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