The spring schedule for the School of Natural Resources' general geography seminar series was recently announced.
The series opens on Jan. 18 with SNR’s Bryan Leavitt’s seminar, “Modern Israel: A Brief Introduction to its Culture and Physical Geography.” Leavitt is the facilities manager at the Center for Advanced Land Management and Information Technologies at SNR. The spring schedule closes April 19 with Matthew Dooley’s seminar, “Visualizing Criminal Landscapes,” a Steve Lavin Memorial lecture. The seminar will be followed by induction of students into Gamma Theta Upsilon.
All but one of the eight scheduled seminars will be held on Fridays in Hardin Hall room 163, at 2 p.m. The Feb. 1 seminar will be held in room 901 at Hardin Hall.
View the complete list online at http://snr.unl.edu/geographygis/students/seminars.asp or view it here:
■ January 18
"Modern Israel: A Brief Introduction to its Cultural and Physical Geography"
Bryan Leavitt, Facilities Manager, CALMIT, SNR, UNL
■ February 1
"The Nebraska GIS Council" (Hardin Hall, room 901)
Nathan Watermeier, GIS Manager, Office of the Nebraska Chief Information Officer
■ February 15
"The Metageographic Community Model"
Katherine Nashleanas, Lecturer in Geography, UNL
■ March 1
"Political-Geographical Interpretation of Recent Presidential Elections"
Clark Archer, Professor of Geography, UNL
■ March 15
Presentations by students preparing for Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
■ March 29
"Engineer Cantonment (Stephen Long Expedition): The Intersection of Geography, Geology, Archaeology, History and Art"
Jeremy Dillon, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Nebraska-Kearney
■ April 5
"Using GIS to Identify Food Deserts"
Kathryn Pfaffle, MA student, Geography/School of Natural Resources, UNL
■ April 19
Steve Lavin Memorial lecture: "Visualizing Criminal Landscapes"
Mathew Dooley, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Mapping Sciences, University of Wisconsin–River Falls
(Followed by induction of students into Gamma Theta Upsilon.)