UF Geography

Where in the world... Dr @sjryan3.bsky.social - wearing her UF MedGeo T-shirt - is in the Caribbean pursuing climate-health research for decision making. Here, she is at the Port of Nassau puzzling over how surveillance and modeling can account for the population increases of cruise ship visitors.

Militias have exacerbated armed conflicts in West Africa since the early 2010s. Peter Kostantinov and Olivier Walther examine their spatial patterns in a new paper published in the UF Journal of Undergraduate Research journals.flvc.org/UFJUR/articl...

Students in GEO 3372: Conservation of Resources celebrated Halloween by dressing up as a variety of creative characters! 🎃✨ We hosted an in-class costume competition, where students were voted on based on how their chosen characters could contribute to global conservation efforts.

A coalition of jihadist groups affiliated with al-Qaida have laid siege to Bamako. Will it lead to the fall of Mali's capital? The Conversation Africa spoke to GeoGator Olivier Walther and researchers from the @ufsahelresearch.bsky.social theconversation.com/jihadists-ha...

NEW - Visualizing complex mobility patterns using backbone networks, by Jinpeng Wang & Yujie Hu link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Happy Halloween! Dr Keellings going over the schedule of his Climate Change and Health class this morning.

Geography Majors: Explore your options by taking this senior seminar that prepares you to graduate studies or a career in geography catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses...

Are you exploring options for the upcoming semester? Enhance your current major by taking a course in Geography! catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses...

Explore the world from a new perspective with our undergraduate courses in Remote Sensing catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses...

Interested in public health? Take a course in Medical Geography at UF! catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses...

GeoGators! Embark on a meaningful career by taking undergraduate courses in natural hazards next semester at UF catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses...

Explore your world and find your place in it. Discover our undergraduate courses in geography, climatology and meteorology catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses...

Geography is not just maps. It's about people, places, and the planet. Check out our undergraduate courses here: catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses...

Take a graduate course in Medical Geography to explore how human and animal diseases spread across the world! geog.ufl.edu/focus-areas/...

Our new GeoAI and Geographic Analysis Minor offers training in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications integrated with geographic datasets, analytics, and technology catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/college...

GeoGators, our graduate courses provide the hands-on experience you need to tackle complex, advanced challenges in meteorology and atmospheric science! gradcatalog.ufl.edu/graduate/col...

Go beyond the basics, GeoGators! Our graduate courses allow you to cover more advanced, specific topics that align with your unique interests gradcatalog.ufl.edu/graduate/col...

Data gap imperils West Africa’s ability to monitor the evolution of animal diseases and regional agricultural trade, argue Olivier Walther, Lacey Harris-Coble and colleagues in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/west-africas...

JOB - The Department of Geography at the University of Florida invites applications for a full-time, 12-month, non-tenure track Lecturer/Assistant Instructional Professor position in GIScience and Geographic Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

Our NASA-supported EMERGE program successfully hosted a community hackathon last Saturday at North Lauderdale Library. Led by Dr. Di Yang, participants transformed NASA satellite data into tools for tracking mosquitos and environmental health

A woman with long brown hair sits at a desk in an office, smiling at the camera. She wears a blue shirt and is positioned in front of dual computer monitors displaying maps. The office has yellow walls and features a window with natural light.

Medical geography Professor at @ufgeog.bsky.social, @sjryan3.bsky.social is leading efforts to predict disease risks and guide public health as mosquito habitats shift due to climate change, underscoring the vital link between planetary changes and future health.

Considering a Minor in Geography? Check out our new program in GeoAI and Geographic Analysis at the University of Florida geog.ufl.edu/programs/und...

Buzz Off. Fighting back against the world’s deadliest animal. Professor @sjryan3.bsky.social is part of a group of UF researchers who are fighting mosquito-borne diseases around the world. Read her full interview in this month's Explore Magazine explore.research.ufl.edu/buzz-off.html

OPEN ACCESS in The Lancet Planetary Health: Priority climate and health modelling needs, by @sjryan3.bsky.social and colleagues www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

NEW - The attribution of human health outcomes to climate change: transdisciplinary practical guidance, recently published in Climatic Change by @sjryan3.bsky.social and colleagues link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🎉Audrey Smith Wins 2nd Place in CAS "Lens on Africa" Graduate Research Video Competition! vimeo.com/1110410355/9...

NEW in Nature Climate Change - Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change, by GeoGators Catherine Lippi, @sjryan3.bsky.social and colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great to see our new paper "Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change" out in print today in @natclimate.nature.com, which builds on our landscaping project on climate-health attribution a couple of years ago, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social

New review - Lacey Harris-Coble is reviewing Tor Benjaminsen's latest book "Climate Security and Climate Justice: Recognizing Context in the Sahel" in African Studies Quarterly journals.flvc.org/ASQ/article/...

Join Dr. Di Yang and her colleagues for a one-day, hands-on hackathon and data visualization showcase using real environmental and public health data from NASA’s GLOBE Observer platform Saturday, September 27, 2025 geoemerge.com/hackathon-da...