Geography and Sustainability Department at @utknoxville. A student-centered department where one can VOLUNTEER to explore, study, and make a better world 🌎
A recent article in the GR by Jack Swab explores #Northwestern University as a preeminent center for geographic thought in the U.S. Read it here: https://t.co/9LWrm3CXaT
@UTKGeography@AmericanGeo
Dr. Derek Alderman (@MLKStreet) was quoted in this recent @nytimes article, offering insight into Nauru’s decision to officially adopt the name “Naoero” — a change that better reflects what the island’s people have long called it.
https://t.co/dFHzmMJUXa
Congratulations to Ian Scott, who received an Achievement Award in Natural Sciences 2026 Exhibit of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURECA). Ian worked with Professor Sally Horn to develop a long-term fire history from a lake sediment core. • • 📸: Sally Horn
Congratulations to everyone recognized at this year’s department awards ceremony! ✨🌎🧡 Scroll this 🧵 to see this year’s graduate, undergraduate and faculty awards recipients!
Renaissance fairs began as a refuge for artists blacklisted during the Red Scare. Now they're a multimillion-dollar industry grappling with their countercultural origins. Cultural geographers explore how the spirit of the fairs has changed:
https://t.co/nV2UtXrrNj
Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast, then seagrass made an unexpected comeback. Another great contribution to @ConversationUS from @UTKGeography@ArtsSciencesUT. Well done, Drs. Hannah Herrero @hvherrero & Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner @SouthwesternU https://t.co/YGFjWhkxyj
Join us for our Lunch & Learn with our Earth Day speaker, National Geographic Photographer and BBC Cinematographer Martin Gregus!
📅 Thursday, April 23
🕦 11:30AM-1:00PM
📍 Frieson Black Cultural Center 102/103
🍛 Catered by Tarik's North African
Join us on Thursday for our Earth Day Speaker, National Geographic Photographer and BBC Cinematographer Martin Gregus!
📅Thursday, April 23
🕞 Reception at 3:30pm with seminar to follow at 4:00pm
📍 SU 262 B/C
As renaissance fairs become big business, can they retain their counterculture roots? Cultural geographers Katrina Stack & Reagan Yessler @theAAG@UTKGeography contribute to the public's understanding of these fairs as spaces of escape and comfort https://t.co/mobxx0yuCz
Huzzah! Drs. Katrina Stack and Reagan Yessler (PhD ‘25) just published a new article for @ConversationUS, “As renaissance fairs become big business, can they retain their counterculture roots?”
Read it now at the 🔗 below! https://t.co/wKfcPaWuZx