🎉Drs. Katy Serafin and Berry Wen have been promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure, and Mr. Stephen Mullens has been promoted to Associate Instructional Professor. Congratulations to all of you!

We are proud to announce that Mostafa Rezaali has won a NASA Lifelines fellowship for his project “Using physics-informed generative AI to predict heatwaves 2x faster than traditional methods across the Pacific Northwest and continental United States”. Congratulations! nasalifelines.org

NEW - Checkpoints, transport networks, and armed conflicts. Towards a relational approach by Dr. Olivier Walther www.diis.dk/en/research/...

Gainesville is one of the 50 cities in the world with the highest number of "star" scientists, according to this new paper by Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Leiboyu Xiang and Neil Lee published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our colleague @sjryan3.bsky.social was interviewed by Prevention magazine. “When we catch a bunch of mosquitoes, we don’t find very high rates of infection,” says Dr. Ryan. “The risk comes because of how many times people get bitten—and it only takes one bite.”

Dr. Cynthia Simmons will be giving a talk at the Federal University of Pará, titled “Indigenous Conservation: Scaling Up from Territory to the Amazon Basin”, June 10, 2:00 PM EST prointer.ufpa.br/index.php?op...

SEER Lab and GeoDi Lab have combined resources to bring two new drones into the remote sensing, biogeography, and medical geography research programs

Outside Magazine published "These States Are Going to Have the Worst Mosquito Problems This Year" and interviewed @sjryan3.bsky.social about the interactions between mosquitoes and climate change, and what the coming El Nino may mean for that mosquito risk www.outsideonline.com/health/welln...

The @geographers.bsky.social has just released its report on the status of women and underrepresented groups in Geography, co-authored by @rockyrivers.bsky.social and colleagues www.aag.org/wp-content/u...

Congratulations to our new PhDs Dr. Aaron King, Dr. Audrey Smith, Dr. Austin Britton, Dr. Ian Pshea-Smith, Dr. Gavriella Hecht, Dr. Zainab Ali, and Dr. Zeyu He!

We are very happy to announce that Audrey Culver Smith successfully defended her dissertation today. Congratulations, Audrey!

West African states respond to insurgencies by building city walls and fortifying borders. While these fortifications provide short-term protection, they can also deepen rural insecurity and civilian vulnerability anl.geog.ufl.edu/fortified-la...

Two generations of UF Medical Geographers expanding the Gator Nation for public health. Today, Dr. Gavriella Hecht met up with Dr. Ian Kracalik at the CDC EIS 2026 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

NSF NEON’s annual summer airborne observation campaign is underway! Dr. Yang arranged a tour of the aircraft and sensor payload and is planning a student tour during next year’s campaign.

NEW PAPER - Mobility resilience to compounding disruptions: Power outages and social events, by Zeyu He and Yujie Hu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dr. Jason Blackburn, Department Chair, delivers keynote address at the Hawaii American Society for Microbiology Spring 2026 Meeting at the University of Hawaii Manoa.

New blog - Armed conflict tends to affect localities differently, as they pass through different stages during their existence, argue Steven Radil and Olivier Walther in Irregular Warfare Initiative irregularwarfare.org/articles/con...

Seminar on Indigenous Oral History, Knowledge, and Science in the Constellation of Ecologies and Climate hosted by the Department of Geography, UF Water Institute, and Florida Climate Institute, April 17 @ 3:00 PM, Dauer Hall 215. Our speaker will be Dr. Farina King, University of Oklahoma

NEW PAPER - Incorporating learned geospatial embeddings to deep image prior for inpainting cloud areas in remotely sensed images, by Shuai Li, Yaqian He, Di Yang, Yichan Li and Wei Liu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🥳 Century-Scale Earth Observation: Systematic Review of Georeferencing Methods for Historical Aerial and Satellite Imagery, by Wei Liu and Dr. Di Yang www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/18...

NEW - The impact of land cover change-climate interactions on ecosystem productivity in the Arctic-Boreal region, by Shuai Li, Di Yang, Yaqian He, Nicholas Parazoo, Wei Liu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🥳 Dr. Di Yang has been chosen as the recipient of a 2026 Affordable Access Award in the Innovation & Design category. Congratulations! The awards recognize exemplary and innovative instructors who advocate for their students through the creation and adoption of affordable course materials.

Recently published in Urban Geography - Urban pulse: land reclamation as climate urbanism, by Sophie Webber, Alan Wiig and Henrico Saeran www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us at the @geographers.bsky.social AAG Annual Meeting in San Francisco from March 17-21, 2026! geog.ufl.edu/2026/03/12/a...

We had an exciting Evening of Excellence on campus last Friday. Our sincere congratulations to our amazing students!

NEW DIIS report - "Wars over checkpoints. Nine theses on the politics of roadblocks in conflict-affected borderlands", coauthored by Peer Schouten, GeoGator Olivier Walther et al. www.diis.dk/en/research/...

Have you ever wondered how to power a city like Gainesville? That and many other questions were answered when Dr. Johanna Engström and the students of "The Future of Energy" visited Deerhaven, Gainesville's largest power plant, last week.

NEW PAPER in GigaScience - MIReVTD, a Minimum Information Standard for Reporting Vector Trait Data, by @sjryan3.bsky.social, Catherine Lippi and colleagues academic.oup.com/gigascience/...

JOB - The Department of Geography at the University of Florida invites applications for a full-time, 12-month, non-tenure track Lecturer/Assistant Instructional Professor position in GIScience and Geographic Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

We are extremely proud of undergraduate Ava Johnson, who presented her senior honors thesis research at FSG this month, and won first place undergraduate student talk. QDEC Lab is also immensely pleased that Neha Senthilkumar, undergraduate researcher, won honorable mention for her poster

NEW - Contrasting Changes in Rainy Season Length, Rainfall Frequency, and Intensity Across Eastern Africa, by Jesse Kisembe, Dr. Berry Wen, Dr. Caroline Wainwright, Dr. Chris Funk, Ronald Odongo and Weikang Qian journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

FSG 2026 - Ronald Odongo, Jesse Kisembe, and Weikang Qian presented their research on climate variability and extreme weather events at the Florida Society of Geographers annual meeting this weekend in Gainesville

Our recent graduate from UF Online Katherine Carpenter presented her work on Spatial Patterns of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Over Mozambique at FSG this weekend and won second place in the undergraduate paper competition. Congratulations, Katherine!

The Florida Society of Geographers (FSG) annual meeting has just started in Gainesville! The program is here: geog.ufl.edu/2026/02/21/f...

Thank you for showing up strong! Your generosity keeps UF Geography training the next generation of globally aware, data driven, and community focused graduates!

From soil sampling to camera trapping techniques, our students are learning how to study and protect Florida’s natural environments! Your Giving Day support helps to offer field experiences like this one, training the next generation of geospatial leaders givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge...

Through a visit to Duke Energy’s power plant, students in Dr. Johanna Engstrom’s course GEO2530: The Future of Energy explored how UF’s electricity and steam are produced, connecting classroom learning to real world energy infrastructure givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge... #AllForTheGators

Our rapidly growing undergraduate meteorology degree and certificate programs give students a strong foundation in atmospheric science. Your Giving Day support helps us train the next generation of meteorologists and climate scientists! givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge... #AllForTheGators

Stand Up & Holler! Students in GEA3500: The Geography of Europe examine how physical, cultural, and political forces shape the region in a global context givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge... #AllForTheGators

Geography majors are among the most employable graduates nationwide! Our students gain skills in GIS, data analysis, fieldwork and problem solving that translate into high demand careers. Your Giving Day support strengthens the hands on training that sets them apart #GeoGators #AllForTheGators

Undergraduates from across UF spend their summer developing geospatial skills through close faculty mentoring in the GeoGator Summer Research Program. Your Giving Day support helps us train the next generation of geographers givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge... #AllForTheGators

Students in MET 3503/5503: Weather and Forecasting visited the Florida Automated Weather Network weather station in Citra, where they learned how real-time weather data is collected and delivered across Florida. It's Giving Day! Donate here: givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge... #AllForTheGators

Fieldwork in Ghana gives students firsthand insight into cross border trade, regional mobility, and the informal institutions that shape livelihoods across West Africa. Your Giving Day support helps us train the next generation of geographers givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge... #AllForTheGators

Students in GEO3280 Principles of Geographic Hydrology spent the day at Hogtown Creek exploring hydrologic processes firsthand. Your Giving Day support helps to offer immersive experiences that train the next generation of hydrologists and environmental scientists givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge...

It's Giving Day! Our new Omniglobe brings the entire planet into the classroom, giving students an immersive way to explore climate, oceans, landforms, and global processes in 3D. Your gift helps us keep innovative technology at the heart of #GeoGator education! givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge...

Tomorrow is Gator Nation’s Giving Day! By supporting UF Geography, you help us continue training the next generation of leaders who use geospatial tools, data, and field experience to strengthen communities and drive solutions. You can donate starting now! givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge...

NEW - Why Ports Matter to Cities: Understanding the Importance of Logistics‐Led Urbanism, by Tony Nikolovski and Dr. Alan Wiig compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

One week from Giving Day, we’re celebrating how UF Geography trains the next generation to understand a changing world - from climate and water to human health and geopolitics. Are you ready to stand up for UF Geography? Donate here: givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge...

GeoGators Airin Akter, Jesse Kisembe, Weikang Qian and Michelle Ruiz at the 106th AMS Annual Meeting in Houston, TX! An inspiring experience filled with insightful discussions, innovative research, and meaningful connections within the atmospheric science community #AMS2026

🚀 The GeoDI Lab’s recent EMERGE Hackathon led by Dr. Di Yang saw 13 teams develop cutting-edge apps and dashboards to track mosquito habitats and solve critical environmental challenges geoemerge.com/nasa-at-uf/