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Presentation by the Nature Conservancy – Monday, April 4th at 4:30pm

Save the date – April 4th at 4:30pm.  Tamara Gagnolet, GIS Analyst and Conservation Data Manager for the Pennsylvania chapter of the Nature Conservancy, will be at Bucknell on April 4th, 2011 to discuss her work in using GIS to analyze potential impacts of Marcellus Shale gas drilling in Pennsylvania. The Nature Conservancy recently released part 1 of its ‘Pennsylvania Energy Impacts Report’ – focusing on environmental impacts of Marcellus Shale gas-drilling and wind energy. Ms. Gagnolet’s presentation will focus on how GIS and spatial analysis were used to project how much energy might be developed in PA during the next 20 years, where that development is more or less likely to occur and what types of strategies might need to be employed to mitigate potential habitat impacts.

Presentation details: April 4th, 2011 at 4:30pm in the Bertrand Library Traditional Reading Room. Refreshments will be served.

Click here to read an earlier post about the Nature Conservancy report.

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Geography Alumni Conference – Thur., Feb. 17th

Geographers’ Views:  Local Environmental Struggles, Global Context

This week the Geography Department welcomes four distinguished alumni to present their research and participate in a panel discussion on Thursday, February 17th in the Gallery Theatre (ELC). Research talks will be held from 4-6pm with a panel discussion to follow from 6:30-7pm.  Both events are free and open to the public.

Brian King
Bucknell Class of 1995
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Pennsylvania State University
“‘No One Dies of AIDS’: Political Ecologies of Health”

Sonja Pieck
Bucknell Class of 1999
Assistant Professor of
Environmental Studies,
Bates College
“The NGO, the Forest, and the ‘Hyperreal Indian’:
Notes on Transnational Amazonian Politics”

Jacqueline Vadjunec
Bucknell Class of 1997
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Oklahoma State University
“Tapping into ‘Florestania’: New Amazonian Geographies, Changing Land-Use and Emerging Identities in Acre, Brazil”

Joel Wainwright
Bucknell Class of 1995
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Ohio State University
“Climate Leviathan”

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Award-winning poster

Congratulations to junior Civil Engineering student Kelsey Meybin for her award-winning map! Kelsey’s map – “Fire Threat in California” – recently won both the People’s Choice Award for Cartography and the Panel of Judges Award for Communications in Higher Education at the National Council for Geographic Education conference. Congratulations to Kelsey for this tremendous achievement!