Welcome
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the web pages of the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University. This is an exciting time for geographical sciences at ASU, with several active interdisciplinary research programs, new initiatives and centers. The School itself has only existed as such since July 2006 and grew out of the Department of Geography, which has a long and distinguished history. The School is evolving into a scholarly community that engages in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary education, research and outreach dealing with substantive and applied questions where the role of place, space and interaction is central. These themes are also important in the vision of the New American University, which emphasizes local and social embeddedness and global engagement, suggesting a major role for geographical sciences.
A redesign of our web presence is currently in process, so the pages you see will undergo considerable change in the near future. In the meantime, explore what is here and don’t hesitate to provide feedback.
Luc Anselin
luc.anselin@asu.edu
Foundation Professor and Director
Upcoming Lectures
For more information on past and future lectures, see our events page.
Director and Foundation Professor Anselin Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Franklin, Murray, Rey and Turner Join School of Geographical Sciences
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In the News
- ASU home page features work of Professor Gober
Apr 30, 2008
Professor Patricia Gober, co-director of the Decision Center for a Desert City, leads research that explores the crossroads of climate change, growth and public policy. This role that evolved from her earlier focus in demography and urban geography. See ASU News feature on Dr. Gober and her career here. [hide detail]
- Summer Cyprus Field School offers opportunity to earn Geography credit and field research experience
Apr 15, 2008
The ASU Cyprus Field School, to take place May 12 - June 14, 2008, will offer "hands-on" training in archaeological and geographical field research for students ranging from beginning undergraduates to more experienced graduate students. Field school participants will become adept at field methods, analysis and interpretation as part of an interdisciplinary investigation of agrarian village life during the rise of civilization on Cyprus. For more information about the program and how to apply, see Cyprus Field School. [hide detail]
- Journal Nature features ASU and Billie Turner
Apr 09, 2008
The April 10 issue of Nature features an article on Professor Billie Lee Turner II, who will arrive in Fall 2009 to become the Gilbert F. White Chair in Environment and Society in the School of Geographical Sciences. The article describes the evolution of Turners' research and his decision to join ASU's faculty. See full article here. [hide detail]
- Selover discusses drought and reservoir water levels in Arizona Republic
Mar 31, 2008
A front-page feature in March 29th's Arizona Republic explores the impact of higher water levels in Roosevelt Lake and other Phoenix-area reservoirs in relationship to the wider regional drought. In the article, Dr. Nancy Selover, Arizona State Climatologist and Academic Associate with the School of Geographical Sciences, interprets the effects of the higher water levels locally, regionally, and over a longer time frame. See online edition for full article. [hide detail]
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Grants, Awards and Honors
- GeoDa affiliate Julia Koschinsky named "Outstanding PhD Student" at UIUC
Apr 11, 2008
Julia Koschinsky, currently a visiting scholar at ASU and affiliate of the GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, was named as this year's "Outstanding PhD Student"
in her home institution, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. [hide detail]
- Anselin and Lozano-Gracia win best paper award in Empirical Economics
Apr 08, 2008
Luc Anselin and Nancy Lozano-Gracia won the "2006/07 Empirical Economics Springer Prize" for best paper in the journal Empirical Economics. Their winning article,
“Errors in Variables and Spatial Effects in Hedonic House Price
Models of Ambient Air Quality,” appeared in
Empirical Economics 34(1), 2008: 5-34. [hide detail]
- Cerveny, Balling and Ellis receive award from National Science Foundation Geography and Regional Science Program
Apr 01, 2008
Congratulations to President's Professor Randall Cerveny, Professor Robert Balling, and Associate Professor Andrew Ellis for their National Science Founation grant, awarded March 6, 2008, for "Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Climatological Variations in Isentropic Surfaces." This study will reintroduce isentropic data analysis, a much-neglected analytical tool to aid in the climatological detection and prediction of moisture flow and stability to geographic climatology. This study's ultimate goal is for the proposed isentropic database to represent a unique tool for drought reconstruction, monitoring, and forecasting that will be made accessible to the global community of climate scientists. Professor Cerveny is Principal Investigator on this project, with Balling and Ellis participating as co-investigators. [hide detail]
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Recent Presentations
- Edsall leads session on Google Earth and Web Maps at ASPRS Annual Meeting
- ASU ASPRS members J. Chirumamilla, G. Judkins, M.J. Kang, W.K. Kim, S. Myint and E. Ridder present papers at ANAS/SW-ASPRS conference
Apr 04, 2008
The Arizona Nevada Academy of Science / Southwest Region - American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing conference, held March 29, featured presentations by Dr. Soe Myint, Assistant Professor, five graduate students (Elizabeth Ridder, Gabriel Judkins, Min Jo Kang and Wong Kyung Kim), and one recent alumni (Jagadeesh Chirumamilla). Presentation titles [hide detail]
- Yolonda Youngs presents GIS Research Opportunities at Undergraduate Career Workshop
Mar 18, 2008
On March 6, 2008, Ph.D. candidate Yolonda Youngs gave an invited panel presentation on “Opportunities for History Undergraduates in GIS” at ASU's Department of History Undergraduate Career Workshop. [hide detail]
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Recent Publications
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