Department of Geography-Anthropology
News
Posted January 24, 2013
Nathan Hamilton, Associate Professor of Archaeology, has received a sabbatical for fall 2013. Dr. Hamilton has engaged in the long-term research and examination of maritime communities and coastal environments along the Atlantic coastline. For his sabbatical, he will continue his archaeological research of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century fishing stations on the Isles of Shoals.
Posted November 28, 2012
Firooza Pavri, Associate Professor of Geography, co-authored the book "Wetland Environments: A Global Perspective" published by Wiley-Blackwell.
Posted November 28, 2012
Undergraduate students in Geography-Anthropology, Kari Beaulieu and Pauline LaBelle Morgan, received NASA fellowships for 2012-13. They will work with Firooza Pavri and use space-based satellite imagery to document land use and environmental changes at sites in North America and India.
Posted November 28, 2012
Lydia Savage, Professor of Geography, presented a paper "Does Size Matter? Amalgamations, Mergers, Growth" at the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT) International Conference in Montreal Canada.
Posted November 6, 2012
Sam Merrill, Associate Research Professor & Director of the New England Environmental Finance Center, Muskie School of Public Service will speak on "Cost-benefit analysis and community engagement for adaptation to sea level rise and storm surge - a new GIS-based approach" for GIS Day on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. at 102 Wishcamper Center, USM Portland Campus.
Posted October 22, 2012
Matthew Bampton will be the keynote speaker at GIS Educators Day on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Camden Opera House in Camden Maine.
Posted October 2, 2012
Matthew Edney will be one of the keynote speakers at the International Visual Literacy Association Conference to be held in Portland, Maine. His talk will be on Thursday October 11, at 9:00 a.m. at the Clarion Hotel in Portland.
Posted October 1, 2012
The Geography-Anthropology Student Association elected the following student officers for the current academic year: President: Jillian Holmberg, Vice President: Whitney Parrish, Secretary: Courtney Daicy, Treasurer: Roxanne Guildford.
Posted September 5, 2012
See Associate Professor of Archaeology Nate Hamilton and his students busy at work at the Shoals Marine Lab through here.
Posted August 31, 2012
Welcome back to the new school year! Geography-Anthropology along with the Muskie School of Public Service will be hosting a Student Welcome event on September 5 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in 102 Wishcamper Center on the Portland campus. There will be refreshments and the opportunity to meet faculty, friends and peers.
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