Past Departmental News  

Past News

October, 2005

• Nottingham Exchange Program in Fall 2005

Our Nottingham exchange program welcomes a visit from Professor Nick Clifford, University of Nottingham, UK. Nick will be on campus Monday October 10th (Mon) - October 14th (Fri). Nick's expertise is in fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport and deposition and river restoration. Nick has also written and taught on the philosophy of geomorphic research, on theory and methods in physical geography and on the history and philosophy of geography.

August, 2005

• Department welcomes fourteen new graduate students

UK Department of Geography welcomes our fourteen new graduate students who will join us this Fall 2005. The new grad students will be added to the Graduate Students web page.

• Department welcomes another part-time instructor

UK Department of Geography welcomes Tara Maddock, formerly 2002 winner of Women in Under-Represented Areas Postdoctoral Fellowship, for this coming year. Tara completed her doctoral work at the Ohio State University and is joining us in the fall.

May, 2005

• Geography Professors Awarded NSF Grant

UK Geography professors, Matthew Zook and Thomas Leinbach, have been awarded a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for a project titled "Connecting Cyberspace to Place: Understanding the Evolution of Transactions and Value Chains in Electronic Commerce." Their project will examine how e-commerce contributes to firms' competitive advantage through the reformulation of value chains (comparing physical to virtual) and thereby affecting existing geographies of production, distribution and sales. more.

April, 2005

• Please join us for the UK Department of Geography's 33rd Annual Ellen Churchill Semple Day
The University of Kentucky Department of Geography invites you to our 33rd Annual Ellen Churchill Semple Day, a celebration of the Geography Program, our history, our present students and faculty, our alumni and friends, and the achievements of all. Mark your calendars for April 15, 2005, and make note of our two main events:

• A Friday Afternoon Address by Nuala Johnson, School of Geography, Queen's University, Belfast, U.K., 2:00 pm in the Niles Gallery.
• The Friday Evening Banquet held at Spindletop Hall.

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to visit the department.

• Geographers' Book Geography of the Internet Industry Published

UK Geography professor Matthew Zook published a book that examines the geography of the commercial Internet industry. This is the first published book that presents the map of Internet domains in the world, by country, by region, by city, and for the United States, by neighborhood. You can find more detail at his personal web page: click here.

January, 2005

• Professor Michael Heffernan visits UK-Geography

Professor Michael Heffernan from the University of Nottingham will be visiting UK Geography Department from from Saturday January 22 through Sunday January 30. We are happy to host him as the second visiting professor as part of the new UK-Nottingham Geography Exchange Program.
Professor Heffernan will be

1. giving a public lecture on formal talk, Tuesday January 25, 2:00 PM (Title: "Over There: The USA, France, and the Politics of Memory in the Early 20th Century") at Niles Gallery,
   speaking to graduate students in a 'meet the editor' session of Professional Development (GEO 742), Thursday January 27, 12:30 - 1:20, Miller Hall 6, and
   
2. at a Brown Bag lunch with graduate students, Friday January 28, 11:00 - 1:00, Miller Hall 6.
We are very excited about having Professor Heffernan in the department.

August, 2004

• Department welcomes eleven new graduate students

UK Department of Geography welcomes our eleven new graduate (three Masters and eight Doctoral) students who will join us this Fall 2004. The new grad students have been added to the Graduate Students web page.

• Department welcomes another postdoc scholar

UK Department of Geography welcomes Amy Mills, winner of Women in Under-Represented Areas Postdoctoral Fellowship for this coming year. Amy completed her doctoral work at the University of Texas and is joining us in the fall courtesy of the Vice President's Office for Research.

February 27, 2004

• Professor Andrew Leyshon visits UK-Geography
  
  Professor Andrew Leyshon from the University of Nottingham will be visiting UK Geography Department from March 1-6, 2004. We are happy to host him as the first visiting professor as part of the new UK-Nottingham Geography Exchange Program.
  Professor Leshon will be
  1. giving a public lecture on Thursday March 4 at 3:30 "Towards Geography of Open Source Software" at CB305,
  2. visiting Matt Zook's and Tom Leinbach's seminar on Tuesday March 2, 2-4:45 in Miller Hall 6, and
  3. at a Brown Bag lunch with graduate students, Wednesday March 3, 12 - 2 in Miller Hall 6.
  We are very excited about having Professor Leyshon in the department.
  

August, 2003

• Michael Crutcher and Tad Mutersbaugh Join Department
  
  Michael Crutcher and Tad Mutersbaugh have joined our faculty. Michael is a cultural geographer whose PhD is from Louisiana State University and his appointment as assistant professor will be effective January 1, 2004. Tad Mutersbaugh, PhD University of California--Berkeley, was appointed as associate professor effective July 1, 2003.
  
  

March, 2003

• Carr and Kingsbury Take Jobs
  
  Edward Carr and Paul Kingsbury have accepted positions at the University of South Carolina and Miami University, respectively. They both will begin work in August, 2003. We wish both well in their latest endeavors and their contributions will be missed.


• Kleinfeld and Lavigne Accept Positions
  
  Margo Kleinfeld has accepted a tenure-track job at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Jean Lavigne has accepted a tenure-track position at Gustavus Adolphus College. Both will begin work in the Fall of 2003. Congratulations to both scholars!

August, 2002

• Research Challenge Trust Fund Position Filled By Economic Geographer
  
  Matthew Zook (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley) is a pioneer in research on the geography of the Internet and how adoption of this revolutionary communications technology interacts with existing urban places. Although some have conjectured that the Internet would render geography meaningless and even spell the death of cities, his research demonstrates that the Internet is actually creating a much more complicated system in which economic activity is both dispersed and concentrated. See http://www.zook.info/ for more information on his work. more.
  
  
• Kentucky's Physical Geography Program Adds A Third Scholar
  
  Sean Campbell (Ph.D., University of Arkansas) has joined our physical geography faculty of Jonathan Phillips and Alice Turkington. Sean's work centers on water chemistry and denudation processes in alpine environments. more.