A wetland. This month is the twentieth anniversary of Riparia, formerly the Cooperative Wetlands Center. To celebrate, we’ll feature Riparia and wetland photos all this month, and the fall Department of Geography newsletter (coming out soon) will feature extensive Riparia coverage.
GOOD NEWS
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Karl Zimmerer, professor and head of the Department of Geography, has received the first–ever awarded Alexander and Ilse Melamid Medal from the American Geographical Society (AGS). The Melamid Medal is given for outstanding work on the dynamic relationship between human culture and natural resources. Read more.
NEWS
October 4 Coffee Hour: Peter Hudson
Just when you thought you were safe... the ecology and challenges of emerging diseases
• Refreshments offered in 319 Walker Building at 3:30 p.m.
• Lecture begins in 112 Walker Building at 4:00 p.m.
Peter Hudson is the director of the The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and The Willaman Professor of Biology at Penn State. He investigates the dynamics of infectious disease in wildlife, how diseases spread through wild animal populations and how they impact host dynamics. He undertakes revealing field experiments and applies theory to understand how parasites interact with their hosts, other natural enemies and climatic conditions to affect the dynamics of hosts. He demonstrated that parasites are the cause of population cycles in red grouse, and showed how parasites shared between hosts can lead to localized host extinction. More recently he has been investigating how parasites interact through the host’s immune system to cause variation in susceptibility and transmission. He is currently investigating zoonotic infections in Italy and Pennsylvania and is working on Big Horned Sheep and mange infections of Wolves in Montana. Read more.
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Premiere planned for Oct. 4
"Murph: The Protector," feature-length documentary based on the life of Penn State alumnus Michael Murphy, will have its premiere showing at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave. The event is being presented by Mactavish Pictures, Penn State Adult Learner Programs and The State Theatre. Read more.
From The Guardian
IPCC model global warming projections have done much better than you think
Global warming since 1990 has fallen within the range of IPCC climate model projections. Read more.
Other geography news
AAG Newsletter
See more events and deadlines on the Student Calendar.
October 1 TONIGHT UnderDoGs meeting in 319 Walker Building at 6:15 p.m.
October 4 Coffee Hour: Peter Hudson "Just when you thought you were safe ..."
October 6 Steps 2 Safety annual 5K Walk/Run benefiting the
Centre County Women's Resource Center
October 11 Reception and celebration for Rosie Long
October 11 Coffee Hour: Leonie Newhouse
October 18 Coffee Hour: David Titley
October 25 Annual pre-tenure symposium: "Equity and Inclusion: Successfully Navigating
the Promotion and Tenure Process” from 9:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
in the Paterno Library
October 25 Miller Lecture/Coffee Hour: Ken Young
2013
October 9–11 NACIS Conference in Greenville, South Carolina
October 9 –12 Pioneer America Society: Association for the Preservation of Artifacts and
Landscapes (PAS:APAL) Utica, New York.
October 13–16 GEOINT Symposium, Tampa, Florida
October 18–19 AAG Middle States Division Annual Meeting
October 25–26 Pennsylvania Geographical Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
October 27–31 Imaging and Mapping for Disaster Management: From the Individual to the
Global Community, joint conference of the CaGIS and ASPRS
October 30–November 2 AAG Middle Atlantic Division Regional Meeting
(jointly with AAG Applied Geography Specialty Group, Annapolis, Maryland
November 1–3 Graduate Climate Conference at Woods Hole, Massachusetts
November 6–8 International Greening Education Event in Karlsruhe, Germany
(DMG-EH) in Dallas, Texas
2014
February 14–15 Breaking Ground and Building Bridges: Communication, Gender, and
Social Change in Global Communities at Ohio University. For more information
or to submit a proposal, email: OU.WGSP.Conference@gmail.comMay 18–21 ISCRAM at Penn State
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