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Mars is in the news with the landing of the Perseverance rover and there is a renewed interest in the red planet. In the March issue of National Geographic, professor Maria Lane of The University of New Mexico Department of Geography & Environmental...

The first cohort of students will enter The University of New Mexico's doctoral program in Geography this fall, a new degree that will be offered jointly with New Mexico State University. This will be the first Ph.D. program in Geography offered at any...

Families are staying home but this weekend will give them a great opportunity to discover wildlife. Right in their own back yard, says Laurel Ladwig, an orginizer of City Nature Challenge ABQ 2020. Ladwig is a graduate teaching assistant in the UNM...

In conjunction with the national Geography Awareness Week, Nov. 12-17 and GIS Day, Nov. 14, The University of New Mexico’s Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC), Student Association of Geography and Environmental Studies (SAGES), Department of Geography and...

Find out how maps get made and who makes them at this year’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day on Wednesday, Nov. 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is held in conjunction with the Geography Awareness Week, Nov. 13–19, and is hosted by the Earth...

If you’ve ever wondered what goes into making maps, the University of New Mexico’s Department of Geography and Environmental Studies wants to show you at this year’s GIS Day. GIS Day is being held in conjunction with the nationwide Geography Awareness...

The Geography Lecture Series presents "Resilience and Adaptive Management of Stressed Watersheds" with Dr. Craig Allen, professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Thursday, Nov. 11 at Dane Smith Hall, room 120 from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. The event is ...