Geography News and Updates

Joseph Berberich ’24 reflects on the influence of the Kevin Williams ’10 Endowed Memorial Fellowship Award on his study abroad experience.

On a snowy Friday in January, geography held its first happy hour of the term.

Geography Professor Mike Loranty led the South Africa Study Group this fall, located at the University of Cape Town. The theme for the study group was "Biogeography in the Anthropocene."

Environmental effects can be found in many places: scientific temperature records, pollen surveys, and — based on summer research by Thomas Butler ’24 — in local farm diaries.

The Department of Geography’s pre-registration included discussion and questions about the next term's course offerings, a short informal talk, pizza, and drinks to wash it all down. 

Inventorying Colgate Landholdings with GIS.

Prof. Kate Coddington, PhD, gave talk about a variety of methods and meanings behind visualizations.

Stuart Sopko ’24 via the Upstate Institute, worked with staff of the Oneida Community Mansion House to create an exhibit titled Oneida, Ltd.: More than a Silverware Company, on display at the Madison County Courthouse.

Jasmin Lopez '23, reflects on a summer experience as a National Geographic Society intern.

There was a bumper crop of senior honors theses in spring of 2022 for the Geography Department.