and Alumni Updates
Department News Babs Buttenfield Awarded Distinguished Teaching Honors Congratulations to Babs Buttenfield on receiving the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Distinguished Teaching Honors for her career-long devotion to GIScience education. It is a well-deserved honor and a fitting conclusion to her teaching career. She is retiring at the end of...
Donor Support
Thank You! The Department of Geography is grateful to its alumni and friends for their financial support over the years. Our donors have had a big impact, making a difference not only to the Department as a whole, but to the lives of many individual students. As we strive for...