A new volcanic island is forming in the southern Red Sea,

about 40 miles off the coast of Yemen.

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GIS Lab Schedule 2011-2

Physical Lab Schedule Fall 2011… Read the rest

Monroe Hall was ‘rededicated’ on Friday, Sept 16 – dignitaries heard speeches in Palmieri Plaza, saw a large blue ribbon cut by President Hurley, and ate cake!  People toured the building and were duly impressed by our bright hallways, high-tech classrooms (two projectors & screens! screens for four ongoing presentations at the same time!), tall windows (light!) and a fourth floor where none previously existed. We had set up posters and displays showing our new equipment… the pollen analysis lab … Read the rest

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Yesterday at 4pm the club had its first meeting of 2011-12 – Tea Time in The Lab: Monroe 319-320!  We were able to raise the skyfold partition, so had the entire lab space open, like it used to be before the Monroe renovation.

President Chris Lutz had several different things to say:… Read the rest

Morgan Lamon (2012)  is one of five undergraduates in the United States to win a $5,000 scholarship from the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). Congratulations Morgan!… Read the rest

We’ve had a hazardous start to the semester, though I wouldn’t call it disastrous… Geography has moved back into Monroe Hall and we think you will all LOVE the new space – and our 100-year-old building came though the earthquake (8/23/11) with no problems! On the GEOG 240 Natural Hazards blog page I’ve posted seismograph/seismogram images and some news about the severe thunderstorm on Thursday (8/25/11) and Hurricane Irene (8/27/11). Now we’re waiting for the swarm of locusts – … Read the rest

Wish you could travel with Donald Rallis and his students?  The next best thing is the course’s Facebook page:  UMW SA Study Abroad 2011!… Read the rest

You may now sign up for Professor Donald Rallis’s Cambodi study abroad program.  For details and instructions go to his website:  http://www.regionalgeography.org/cambodia/?page_id=27… Read the rest

Once again we had a lot of fund at the annual spring awards banquet.  Fifty current students were joined by… Read the rest