Geography Blog

Author: averslui

  • Upcoming events of interest to geographers

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    There are lots of good things happening on campus these days! Here are a number of campus events that may interest you:   Film on climate change: Do the MathSunday, April 21 at 7pm in the Heritage Room See http://math.350.org/.   Lecture on Paraguay’s April 2013 elections and the June 2012 “coup” by Jared Larson…

  • Brown Bag on Fri, Apr 19

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    Come hear Meg Wika, Gustavus Geography and Environmental Studies major, talk about her time studying sustainability in Germany during fall 2012. Everyone invited! Bring your own lunch and enjoy good conversation and discussion. What: Brown Bag Lunch featuring Meg Wika Where: Robert Moline Map Library, Nobel Hall 104 When: Friday, April 19, 12:30-1:30

  • Lectures on agriculture and climate change at U of MN this week

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    averslui

    The University of Minnesota’s Larson Allmaras Lecture Eleventh Annual William E. Larson and Raymond R. Allmaras Emerging Issues in Soil and Water Lectures and Departmental Centennial Celebration “Global Climate Change and Agriculture” Dr. Ron Follett, Research Leader Soil-Plant-Nutrient Research Unit USDA-ARS Fort Collins, CO and “Nitrate Losses in the Tile Drained Cornbelt: Why are Reductions…

  • Living in the era of the geographer

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    averslui

    This quote comes from the Preface of the National Research Council’s 2010 report Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences. “We are living in an era of receding glaciers, accelerating loss of species habitat, unprecedented population migration, growing inequalities within and between nations, rising concerns over resource depletion, and shifting patterns of…

  • Melissa Wygant (’12) Wins Fellowship

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    Congratulations to Melissa Wygant, Gustavus Geography Major of 2012, who has won a Graduate Research Fellowship at the North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute. Melissa is currently in graduate school at the University of North Dakota where she is uses geospatial techniques to understand changes in flood risk and vulnerability. For a summary of Melissa’s…

  • The 15th Anniversary of the 1998 Saint Peter Tornado

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    averslui

    Fifteen years ago, on 29 March 1998, a 67-mile-track F3-F4 tornado passed through Saint Peter. Two people were killed and over 200 houses in Saint Peter were destroyed. Fifty-nine buildings on the Gustavus campus were damaged, and the campus and rest of Saint Peter lost many of their trees. “Tens of thousands of trees were…

  • Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial North America 2013

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    The 2013 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial North America (FOSS4G-NA) conference will be be held May 22-24 in Minneapolis, MN. Two of the keynote speakers are: Eric Gundersen, CEO, MapBox.  With big names converting from Google Maps to MapBox (USA Today, Foursquare, etc.), Eric will be discussing the business proposition/value of open source…

  • This Saturday: Building Bridges

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    averslui

    Sentenced For Life: Confronting the Calamity of Mass Incarceration 2013 Building Bridges Conference Geography Major Jasmine Porter is the co-chair of this year’s Building Bridges Conference on the injustices of the U.S. prison system. The conference begins at 9:30am on Saturday, March 9, in Gustavus Adolphus College’s Christ Chapel. Learn more and register for the…

  • Quirk Becker assists Minneapolis neighborhood organization

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    averslui

    Gustavus Geography major Miranda Quirk Becker recently completed an internship with the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization in south Minneapolis. During January 2013, Miranda undertook a project to study the the spatial distribution of conditions and rents of multifamily housing in the neighborhood. Miranda was responsible for creating high quality maps and data tables describing and analyzing…

  • Which is the bigger global health problem: malnutrition or overeating?

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    averslui

    According to The Global Burden of Disease report, a large study published in The Lancet in December 2012, for the first time in human history, overeating is causing more health problems globally than is malnutrition. In 1990, the leading global health problem, as estimated by shortened life span, was under-nutrition. When the study was repeated…