Geography

GEOGRAPHY - While there’s little doubt in the scientific community about the causes of climate change, questions remain on its effects on the Earth’s landscapes in the coming decades. With the help of two new grants for more than $600,000, UO geography professors Johnny Ryan and Sarah Cooley are working to shine a light on some of those unanswered questions.

In Glasgow, Scotland, 20,000 delegates from 196 nations have converged to hear the latest science, negotiate commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, secure financing for developing nations, and debate progress on fulfilling climate pledges. UO faculty experts in law, geography, planning and politics weigh in.

GEOGRAPHY, INFOGRAPHICS - The UO has partnered with the state to build a web-based platform that directs Oregon coastal communities to evacuation routes in the event of a tsunami. The UO InfoGraphics Lab and Location Innovation Lab have been working to develop the platform.

GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY - From the plains of Serengeti to the mountains of Wyoming, wildlife herds are facing threats to critical migration routes. But maps created by the UO’s InfoGraphics Lab could be key conservation tools to help these mammals on the move.

A University of Oregon program that provides education to incarcerated Oregonians is expanding with a boost from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, one of the largest supporters of the arts and humanities in the United States.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society has announced 2021-22 funding awards totaling $108,000 for scholarship, research and creative work on women and gender, the center’s largest funding year in well over a decade.

GEOGRAPHY, INFOGRAPHICS - Students are being trained in spatial data science are landing exciting jobs and serving humanitarian ends. The spatial data major draws from geography, computer science, and math to consider how location-based data and technologies can be leveraged across public policy, consumer technology, and disaster relief—to name a few of the discipline’s countless applications.

GEOGRAPHY, INFOGRAPHICS - Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming’s Ungulates, published in 2018 by Oregon State University Press, documents deer journeys with words, photographs, and detailed maps.The project was led by tMatthew Kauffman, BS ’92 (biology), and Jim Meacham, BS ’84, MA ’92 (geography).