Author: averslui

  • Remote sensing of sea ice off Antarctica

    This is a guest blog by Geology major Andi Eglinton as part of the course GEG345 Remote Sensing of Environment. The Australian Antarctic Program is using remote sensing to look at near-coastal Antarctic sea ice and its impacts on ice shelves and ecosystems. They are using RADARSAT satellite ScanSAR images as well as MODIS images…

  • Remote Sensing Field Trip to EROS Center

    On Thursday, GEG345 Remote Sensing of Environment students made a pilgrimage to the “mecca” of earth-observation remote sensing: the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. From the EROS brochure, the Center is “the largest civilian archive of remotely sensed land data in the world. The archive represents a…

  • Review of “Triumph of the City”

    Are cities “engines of human innovation” and are “vast increases in standards of living in the past century. . . attributable primarily to the advent of urban living on a large scale”? Geography Professor Dr. Thomas Sigler reviews Edward Glaeser’s 2011 book  Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Healthier, and…

  • J-Term 2013: new Miami course

    The Haitian Diaspora: Surviving and Thriving in Miami Are you interested in Haiti but not ready to make a trip abroad? Join us as we spend January 2013 living and studying in Miami’s own Little Haiti. Discover a Miami you never knew! Course Description: Come study and experience Miami as a microcosm of immigrant relationships.…

  • 2013 J-Term Study Away Fair TODAY

    April 11, 4-6 pm, Heritage Banquet Room, Campus Center The Center for International and Cultural Education is hosting a study away fair with both international and domestic courses for January 2013. Come check out the different courses Gustavus has to offer.  Gustavus instructors will be present to answer any questions you have on their course.…

  • Early ice out for Minnesota’s lakes

    The 2011-12 ice fishing season was short! Nearly all the lakes in Minnesota lost their ice in March this year. For many lakes, it was the earliest ice out in recorded history. The University of Minnesota’s Climatology Working Group has a short summary of ice out conditions here. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)…

  • Snake wrangler

    The Gustavus GEG 105 Introduction to Physical Geography class took at tour of the Linnaeus Arboretum on Tuesday, March 27, to learn about the biomes of Minnesota. Gustavus senior Ellen Miller holds a garter snake that was sunning itself in the woods. While many people have an aversion to snakes, garter snakes are harmless and…

  • Celebration of Creative Inquiry: Abstracts due April 6

    The annual Gustavus Celebration of Creative Inquiry will take place on Friday, May 4, 2012, from 5-7 pm and showcase the research and other scholarship of Gustavus students. The deadline to submit an abstract is next week: April 6, 2012. To learn more or submit an abstract for your research poster presentation see https://gustavus.edu/kendallcenter/undergraduate-research/creative-inquiry.php.

  • Geography movie night

    Today is Geography movie night! Come to the Geography Department in Nobel Hall this evening, Tuesday, March 27, at 7:00 pm to watch The Motorcycle Diaries. Everyone is welcome.

  • Mark your calendar: MUGS 2012

      The Midwest Undergraduate Geography Symposium will be held at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, MN, on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Many Gustavus Geography students will be participating. For more information see the conference website.