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Drs. Namikas and Hesp Conduct Wind Tunnel Experiments in Beijing, China. More. Five Graduate Coastal Students Study Dunes in Mexico. More. Dr. Michael Leitner named editor of Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS), one of the premier international journals in Cartography and GIS. Dr. Jay Edwards and Dr. Barrett Kennedy (LSU School of Architecture) received a grant of $52,700 from the Division of Historic Preservation to support a study of an historic New Orleans neighborhood, and particularly their shotgun houses. In this project, using student labor, they will survey a New Orleans neighborhood using digital video recording equipment. The shotgun houses of the neighborhood will be analyzed, dated, and a history of the shotgun house in New Orleans will be developed, using sample houses from the target neighborhood as well as other areas of the city. Interviews with long-time residents of the neighborhood will be recorded. A digital database of houses in the neighborhood will be established in which various kinds of information on each residence will be assembled. The ultimate aim is the development a method for rapidly recording the state of each of the historic districts of New Orleans. Prehistoric Archaeology on Continental Shelf. Visit the Archives page for past highlights. Dr. Jay Edwards and the Kniffen Lab inducted into the "Order of the Palmetto" and awarded the James William River Prize. More.
Professors Barry Keim, Patrick Hesp and Heather McKillop were named LSU "Rainmakers" at a reception in October. The LSU Office of Research and Economic Development, announced that Rainmakers are faculty who are nationally and internationally recognized for innovative research and creative scholarship, who compete for external funding and awards at the highest levels, and who attract and mentor exceptional graduate students. LSU awarded 100 faculty with this prestigious title.
Geography doctoral student Amy E. Potter received the Hubert G. H. Wilhelm Student Research Award at the 2008 Pioneer American Society Meeting on October 18 in Baton Rouge. She won the award for her paper "There's No Place Like Home: Rebuilding Community in the Lower Ninth Ward," which reports on research conducted in New Orleans for Prof. Joyce Jackson's Spring 2008 Urban Ethnographies course. The award was established in 2006 in honor of long-time PAS member, Hubert Wilhelm, a cultural geographer who received his PhD from LSU under the auspices of Prof. Fred B. Kniffen and whose enthusiasm for teaching has had a global impact.
Professor Emeritus Jesse Walker is the 2008 recipient of the Royal Geographic Society's Patron's Medal for the encouragement, development and promotion of coastal geomorphology. Click here to read the full story. |
Fall 2008
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Conference & Classroom Reservations
Geography Awareness Week,
2008 Department Halloween Party hosted by Dr. David Chicoine. Click HERE for pictures. Kniffen Lab publishes The Louisiana Catahoula Leopard: A Geographical Investigation, No. 6 in the Monograph Series. More. Sophia Renke, forensic anthropology graduate student, competed in a Scottish Highland dancing competition at the Clanjamfry Highland Games in Memphis in September. More. Graduate Student Invited to Speak at 5th NRF Open Assembly. Dr. Tony Lewis retires after 30 years at LSU. The Department of Geography & Anthropology KREWE DU MONDE enters its first float ever in the Baton Rouge Southdowns Mardi Gras parade February 1, 2008. More Graduate Student Wins McColl Family Fellowship
G&A Teaching Lab CADGIS
The American Geographical Society has launched a new online job listing for geographers. If you are graduating soon, post a resume and keep an eye What Can I Do With This Degree? Career2Geaux (LSU's job/internship database) |
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