Departmental News

May 2008: The Arizona Board of Regents have approved the new B.S. in Geography. This new undergraduate program will commence in fall 2008 and focuses on the environment and geotechnology.

April 2008: Congratulations goes to three GRD graduate students who recently won major grants for their dissertation research: Jennifer Rice (Udall Fellowship and PEO scholar award), Kristina Monroe Bishop (NSF DDRI), and Robin Lewis (Fulbright).

April 2008: Congratulations to Dereka Rushbrook who won the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 2007-08 Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching!

GRD 50th Anniversary: Celebrate with us March 27-29, 2008. Visit the 50th celebration page for the schedule, registration info, and more.

March 2008: GRD featured in SBS Developments (read the pdf article; 5 MB file)

March 2008: Congratulations to Jan Monk, who will receiving the AAG's Enhancing Diversity Award next month in Boston and the Society of Woman Geographers Outstanding
Achievement Award in May!

October 2007: The complete collection of IGU Gender Newsletters (nos 1-38) is now available through the "Links" section of our website.

GRD white papers now available online