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Faculty in the Department of Geography are at the forefront of the discipline's future with projects that literally encompass the whole Earth. By dissolving the boundary between social and physical science we are exploring the human dimensions of global change. Our goal is to better understand the Earth's land surface and the way humans interact with it.

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Three Faculty Positions (Open Rank) In Human Dimensions of Global Change
Department becomes ESRI Development Center
New Geograffiti for the Summer 08
Dr. Prince contributes to state climate change report
Department maintains outstanding research grant record
Modis map of Burmese flooding receives praise from CIA
Graduate student awarded highly competitive NASA fellowship

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Featured Department Projects
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Science Applications Center
The goal of the RESAC is to provide improved information and technologies to assess regional impacts of global environmental change.
Program for Environment
CARPE develops forest cover products, data and information tools, including predictive modeling and monitoring of changes in the Congo Basin.
Global Fire Information
This project integrates Remote Sensing and GIS technologies to provide Global fire information in easy to use formats for decision making.
Monitoring Forest Dynamics
To monitor the dynamics of the forests in Northeastern China, this project is developing an operational forest monitoring system using satellite remote sensing data.

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