Upcoming Events and Announcements
Geography awareness week
November 11–15 is Geography Awareness Week. The department will be hosting a number of events including careers talks and a GGSA-sponsored mapathon.
Geography Colloquia and Talks 2019–2020
| Friday, September 6 | Elizabeth Delmelle, UNC Charlotte |
| Friday, October 4 | Asher Ghertner, Rutgers University |
| Friday, January 24 | Diego Riveros-Iregui, UNC Chapel Hill |
| Friday, February 7 | Bethany Cutts, NC State University |
| Friday, March 20 —Minghi Lecture— |
John Pickles, UNC Chapel Hill |
| Friday, April 3 (tentative) |
Visiting scholar Gavin Bridge, Durham University |
USC Geography and Geographers in the News
- [Cutter] SC growth since Hurricane Hugo means more people and more property are in harm’s way
- [Cutter] The boy who cried hurricane? Annual storm scares can leave residents jaded
- [Mock] Slow-moving Dorian spared SC, but its trip to the Bahamas matched a global climate trend
- [Cutter] ‘We can't risk it’: Coastal residents flee, inland communities prep as Dorian arrives
- [Mock] ‘Weak’ hurricanes still prove to be deadly in SC, along East Coast
- [Cutter] Here's the science behind hurricane forecasts and calls to evacuate
- [Harrison] The research process: Geography prof turns energy research into a teaching moment with students
- [DeBoom] Four faculty win SCoer grans for 2019
Photo: Sedimentation fieldwork at the McCrady Base in Columbia; Michael Hodgson.