2020 Archives

Jan 6

Oral Comp Notice: D. Wanyama

Monday, January 6, 2020 11:00 AM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824

Mr. Dan Wanyama will take his oral comprehensive examination.

Jan 14

Proposal Defense Notice: R. Paudel

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 9:00 AM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824

Mr. Rajiv Paudel will present and defend his dissertation proposal. Title: Analyzing Household vulnerability to food insecurity in Southern Mali

Jan 17

Dissertation Proposal Notice: BJ Baule

Friday, January 17, 2020 1:00 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824

Mr. B.J. Baule will present and defend his dissertation proposal. Title: Climatic Variability and Change in the Midwestern United States: Implications for Nitrogen Loss and Management in Agricultural Systems

Jan 21

Oral Comp Notice: J. Sanciangco

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 9:30 AM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824

Mr. Jonnell Sanciangco will take his oral comprehensive examination.

Jan 24
Feb 4

Dissertation Proposal Notice: K. Redican

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 2:30 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 105, East Lansing, MI 48824

Mr. Kyle Redican will present and defend his dissertation proposal. Title: KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS, EFFECTIVE EXTERNAL LINKAGES, AND SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT COMPLIANCE

Feb 7

Quidders Presents Dr. Raechel Portelli

Friday, February 7, 2020 4:00 PM at Room 126 (Geography)

Join the Quidders as they present Dr. Raechel Portelli.

Feb 14

Triple G Colloquium Series Presents Dr. Julie Winkler

Friday, February 14, 2020 3:30 PM at Snyder Hall - 362 Bogue Street, Room C20, East Lansing, Michigan

Join the Triple G Colloquium Series as they welcome Dr. Julie Winkler.

Feb 20

SWIG Presents Lunch with Dr. Rick Sadler

Thursday, February 20, 2020 11:30 AM - Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:30 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 129, East Lansing, MI 48824

Please Join SWIG in Welcoming Dr. Rick Sadler on Thursday, February 20, 2020. Dr. Sadler recently published an article with Dr. Amber Pearson on the relationship between neighborhood vacancy and mental health outcomes in Flint, Michigan.

Feb 21

Geography Career Day and Job Fair - Resume Critique

Friday, February 21, 2020 2:00 PM - Friday, February 21, 2020 4:30 PM at Erickson Hall, Room 113

Geography Career Day & Job Fair and Resume Critique

Feb 21

Quidders Presents Dr. Patrick Colgan

Friday, February 21, 2020 4:00 PM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 126, East Lansing, MI 48824

Quidders Presents Dr. Patrick Colgan

Mar 9

Oral Comp Notice: P. HatamiBahmanBeiglou

Monday, March 9, 2020 12:00 AM at Geography Building 673 Auditorium Road, Room 120, East Lansing, MI 48824

Mr. Pouyan HatamiBahmanBeiglou will take his oral comprehensive examination.

Mar 10

Oral Comp Notice: R. Zhang

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:00 PM at 509 E Circle Dr., Room 210, East Lansing, MI 48824

Ms. Rui Zhang will take her oral comprehensive examination.

Apr 3

Thesis Defense Notice: K. Wilcox

Friday, April 3, 2020 1:45 PM at Virtual

Ms. Kyeesha Wilcox will defend her thesis. Title: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS AND DIABETES, OBESITY AND LACK OF SLEEP OUTCOMES IN METROPOLITAN DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Apr 14

Dissertation Defense: C. Gauthier-Hernandez

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 9:00 AM at Virtual

Ms. Cristina Gauthier-Hernandez will defend her thesis. Title: Dams in the Amazon: Social and Environmental Impacts on Basic Sanitation, People, and the Environment

Apr 15

Thesis Defense Notice: Y. Wang

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 10:00 AM at Virtual

Mr. Yuhao Wang will defend his thesis. Title: Land Use Land Cover Change And Driver Detection of Urban Land Expansion In Zhangye City, Northwest China

Apr 16

Thesis Defense Notice: K. Camacho

Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:00 AM at Virtual

Mr. Ken Camacho will defend his thesis. Title: SENTIMENT MAPPING: POINT PATTERN ANALYSIS OF SENTIMENT CLASSIFIED TWITTER DATA

Apr 17

Dissertation Defense Notice: J. Nikolic

Friday, April 17, 2020 1:00 PM at Virtual

Ms. Jovanka Nikolic will defend her dissertation. Title: Regional Climate Response to Land Use and Land Cover Change in Contiguous United States

May 1

Proposal Defense Notice: Z. Lin

Friday, May 1, 2020 2:00 PM at Virtual

Ms. Zihan Lin will present and defend her dissertation proposal. Title: Spatiotemporal modeling of dams and consequent impacts on the Mekong River Basin ecosystem.

May 4

Oral Comp Notice: L. Medwid

Monday, May 4, 2020 1:00 PM at Virtual

Ms. Laura Medwid will take her oral comprehensive examination.

May 8

Oral Comp Notice: Y. Xie

Friday, May 8, 2020 1:00 PM at Virtual

Mr. Yachen Xie will take his oral comprehensive examination.

May 11

onGEO Online Geography Courses This Summer!

Monday, May 11, 2020 12:00 AM at http://ongeo.msu.edu/blog/news/ongeo-summer-courses/

Offering two 7-week long sessions of Undergraduate and Professional Certificate Courses over the summer.

Jul 16

Dissertation Defense Notice: L. Mungai

Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:00 AM at Virtual

Ms. Leah Mungai will defend her dissertation. Title: Multi-scale Sustainable Intensification (SI) of Small-holder Agriculture in Malawi

Jul 21

Thesis Defense Notice: M. Church

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 1:00 PM at Virtual

Ms. Michelle Church will defend her thesis. Title: SINGAPORE, MICHIGAN, A BURIED COASTAL GHOST TOWN: A GEOGRAPHICAL CASE STUDY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY MICHIGAN.

Jul 24

Thesis Defense Notice: C. Baish

Friday, July 24, 2020 12:00 PM at Virtual

Mr. Chris Baish will defend his thesis. Title: “Glossic Horizon Formation in Coarse-Loamy Bisequal Soils of Northeastern Lower Michigan”

Jul 30

Dissertation Defense Notice: D. Jordan

Thursday, July 30, 2020 2:00 PM at Virtual

Ms. Dee Jordan will defend her dissertation. Title: A RISK REDUCTION APPROACH TO TSETSE AND TRYPANOSOMIASIS CONTROL IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CASE STUDY: THE CANVAS METHOD

Aug 14

Proposal Defense Notice: P. Hatami

Friday, August 14, 2020 1:00 PM at Virtual

Mr. Pouyan Hatami will present and defend his dissertation proposal. Title: Applications of Machine Learning in Geospatial-Temporal Data Analysis

Aug 26

Oral Comp Notice: A. Rivera

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Virtual

Ms. Ana Rivera will take her oral comprehensive examination on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, starting at 10:00 AM.

Aug 27

Dissertation Defense Notice: R. Paudel

Thursday, August 27, 2020 at Virtual

Mr. Rajiv Paudel will defend his dissertation on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at 2:00 PM.

Sep 2

Fall Semester 2020 begins

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at

The Fall Semester begins Wednesday, September 2, 2020.

Sep 18

Colloquium: Erasing the Thin Blue Line: An Indigenous Proposal

Friday, September 18, 2020 4:00 PM - Friday, September 18, 2020 5:00 PM at Virtual

Join us for the first session of the Fall 2020 Triple-G Colloquium Series as we welcome Dr. Matthew L.M. Fletcher presenting "Erasing the Thin Blue Line: An Indigenous Proposal".

Oct 23

Triple G Colloquium – The White Unseen: Anti-Blackness in the Discipline of Geography

Friday, October 23, 2020 4:00 PM at Virtual

Join the MSU Geography Graduate Group (Triple G) for the second session of the Fall 2020 Triple G Colloquium Series. Dr. Aretina Rochelle Hamilton, Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Interlochen Center for the Arts will present “The White Unseen: Anti-Blackness in the Discipline of Geography.”

Nov 20

Triple G Colloquium – Anti-Asian Racism and COVID-19

Friday, November 20, 2020 4:00 PM at Virtual

Please join the MSU Geography Graduate Group (Triple G) on Friday, November 20, 2020, at 4:00 PM EST for our third and final virtual colloquium session this semester.

Nov 30

Oral Comp Notice: C. Martin-Ikpe

Monday, November 30, 2020 1:00 PM at Virtual

Ms. Cordelia Martin-Ikpe will take her oral comprehensive examination on Monday, November 30, 2020, starting at 1:00 pm via Zoom.

Jan 11

2021 Spring Semester Begins

Monday, January 11, 2021 at

The Spring Semester begins on January 11, 2021.