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geo_uhm, 6 months ago to geography

UH GEO professor Camilo Mora, PhD candidate Kira Webster, and MA alum Jackie Dean were among a group of volunteers who planted koa and wiliwili saplings in Wahiawa this past Saturday, December 2nd. This effort was part of Dr. Mora's Carbon Neutrality Challenge to plant 1 million endemic trees in Hawaiʻi. See @CivilBeat article here: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/12/planting-1-million-trees-in-hawaii-begins-with-200-saplings/

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geo_uhm, 6 months ago to geography

UH GEO Professor Mary Mostafanezhad and Ph.D. alum Henryk Szadziewski have published a new article in the Transaction of the Institute of British Geographers titled, "A case for popular geoeconomics: Angelina Jolie, China, and the semiotic limits of the archive." Access the article here: https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/tran.12647

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geo_uhm, 6 months ago to geography

UH GEO MA student Tara Sutton is featured in the University of Hawaiʻi News for her involvement in the Red Hill Information Hub. Access the story, "Red Hill water data hub personal for graduate student," here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/11/22/red-hill-data-sutton/.

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geo_uhm, 7 months ago to geography

UH GEO Professor and Department Chair Reece Jones (@reecejones) published a new collaborative article, "Interventions on public geographies,' in Political Geography. Access the article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629823001853?dgcid=author.

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geo_uhm, 7 months ago to geography

AAG Webinar today, Friday, Nov. 17th at 11:00 am HST (4:00 pm ET) - UH GEO PhD candidate Tatsuki Kohatsu and PhD alum Kyle Kajihiro (Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at UHM) will be participating as panelists in today's webinar, "Troubling the 'American Lake': Archipelagic Perspectives on Militarization in Oceania." For more information and to register, visit: https://www.aag.org/webinar/troubling-the-american-lake-archipelagic-perspectives-on-militarization-in-oceania/.

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geo_uhm, 7 months ago to geography

UH GEO PhD candidate Tatsuki Kohatsu and PhD alum Kyle Kajihiro (Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at UHM) will be participating as panelists in the upcoming AAG Webinar, on Friday, Nov. 17th at 11am HST (4pm ET) - "Troubling the 'American Lake': Archipelagic Perspectives on Militarization in Oceania," https://www.aag.org/webinar/troubling-the-american-lake-archipelagic-perspectives-on-militarization-in-oceania/.

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geo_uhm, 7 months ago to geography

HawaiiView has recently released a 30-m spatial resolution forest height map for the island of Maui (https://hawaiiview.org/data/l2fhm-maui/), predicted using Landsat-8 cloud-free mosaic and calibrated using airborne lidar data. This is an extension of the 30-m forest height map for Oʻahu (https://hawaiiview.org/data/l2fhm-oahu/) released two years ago. UH GEO Professor Qi Chen leads the project.

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geo_uhm, 7 months ago to geography

Webinar next Tuesday, Nov. 7th at 10 am HST (3 pm ET) hosted by the American Association of Geographers (AAG) titled, "Islands and Agriculture: The coevolution of agroecological systems and society in Hawai‘i" with panelist Dr. Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, UH Dept. of Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences. For details and to register, visit: https://www.aag.org/webinar/islands-and-agriculture-the-coevolution-of-agroecological-systems-and-society-in-hawaii/.

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geo_uhm, 8 months ago to geography

UH GEO professor Reece Jones is quoted The Texas Tribune on border barriers as 'powerful nationalist symbols,' that 'may not stop the movement of migrants,' https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/texas-legislature-border-wall-spending-bill-house-appropriations/.

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geo_uhm, 8 months ago to geography

UH GEO is co-sponsoring an upcoming event at the East-West Center, "Reflections on Cross-Cultural Research and Methodologies," on Wednesday, Nov. 1st from 3pm HST. Anna Duerr (GEO MA student) and Dalilah Laidin (GEO PhD candidate) will be among the grad students who will present. Event details and registration to join online at: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/reflections-cross-cultural-research-and-methodologies.

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geo_uhm, 8 months ago to geography

Looking for a graduate program in Geography and Environment? GEO at UH Mānoa is a top program with faculty expertise in climate change, political ecology, and sustainability with an Asia-Pacific focus: https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate/.

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geo_uhm, 8 months ago to geography

UH GEO professor Camilo Mora and his daughter will talk about their Carbon Neutral Challenge project at the Mālama Mānoa general membership meeting tomorrow, Oct. 11, 6PM at the Honolulu Japanese Seventh Day Adventist Church. Daniel Dinell, President of Trees for Honolulu's Future, will also speak at the event.

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geo_uhm, 8 months ago to geography

UH GEO affiliate faculty member Laurel Mei-Singh is giving a talk on campus this Thursday, Oct. 12 from 12:00 - 1:15pm HST in KUY 410. The title of Dr. Mei-Singh's talk is, "The political economy of environmental racism in Waiʻanae."

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geo_uhm, 8 months ago to geography

Join us at the UH Department of Geography and Environment! We are hiring for an assistant professor in geographic information science. The application review beings on October 15th, https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/4190951/assistant-professor-geographic-information-science-pending-position-number.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO PhD candidate Meagan Harden has a new article in the journal Political Geography titled "Unmade in America: The gendered politics of birth tourism in the United States," https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102972.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

#AAGWebinar this Thursday, Sept. 22 at 9am HST (3pm ET) in preparation for the Honolulu 2024 Annual Meeting - "Restoring Waiwai: Redefining Wealth to Foster Health & Abundance," with guest speakers Dr. Kawika Winter and Dr. Rosie Alegado. Register at: https://www.aag.org/webinar/restoring-waiwai/.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO Professor Reece Jones will be discussing his book, "Nobody is Protected," a 2023 Southwest Book of the Year, at the UH School of Law Library this Thursday, Sept. 21 from 12:00-1:00pm. The talk will be moderated by Professor of Law, Ester Sungeun Yoo.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO professor Krisna Suryanata worked on the "Geography and Environment Joint Field School" from June 16 to July 23, 2023, capped by a workshop on "Collaborative Research and Learning in Southeast Asia." The two initiatives, funded by a Luce Foundation grant, brought 10 UH Mānoa students, two GEO faculty affiliates, and Prof. Suryanata to Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia. The East-West Center has a summary of summer field school here, https://www.eastwestcenter.org/training-exchanges/southeast-asia-field-school.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO PhD candidate Foley Pfalzgraf participated in the 7th Melanesia Arts & Culture Festival (MACFEST) Symposium with Dr. Tammy Tabe, an Oceania Research Fellow at the East-West Center. The symposium took place from July 26-27 with the National University of Vanuatu.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

Webinar from the American Association of Geographers at 3pm ET today, Sept. 14th - "Hawai‘i Habitation: Consequences of Human Values" in preparation for the Honolulu #AAG2024 Annual Meeting, https://www.aag.org/webinar/hawaii-habitation/.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

The Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai'i is hiring an assistant professor in geographic information science. The application review will begin on October 15. The full job advertisement is available here: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/4190951/assistant-professor-geographic-information-science-pending-position-number

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO professor Reece Jones (@reecejones) discussed violent borders at the #UNITABorders workshop at the University of Turin on July 17th.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO affiliate graduate faculty and PhD alum Dr. Abby Gail Frazier spoke with The New York Times about the multiple factors that contributed to the Maui wildfires - article published Aug. 10, 2023 - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/hawaii-fires-climate-change.html. Frazier is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Clark University.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO PhD candidate and Outreach Director at the UH Center for Pacific Island Studies, Foley Pfalzgraf, will give a talk the University of the South Pacific this Friday, September 8 at 10:00AM in the conference room. She will talk about her research, Pacific Island studies, and scholarships to study in the U.S.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO PhD candidate Foley Pfalzgraf is in Vanuatu as a Fulbright-Hays scholar. In July, Foley volunteered to support the planning of the first Melanesian literary festival that ran alongside the 7th Melanesia Arts & Culture Festival (MACFEST), https://www.dailypost.vu/news/from-freedom-to-feminism/article_53b9e913-1d6b-5fa2-b85d-b8388603b404.html.

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO held an open meeting on Aug. 24th to discuss planning, local involvement needs and opportunities for the American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2024 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Honolulu from April 16-20. We were joined by Neil Hannahs of Hoʻokele Strategies, who is working with the AAG on local community engagement and arrangements. For resources to learn more about how to visit Hawaiʻi with the spirit of reciprocity: https://www.aag.org/annual-meeting-2024-hawaiian-resources/

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geo_uhm, 9 months ago to geography

UH GEO professor Dave Beilman was quoted in USA Today and The New Yorker about the fires on Maui as an "Anthropocene phenomenon," https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/09/how-did-the-maui-fires-start-human-habitation-may-be-partly-to-blame/70559241007/ and https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/the-burning-of-maui

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geo_uhm, 10 months ago to geography

We are delighted to welcome two new faculty members, Dr. Pallavi Gupta and Dr. Orhon Myadar to UH Geography and Environment. Learn more about them on our department faculty page: https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/faculty/

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geo_uhm, 10 months ago to geography

AAG Webinar today - August 24 at 3pm ET - Kumulipo: Hawaiian Explication of Creation. Explore The Kumulipo, the Hawaiian understanding of the world as interconnected and intimate across all forms of being and nature - https://www.aag.org/webinar/kumulipo-hawaiian-explication-of-creation/.

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geo_uhm, 10 months ago to geography

The first talk of our Fall 2023 public lecture series is from Dr. Budhu Bhaduri, the director of the Geospatial Science and Human Security Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Bhaduri will give a talk titled, "Landscape Dynamics, Geographic Data and Scalable Computing: The Oak Ridge Experience," on August 28 (Monday) at 12pm in Saunders 443.

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