Geographers at the University of Nevada Reno employ innovative techniques and methods to examine the complex relationship between humans and their environment and the spatial dimensions of our world’s most pressing challenges. Offering both graduate and undergraduate programs, the Department engages with students at the highest levels of scholarship to conduct integrative research on vital social and environmental problems, in service to our communities, from the local to the global.
Recent news from the Department of Geography
Peatland geographer Julie Loisel funded by NSF CAREER Award
Loisel awarded $816,000 to study peatlands in the tropics
Geographer turns peatlands workshop into a “science vacationâ€
Julie Loisel hosted the workshop at the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ at Lake Tahoe
Geology student receives Goldwater Scholarship
Andrew Siciliano wants to pursue geochemistry research