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The Community Mapping Lab in UGA’s Department of Geography is offering undergraduates the opportunity to participate in independent research projects in Fall 2018. We are searching for three or four undergraduate students interested in working independently on a real-world research project.

Three faculty members have been awarded ¬Service-Learning Excellence Awards for 2018. Established in 2011, the awards recognize faculty for innovative service-learning course design as well as scholarship that stems from academic service-learning work.

By Marshall Shepherd, Contributor, April 17, 2018

It’s a simple observation, but one with long-term effects on how cities are equipped to handle weather systems.

Marshall Shepherd, Contributor, April 13, 2018

This week two very worrisome but important climate change (or global warming) related studies were highlighted in the media.

Marshall Shepherd, Contributor April 9, 2018

Marshall Shepherd, Contributor, April 6, 2018

UGA College of Environment and Design graduate student Kiley Aguar and Geography Department - University of Georgia student Ian Rossiter visited Griffin+Spalding to assist The City of Griffin on a master plan to incorporate trails throughout the city for more interconnected walking, running, and…

Congrats Dr. Marcus Williams! Dr. Marshall Shepherd's former doctoral student is now working at US Forest Service. He is in Denver receiving this prestigious award. 

Marshall Shepherd, contributor

Many people may not think of Icefields when they think of South America. 

The Patagonia Icefields are the largest temperate ice sheet in the Southern Hemisphere. It covers an area of roughly 8000 square miles.