News | Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science

Mon, 01/27/2025

49 KU students receive Undergraduate Research Awards for spring

This spring, 49 University of Kansas students received an Undergraduate Research Award (UGRA) from the Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships. UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on mentored research and creative projects.

Thu, 12/12/2024

KU doctoral student wins competitive fellowship for international research

Carolisa Watson, doctoral student in geography at the University of Kansas, has earned the distinguished Dwight D. Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts Graduate Fellowship from the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College.

Tue, 11/05/2024

Good Fire at Field Station

The Lawrence Kansas Times reported on Assistant Professor Melinda Adams' prescribed burn at the KU Field Station on Saturday November 2.

Thu, 10/24/2024

Open Access Week

A short video featuring Shannon O'Lear discussing Open Access.

Thu, 10/24/2024

Drones and Donuts was a success

The KU Geography & Atmospheric Science Department hosted “Donuts and Drones” on Saturday morning. Thanks to the leadership and preparedness of Prof. Taylor Tappan, students learned drone basics, professional applications, and were accredited recreational flyers much to the curiosity of passers-by on Wescoe Beach.

Wed, 10/09/2024

Shannon O'Lear at the University Teaching Awards Ceremony

Shannon O'Lear was awarded the Chancellor's Club Teaching Professorship.

Mon, 09/16/2024

Shannon O'Lear is this year's recipient of the Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship

The University of Kansas is proud to announce 16 faculty members from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses as recipients of KU’s annual teaching awards.

Wed, 04/10/2024

Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon’s perfume-loving orchid bees

A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon state of Rondônia, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which some view as bellwethers of biodiversity in the neotropics.

Mon, 12/18/2023

KU GEOG/ATMO at AGU

Thu, 11/17/2022

KU geography student receives prestigious doctoral dissertation award

LAWRENCE — University of Kansas geography doctoral candidate Carolisa Watson has received the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award. ...

Thu, 10/20/2022

Two KU programs win University Economic Development Association awards

LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas programs recently won University Economic Development Association Awards of Excellence at the 2022 UEDA Annual Summit. Haskell Environmental Research Studies Institute was named category leader in Talent, and the Center for Digital Inclusion Evidence-based Technology Education for Women Transitioning from Incarceration was named category...

Wed, 10/12/2022

KU announces recipients of Keeler Intra-University Professorships for 2022-2023

LAWRENCE – Four University of Kansas professors have been selected to pursue special projects designed to develop their scholarship in a field while also fostering collaboration at KU during the 2022-2023 academic year. ...

Tue, 08/30/2022

Study will sharpen understanding of precipitation's influence on aerosols in the atmosphere

Wed, 03/31/2021

Study details how Middle East dust intensifies summer monsoons on Indian subcontinent

Wed, 09/23/2020

Ambitious project spanning 5 states, 8 institutions will focus on intermittent streams

Tue, 06/23/2020

Study shows African immigrants in US do well, despite differences among them

LAWRENCE – President Donald Trump may have nearly ended the flow of refugees and other African immigrants to the United States, but a new study shows that at least those from Nigeria are well educated, hardworking and contribute more to society than they cost the American social security system. The...

Tue, 05/12/2020