Berkeley Geography

#UCUES is a biennial survey of undergraduates across the University of California, providing insights into student experiences from basic needs insecurities to campus climate to advising experiences. Share your feedback and win gift cards! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Berkeley Space Station is the first Geography dept radio station in the country, giving students portfolio-ready examples of professional media production that lead directly to internships and jobs in broadcasting, journalism, and production. Tune in 📻 spacestation.fm

Congrats to PhD candidate Alex Chow on receiving a dissertation fellowship from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation to examine how competing economic and political systems shaped understandings of freedom, democracy, and sovereignty in Hong Kong from the postwar era through 2019.

Congrats to Diana Negrin, who has been awarded the @PhiBetaKappa Teaching Excellence Award! The PBK Northern California Association is one of the largest PBK alumni associations in the country, and the Teaching Excellence Award is given to teachers nominated by their students 💛

Take a step toward your major or transfer goals and enroll in GEOG courses this summer! Our summer courses are open to everyone and are transferable to any UC campus. Explore our course offerings here: tinyurl.com/yb5uuvwf

“Swept Off The Map,” created by Maria Toldi & Cole Haddock for @StSpiritNews, is an investigative series that documents the scope, scale, and consequences of encampment sweeps in Richmond, Berkeley, and Oakland. Funded by the Judith Lee Stronach Prize. sweptoffthemap.com

Undergraduate students in @lakitalki's class "Audio Narratives of the Bay Area" had the chance to visit @KQEDnews and hear from @DanaHCronin @NataliaVNavarro and @LomeliCabrera. Students also shared what they have been working on for their final projects in the course 🎧🎙️

Master the art (and politics) of social media in GEOG 128, Short Form Video for Place Based Storytelling with @lakitalki.bsky.social. Learn how platforms shape storytelling and public discourse, then create short-form videos from script to final edit with clarity and purpose.

“The ships, the trucks, the loading docks are containers of immiserated labor—and therefore, containers of revolutionary potential.” Charmaine Chua challenges us to reconsider the ordinary logistics landscapes that surround us. placesjournal.org/article/the-wa…

What comes to mind when you think of the U.S.–Mexico border? This summer, challenge the headlines and explore the rich, complex realities of borderlands communities beyond stereotypes of crisis and conflict in GEOG 170: Scaling the US-Mexico Border with Andrea Lara-Garcia.

Explore something you’re curious about while taking a step toward your major or transfer goals! Our summer courses are open to current and visiting students from community college + high school. This is your chance to stay on track or get ahead. Your future self will thank you🌞

We are pleased to announce @clancywilmott's tenure promotion to Associate Professor! Clancy's work and generosity have done so much for the department and for so many in and beyond it. Congrats on this much deserved milestone!

March 22 - March 23! script.Destroy() is a 2-day conversation, emphasizing the digital as a site of critical inquiry and creative practice, rather than a tool for reproducing existing hierarchies and power structures. Learn more and register: anotherdigitalispossible.com/script-destroy…

Meet @BerkeleyGeog Ph.D. student Sophia Perez, an Indigenous Technologies Coordinator at @calnewmedia whose research explores how Indigenous communities are reclaiming their knowledge and traditions. Drawing from her time in Saipan, Sophia is highlighting traditional navigation as both culture and technology. bit.ly/4bAc4mv #BerkeleyGraduateStudent #GradLifeAtBerkeley #Research

Their palettes “of glistening blue water, white salt crusts, green wetland edges and fuchsia and emerald microbial life turned the horizon into a painting.” @nytimes reviews Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History by Caroline Tracey Ph.D. '22

Check out this Q&A with Caroline Tracey, Geography PhD alum, on her new book, Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History!

That's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who made a gift during #CalBigGive! Your support makes a real difference for our students and we are deeply grateful. 💛🐻💙 #gobears

It's the final hour of #CalBigGive! For many of our students, especially those balancing jobs, family responsibilities, or long days on campus, a student lounge will serve as a true home base within the department. Every gift, of any size, is appreciated! tinyurl.com/GEOGBigGive

It’s almost lunchtime in Berkeley! The future Geography Student Lounge will include: 🪑seating 📚study space 🔑lockers 🍽️a microwave The microwave alone could save Geography students nearly $20,000 a year in Berkeley lunch prices! Support the lounge -> tinyurl.com/GEOGBigGive

We have a huge problem. GEOG students currently have no lounge. This means important academic activities like group studying, map debating, climate change discussions, and lunch preparation are happening in the hallways. Help us fix this scholarly crisis! givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/108…