News & Events

March 14, 2025 - EVENT

Spring 2025 GES Colloquium: "How and When Was Grand Canyon’s Inner Gorge Cut?" Presented by CU Boulder's Lon Abbott. Friday, March 14, 1-2 pm Columbine Hall, rm. 329.

March 11, 2025 - EVENT

Cafe Scientifique is back! UCCS' Dr. Helen Davies will present, "Old Texts, New Worlds: Uncovering Lost Texts with Multispectral Imaging" Tuesday, March 11, 4:30 - 6:00 pm at Clyde's Gastropub (on campus).

March 1, 2025

Read Professor John Harner's column in the Colorado Springs Independent: Unearthing the El Paso Canal: "The Forgotten Waterway That Built Colorado Springs." This is a recurring column - stay tuned for more from Dr. Harner!  

January 22, 2025

GES now offers an opportunity to earn a BA and a MA in Applied Geography through our Accelerated Master's Program (AMP). Eligible UCCS GES majors can complete both degrees in a streamlined manner, within five years. Schedule a meeting with Graduate Director, Dr. Dao (tdao@uccs.edu) to discuss the program and confirm your eligibility.

November 17, 2024

GES ranked a top 10 program! GISDegree.org publishes annual rankings of 'best geography programs,' and GES at UCCS earned the #8 ranking for 2025. Note that GES programs / degrees are not fully online but offer numerous online courses. See the rankings

November 11 - 16, 2024

The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (informally known as COP29) was recently held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Rebecca Theobald, associate research professor, attended the first week of the conference as an observer for the US League of Women Voters. Explore her photo of the day and update - follow this link (https://tinyurl.com/36c6e9px) for more information.

November 1, 2024 - EVENT 

GIS Celebration Day. Join Joseph Kerski, PhD, Education Manager, ESRI, as he shares a selection of GIS tools. GES will have a booth in the Columbine Hall foyer with videos, promotional materials, and geospatial tool demos throughout the day. All are welcome.

And here is a video that Dr. Kerski made following his visit.

August 26, 2024

GES welcomes two new faculty members! Jennifer McLeod, PhD, is an Assistant Teaching Professor specializing in geology and Fuzhen Yin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of GIScience. UCCS, GES, and the greater southern Colorado community are very fortunate to have these two superstars join the Mountain Lion Community!