AAG Newsletter

Get the Most From Your AAG Annual Meeting Experience with the Mobile App

Enjoy an interactive experience on your Apple, Android, BlackBerry, Windows and other mobile devices during AAG 2014 in Tampa. If you’re a laptop user, there’s also a Web version...

Family Activities, Discounts, Offers in Tampa Bay

Museums & Educational Fun Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI): Admission to MOSI, located near the University of South Florida (USF) includes access to more than 450 hands-on activities!...

Celebrate with this Year’s Honorees at the AAG Awards Luncheon

Join colleagues and friends for the AAG Awards Luncheon to celebrate and congratulate the recipients of the AAG Honors for their lifetime achievements and accomplishments in scholarship, service, publishing,...

From the President

Why We Join the AAG

Julie WinklerMarch 31, 2014No Comment

2014-03-31T14:04:36+00:00

In just a few days, many of us will be in Tampa for the AAG annual meeting. We will be beneficiaries of the months of intense effort by the AAG central office to plan for, and execute, a seamless meeting for thousands of attendees. At the same time, each of us will contribute to...

The Challenge of Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: “Who’s on First?”

Julie Winkler February 27, 2014 1 Comment

2014-02-27T18:18:28+00:00

Earlier this winter, I had dinner with a friend who is a senior scientist...

University Research Centers: An Opportunity or Challenge for Geography?

Julie Winkler January 30, 2014 2 Comments

2014-02-12T10:18:52+00:00

The number of research centers on university campuses has grown substantially in the past...

News

AAG’s GeoCapabilities Project Researching Purposes, Values of Geography in Schools

EditorMarch 20, 2014No Comment

2014-03-20T17:29:12+00:00

How does geography education contribute to human potential and wellbeing? How do different national curriculums express the purposes and values of geography? The AAG’s GeoCapabilities project is exploring these questions in partnership with several universities and scientific organizations in different countries1. Through comparative methods, researchers are analyzing the ways geography is considered by nations...

Efforts of AAG and Others Defeat Coburn Amendment

Editor February 5, 2014 1 Comment

2014-02-05T15:02:04+00:00

The omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2014 that was signed into law by...

Vote Now: AAG Election Is Open Through Feb. 28

Editor February 3, 2014 No Comment

2014-02-04T16:48:51+00:00

The AAG online election is now open through Feb. 28, 2014. Each member may...

Announcements

International Student-Fellows to Present Climate Impact Studies at NASA

EditorApril 1, 2014No Comment

2014-04-01T16:02:53+00:00

Fourteen students from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas have learned to use satellite data and mapping technologies to address climate change issues in their regions. On Thursday, April 3, 2014, those students will present and discuss their efforts at NASA Headquarters. The public event will begin at 9 a.m. in the James E....

AAG Announces 2014 Election Results

Editor March 28, 2014 No Comment

2014-03-28T11:24:16+00:00

The 2014 AAG Tellers Committee has reported the results of the AAG 2014 Election....

Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas

John Frazier March 24, 2014 No Comment

2014-03-24T15:43:31+00:00

The “Call for Papers” is now open for the seventh bi-annual Race, Ethnicity and...

Annual Meeting

Late-Breaking News Session on the Crisis in Ukraine

EditorApril 4, 2014No Comment

2014-04-03T12:09:12+00:00

“Crisis in Ukraine: Background and a Report from Kyiv” will feature an up-to-date and informed presentation on current events in Kyiv from urban-social geographer Roman Cybriwsky of Temple University. Cybriwsky knows the scene well, and has authored “City of Domes and Demons,” an upcoming book on contemporary Kyiv. This late-breaking news session will be...

Essential Meeting Information

Editor April 3, 2014 No Comment

2014-04-03T11:57:05+00:00

Thank you for registering for the AAG Annual Meeting. We’re glad that you will...

Will Graf to Deliver Taylor-Francis/Routledge Distinguished Lecture at AAG 2014

Editor April 1, 2014 No Comment

2014-03-31T17:10:52+00:00

Science, Policy, and Politics for Restoration of the Florida Everglades The Taylor-Francis/Routledge Distinguished Lecture...

Of Note

Graduate Scholarships, Research Opportunities in Tel Aviv

EditorMarch 4, 2014No Comment

2014-03-04T11:32:25+00:00

The Tel Aviv Global & Tourism Administration is seeking to position Tel Aviv as a center for innovative research focusing on Tel Aviv and the metropolitan area in various fields. To this aim, the Administration is offering two research scholarships of 7,500 NIS each, for students who are currently working towards completion of MA...

Indigenous Peoples Group Offers Travel Scholarship for AAG 2014

Editor February 26, 2014 No Comment

2014-02-26T15:17:52+00:00

The Indigenous Peoples Travel Scholarship provides $300 for travel, accommodation and/or registration expenses related...

MSU Explores the Impact of the 2014 Winter Olympics with Free MOOC

Editor January 29, 2014 1 Comment

2014-01-29T17:07:17+00:00

Billions of people tune into the Olympics to watch the greatest athletes from around...

Lawrence “Larry” Alan Brown, (1935-2014)

EditorApril 8, 2014No Comment

2014-04-08T18:17:33+00:00

Larry was born in 1935 and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania to immigrant parents. His life and work reflects in many ways the classic American immigrant story of success. His father and other relatives fled the pogroms in Ukraine; and the family name was changed from Browarnik to Brown when they immigrated to the U.S....

Geography in the News continues publishing on NGS NewsWatch blog

Editor April 2, 2014 No Comment

2014-04-02T10:00:59+00:00

Neal Lineback and Mandy Lineback Gritzner have posted over 70 Geography in the News...

Harm de Blij (1935-2014)

Bonnie de Blij March 31, 2014 No Comment

2014-03-31T12:44:53+00:00

Editor’s notes: Reprinted from AAG Memorials and Tributes. A memorial event in honor of Harm de Blij will...