• Request Info
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Give
  • Request More Info
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Give

Search

  • A-Z Index
  • Map

Geography and Sustainability

  • About
    • Facilities
    • Alumni
    • Research & Community Partners
    • Geographic Links
  • Areas of Study
    • Physical Geography
    • GIST
    • Human Geography
    • Sustainability
  • People
    • Faculty
    • Staff
    • Graduate Students
    • Adjunct & Affliated Faculty
    • Alumni
    • Emeritus
  • Undergraduate
    • Where Can a Geography Degree Take You?
    • Majors
    • Minors
    • Certificates
    • Advising
    • Forms
    • Apply
  • Graduate
    • MS Program
    • PhD Program
    • Apply
    • Graduate Handbook
    • Forms
  • Student Engagement
    • Clubs
    • Community Engagement
    • Awards
    • Internship and Employment
    • Study Abroad
  • News & Events
    • Statements
    • Share Your News
    • Newsletters
    • News
    • Events
    • Geography Awareness Week
    • GeoSym

News

News

News

  • Headshot photo of a woman
    Geography Alumna Name Dean at Virginia TechJune 20, 2025
  • A family sitting outside and talking
    The Conversation: ‘Trump moves to gut low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise’May 14, 2025
  • Mountainous landscape
    The Conversation: ‘From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools’April 2, 2025
  • Two woman holding books at an event
    Nashville Housing Research Earns Geography AwardDecember 6, 2024
  • A man showing students a map
    UT Geography Students Update Firefighters’ MapsDecember 5, 2024
  • Landscape photo of mountains
    The Conversation: ‘From Confederate general to Cherokee heritage: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters’November 15, 2024
  • Two men looking at a book at an event
    UT Faculty Authors Share Insight at Second Annual Book PartyNovember 7, 2024
  • A researcher in the field by a tree, sitting on rocks
    Temperature Research to Aid Climate StudiesOctober 24, 2024
  • A historical photo of S. David Freeman talking with President Jimmy Carter
    New Sustainability Scholarship Honors ‘Green Cowboy’ Freeman September 20, 2024
  • Torchbearer statue
    Derek Alderman in ‘The Conversation’: Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track themAugust 16, 2024
  • Assistant Professor in Geographic Information ScienceAugust 1, 2024
  • A man standing on steps with a megaphone with a sign beside him with the text Hind Hall on it
    Derek Alderman in ‘The Conversation’: “The renaming of universities and campus buildings reflects changing attitudes and values”June 21, 2024
  • Two men smiling by a conference booth with the UT Geography & Sustainability department name on it
    UT Geographers Put GIS on the Map at Statewide MeetingJune 4, 2024
  • Men and woman holding awards plaques
    Faculty Honored for Excellence at Annual College ConvocationMarch 27, 2024
  • Overhead view of a city
    The Conversation: ‘Excessively high rents are a major burden for immigrants in US cities’March 26, 2024
  • Landscape photo of mountains
    The Conversation: ‘National parks teach students about environmental issues in this course’March 15, 2024
  • Karen King's team investigating tree rings in the mountains
    King’s Research Community Takes Root to Grow North American Climate HistoryMarch 13, 2024
  • Headshot Photo of Karen King
    King Team Studies 500 Years of North American Hot DroughtJanuary 26, 2024
  • Headshot photo
    AAG Fellowship Recognizes Shaw’s Innovations in GeographyJanuary 12, 2024
  • Headshot photo
    AAG Hardwick Award Honors Alderman’s MentorshipJanuary 10, 2024
  • Statue of soldiers
    Katrina Stack Published in ‘The Conversation’December 8, 2023
  • Painting of a woman in a golden frame
    Toward a Diverse UT Geography: Who Was Lillian Stimson?October 21, 2023
  • Detroit Skyline Hart Plaza
    Dr. Derek Alderman interviewed by Detroit’s NPR StationJuly 31, 2023
  • Dr. Mikhal Samarin with his committee members from Geography & Sustainability
    Mikhail Samarin defended his dissertationJune 22, 2023
  • Graceful introduction by Prof. Archana Roy, Dept. of Migration & Urban Studies, IIPS, Mumbai
    Dr. Madhuri Sharma’s mapping of UTK’s Geography & Sustainability at a global platformJune 22, 2023
  • Landsat satellite images showing a side-by-side comparison of southern Pakistan in August 2021 (one year before the floods) and August 2022 (right), Images from The Conversation
    How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changesMarch 21, 2023
  • A Syllabus for the Present Predicament: A photo of the introductory text to the Syllabus
    A Syllabus for the Present PredicamentFebruary 14, 2023
  • Headshot photo
    Spring colloquium on Feb. 2, 2023January 30, 2023
  • Headshot photo
    Eaves Named AAG 2023 FellowJanuary 14, 2023
  • Dr. Shaundra Cunningham with her advisor Dr. Madhuri Sharma at UTK Geography Commencement
    Geography at the Fall 2022 Commencement CeremonyDecember 18, 2022
  • Students congregate at UT
    Student Spotlights – 2022November 14, 2022
  • A woman standing in front of a map
    Faculty Updates – 2022November 14, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Tran, Kim Honored with Sustainability Science AwardNovember 14, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    New Department Members – 2022November 14, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Professor Emerita Carol Harden Receives AAG Lifetime Achievement AwardNovember 14, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Tran, Alderman Honored by CollegeNovember 14, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Engaging Undergraduate StudentsNovember 14, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Alumni Spotlight 2022November 14, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Community Engagement and OutreachNovember 14, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Geography and SustainabilityNovember 14, 2022
  • Black Voters Matter demonstrators march during a voting rights rally on June 19, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images, Image from article in The Conversation
    Alderman Published in The ConversationNovember 4, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Wu Appointed as Amazon Visiting AcademicOctober 28, 2022
  • Emily Frazier
    Geography alumna Emily Frazier published an op-ed in Washington PostOctober 12, 2022
  • False color infrared image by L3 Harris Geospatial
    Michael Camponovo recognized by Esri and National GeographicSeptember 26, 2022
  • Group of students in the UT Student Union
    Geographic Mobility as a Civil RightSeptember 23, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Geography Student Morgan Steckler’s summer internship with MaxarAugust 5, 2022
  • Best and Worst States for Summer Road Trips, Adam McCann, screen shot
    Dr. Derek Alderman featured on WalletHubJune 22, 2022
  • Sally Horn exploring a lake in Costa Rica
    Horn Receives Honor from AAGJune 13, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Wu Receives Honorable Mention for Work in Scientific SoftwareJune 13, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Congrats to Kelly Baar for new position with Roadway Asset ServicesJune 9, 2022
  • 1st place animated graphic
    Tennessee high school student earned 1st place in the ArcGIS Online Mapping ContestJune 6, 2022
  • Dashboard of Mapping Knoxville’s Evictions During the Covid-19 Pandemic 
    GIS in the Community (GEOG 420) Student PresentationsMay 18, 2022
  • Geography Awards Ceremony group photo
    Annual Awards Ceremony 2022May 6, 2022
  • Remembering Enslavement book jacket
    Dr. Derek Alderman published a new bookApril 29, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Abigail Lawrence receives internshipApril 26, 2022
  • Headshot photo
    Molly Green Receives Academic Support AwardApril 25, 2022
  • Remembering Enslavement book jacket
    Alderman Co-Authors Book on Plantation MuseumsApril 20, 2022
  • TNGIC State Conference Viewer's Choice Award Announcement Slide
    Geography Students Won TNGIC Map Gallery Viewer’s ChoiceApril 19, 2022
  • Luke Lawley and Will Nelson
    Geography student internshipsApril 19, 2022
  • A map that represents the number of slave plantation museums in the American south, image from article in The Conversation
    Plantations could be used to teach about US slavery if stories are told truthfullyApril 18, 2022
  • A photo of a woman standing by a well
    Ella Hunter receives NSF REU internshipApril 4, 2022
  • Alum Emily Craig and Intern Olivia Lamm
    Congratulations to Olivia Lamm for her Internship with East TN Development DistrictMarch 8, 2022
  • Avenues of Dreams: Reclaiming MLK Boulevards, screen capture
    Alderman Featured in Documentary about MLK StreetsFebruary 14, 2022
  • Creating satellite timelapse with Streamlit and Earth Engine
    Creating satellite timelapse with Streamlit and Earth EngineDecember 15, 2021
  • Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies book cover
    Professor Kalafsky published a new book: Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary GeographiesAugust 16, 2021
  • Course flyer: GEOG 313
    Course flyers – GEOG 313 & GEOG 433August 10, 2021
  • Course flyer for GEOG 340
    Course flyers – Geog 340 & Geog 442August 2, 2021
  • Mapping COVID-19 in Space and Time book cover
    Professor Shaw published a new book: Mapping COVID-19 in Space and TimeJuly 16, 2021
  • Headshot photo
    Professor Ellis received UTK ISSE GrantJuly 16, 2021
  • Headshot photo
    Professor Shih-Lung Shaw elected President of UCGISJune 18, 2021
  • Headshot photo
    UTK Geography student Jamie Alumbaugh received AAG research grantApril 25, 2021
  • Sally Horn exploring a lake in Costa Rica
    UTK Geography Professor Sally Horn received a Lifetime Achievement AwardApril 25, 2021
  • Cumberland Scenic Byway Nomination Route Reference Map
    UTK Geography Alum Emily Craig’s recognitionApril 19, 2021
  • Headshot photo
    Professor Emerita Dr. Carol Harden received AAG Lifetime Achievement AwardApril 12, 2021
  • Debris near Lebanon, Tennessee, after tornadoes struck on the night of March 3, 2020, killing more than 20 people across the state. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
    Wild weather: 4 essential reads about tornadoes and thunderstormsMarch 22, 2021
  • An image of a map of the US entitled "Lynchings of Last Ten Years 1909-1918"
    How Black cartographers put racism on the map of AmericaFebruary 23, 2021
  • Black owned businesses in the Knoxville area from 1896-1936February 23, 2021
  • Dr. Tran
    Tran Receives Faculty Academic Outreach Research AwardFebruary 4, 2021
  • Derek Alderman
    Alderman Receives 2020 Lorayne W. Lester AwardFebruary 4, 2021
  • David Leventhal
    Former Geography Student Thrives As Educator With Help from Student Emergency FundJanuary 8, 2021
  • Dr. Tran and Dr. Alderman
    Faculty and Students Receive AwardsJanuary 6, 2021
  • Image of Street Names Robert E Lee and Bedford Forest
    Allyship and Antiracism WorkSeptember 17, 2020
  • Estimating Daily Rates of COVID Incidence in TennesseeSeptember 17, 2020
  • Opioids
    Fighting the Opioid Crisis with Geospatial TechnologiesSeptember 17, 2020
  • Studying the Impact of Social Distancing on COVID-19 MorbiditySeptember 17, 2020
  • Image of a mosquito on a person
    Engaging K-12 Students in Scientific ResearchSeptember 17, 2020
  • Solange Muñoz
    Informing the DebateSeptember 17, 2020
  • Headshot photo
    Evaluating Energy InfrastructureSeptember 17, 2020
  • Headshot photo
    Applying a Unique PerspectiveSeptember 17, 2020
  • Derek Alderman
    On Being a (More) Responsive DepartmentSeptember 17, 2020
  • Participants from the 2004 NEH Teacher Summer Institute on the Geography of the American South pose at the Alex Haley statue in Knoxville.
    Movement in Black GeographiesSeptember 17, 2020
  • Students pin the places they would like to travel as part of Geography Awareness Week activities on the Burchfiel plaza.
    Supporting Graduate StudentsSeptember 17, 2020
  • Headshot photo
    Paying it ForwardSeptember 17, 2020
  • A female student in a graduation cap
    Mapping AdvocacySeptember 17, 2020
  • Burchfiel Building Dedication
    Burchfiel Geography Building GiftFebruary 14, 2020
an illustration of geographers engaged in research surrounding a globe

Geographers Engage With The World

Request More Information

Support The Department

Department of Geography and Sustainability

College of Arts and Sciences

Burchfiel Geography Building
1000 Phillip Fulmer Way
Room 304
Knoxville, TN 37996-0925
865-974-2418
utkgeog@utk.edu

 

Facebook Icon    X Icon    Instagram Icon    YouTube Icon

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
865-974-1000

The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tennessee Transfer Pathway.

ADA Privacy Safety Title IX