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Associate Professor Tom Cova has been featured in an Los Angeles Times article about wildfire hazards in Mission Canyon outside Santa Barbara, CA. The article discusses his research on evacuating wildfire-prone neighborhoods. He notes that planning regulations around the country pay little attention to the
number of people who will have to use exit roads in a wildfire. The American West is studded with these "scenic firetraps," and in most of these areas the likelihood of an extreme
fire is increasing.
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Welcome new faculty!
Here we grow again! (Sorry, couldn't resist.) Mitchell Power is joining our faculty as Assistant
Professor of Geography and Curator of the Garrett Herbarium, Utah Museum
of Natural History. Dr. Power earned the PhD in geography from
University of Oregon in 2006. His research and teaching interests
include Historical Biogeography, Fire, Paleoecology and
Paleoclimatology. He comes to U-Geography from the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland where he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate and
co-leader of the Global Palaeofire Working Group.
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Faculty position available: Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Geography
The Department of Geography at the
University of Utah invite applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Geography
beginning 1 July 2009. We seek a geographer with a research emphasis that complements department strengths in one (or more) of the following areas: i) medical geography; ii) transportation; iii) human-environment interactions, including human dimensions of climate change; or, iv) hazards. Also desirable are technical strengths in GIS, cartography and/or spatial analysis.
Submit a letter of application including research and teaching interests, vitae, teaching evaluations (if available) and the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three referees by 29 September 2008. Applications received after the deadline may be considered until the position is filled. The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, encourages applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable accommodations for the known disabilities of applicants and employees. The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.
Apply: Harvey J. Miller, Chair, University of Utah / Department of Geography / 260 S Central Campus Drive, Room 270 / Salt Lake City UT 84112-9155.
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Tim Edgar wins ASUU teaching award
Geography graduate student Tim Edgar is a recipient of the 2008
Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) Student Choice
Teaching Award. This is a unique, student-driven award for outstanding
instructors at the University of Utah: students nominate instructors and select the winners.
Congratulations, Tim, for this much-deserved recognition!
Tim with Student Nominator Scott Peterson
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Laura Siebeneck receives AAG award
U-geography graduate student Laura Siebeneck recently received the 2008 Jeanne X. Kasperson award from the Hazards Specialty Group
of the Association of American Geographers. In April, Laura will join
four other students in a special session in Boston at the annual AAG
meeting where she’ll present her paper entitled, “Assessment of the
return-entry process of Hurricane Rita.”
Congratulations Laura!
U-geography: Best Grad Students in the Land!
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Tom Painter "Nature of Things" lecture
Assistant
Professor Tom Painter will be delivering a lecture entitled "When
Mountains and Deserts Collide" as part of the Utah Museum of Natural
History's Nature of Things 2008 lecture series.
His lecture
will examine snow in the West and how changes in the climate will
impact mountain snowpack, hydrology and the western U.S. economy.
The lecture will take place Thursday, January 17, 2008, 7:00 p.m. at The City Library, Main Auditorium
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Larry Coats in Science
Adjunct
Assistant Professor Larry Coats is featured in Science magazine for his
work in Range Creek Canyon, Utah. Larry is using his paleoecology and
rock climbing skills to explore Fremont cliff dwellings in Range Creek
for clues about their collapse and disappearance, possibly due to
drought.
Science article
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