News & Events

March 11, 2025

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).

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 United Nations 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 United States League of Women Voters. Explore her photo of the day and update - follow this link (https://tinyurl.com/36c6e9px) for more information. If you would like her to present on this topic to your class or community organization, please contact her at rtheobal@uccs.edu.

November 1, 2024 

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!