Macalester's nationally and internationally recognized Geography Department, founded in 1947 by Hildegard Binder Johnson, is unusually broad in scope for an undergraduate liberal arts college. The department leads students through an exploration of urban and regional planning, environmental geography, cartography, geographic information science and socioeconomic development in various regions of the world. Students may major or minor in geography. Students may also take a specialized minor focused on Geographic Information Systems or major in geography with an additional concentration in Urban Studies.
Two Geography Students Win Naitonal Paper Competition!
The Geography Department faculty and staff, along with seven majors, recently attended the Association of American Geographers annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two students were recognized for their outstanding work: Anna Popinchalk '09 won the AAG Africa Specialty Group Student Paper Award for her paper entitled “Refugees, HIV/AIDS, and Access to Medical Care: A Case Study of Cairo, Egypt” and Christine Chung '09 won the AAG Health & Medical Geography Specialty Group Student Paper Award for her paper entitled “Risk Factors of Young Females to HIV/AIDS in Jamaica."
IMPORTANT DATES
Mellon Curricular Pathways RIVERS & CITIES Speaker Series
October
1, 15, 22 and November 12
This series is designed to show how the concerns of several curricular concentrations and majors combine in our efforts to understand and manage both the threat to and impact of floods.
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Faculty member, Helen Hazen, was recently quoted in an article regarding the United States' efforts to reconnect with its past as the leader of a global effort to save the treasures of the planet. read more»
