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Dennis Wei named AAG Fellow

Dennis Wei

Dr. Dennis Wei has been made a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers. Dr. Wei is the first AAG Fellow elected from the department of Geography, the only AAG Fellow in the state of Utah, and one of only a handful from the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of AAG.

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Faculty Feature: Dr. Jacqueline Chen receives FABBS Award

Jacqueline Chen

Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Jacqueline Chen recently received the 2023 Kellina Craig-Henderson Early to Mid-Career Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS).

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Alumni Spotlight: Adam Rose (BA '70)

Adam Rose

Adam Rose (BA ‘70), an alumnus whose transformative journey from a postwar displaced persons camp to a prolific career in academia led him to establish the Adam Rose Family Scholarship for Refugee Students in the Department of Economics, honoring the professors who inspired him and the Salt Lake community that welcomed his family in 1951.

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Anthropologists Use Grant Funds to Employ Indigineous Consults in a Step to Decolonize Native Collections

Alex Greenwald

Dr. Alexandra Greenwald, assistant professor of Anthropology and curator of enthnography at the Natural History Museum of Utah, led a six-month initiative funded by the NEH's A More Perfect Union grant, employing Indigenous consultants to share oral histories and perspectives on ethnographic items, with the primary goal of centering Indigenous knowledge in the museum's collections and enhancing public education about Indigenous cultures.

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Geographers predict migration using climate

climate change dry lake bed

U Geography professors Andrew Linke and Simon Brewer and grad student Matt Shawcroft's recently published research demonstrates how drier growing seasons are driving emigration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

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