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Official account. News and events from the Department of Geography and Environment @ UH Mānoa. Tweets are solely our own and retweets are not endorsements.

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📚 Lecture Recording Now Available

UH Mānoa Department of Educational Foundations has released the recorded lecture by Prof. Reece Jones on his book Nobody Is Protected.

🎥 Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_DJ...
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🌍✨ UH GEO candidate Kawena Elkington traveled to Belém to attend COP30 as one of five Hawai‘i student delegates supported by the UHM School of Law and GEE-21. Congrats, Kawena!

More in the thread below ⬇️ 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Don’t forget—GIS Day 2025 is tomorrow! 🌍
Register now to explore how GIS is used across research, teaching, and real-world problem-solving.

📅 Tomorrow, 11/19 | 9 AM–12 PM
📍 Hamilton Library, UH Mānoa

See you there!
🔗 go.hawaii.edu/Yxm
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
THIS WEEK: Join GIS Day 2025!
Explore the diverse applications of geographic information systems - open to all experience levels.

📅 Wednesday, 11/19
⏰ 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Hamilton Library, UH Mānoa

Learn, connect, and get inspired!

🔗 Registration & updates: go.hawaii.edu/Yxm
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🏃🌎 Interested in exploring places, connecting with peers, and getting some exercise? Join the UHM Geography Run Club! All paces and experience levels welcome.

If you want to join the next run, reach out to get details on upcoming meetups!
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📣 TODAY 🎓
Join us for UH GEO PhD candidate Yuko Stender’s dissertation defense!
“Potential for Coral Reef Recovery under Historical Runoff and Land-derived Sedimentation in Hawaiian Watersheds” 🪸
🕤 9:30 AM–12:30 PM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🎓 Coming up next week! 🎓
UH GEO PhD candidate Yuko Stender will defend her dissertation:
“Potential for Coral Reef Recovery under Historical Runoff and Land-derived Sedimentation in Hawaiian Watersheds” 🪸
📅 Mon, Oct 27 | 🕤 9:30 AM–12:30 PM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🎓 Save the Date! 🎓
Join us for UH GEO PhD candidate Yuko Stender’s dissertation defense next week!

Title: Potential for Coral Reef Recovery under Historical Runoff and Land-derived Sedimentation in Hawaiian Watersheds 🪸
📅 Mon, Oct 27 | 🕤 9:30 AM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
October 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📣 TODAY!
Fall Seminar Series with Leah Bremer (Assoc. Dir. Institute for Sustainability & Resilience | UHERO | WRRC)

Topic: Toward more equitable and durable ecosystem investments: lessons from Andean water funds with implications for Hawaiʻi 💧

🕛 12 PM |📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🌿 This week's Fall Seminar Series!

Leah Bremer (Inst. for Sustainability & Resilience | UHERO | WRRC) presents 'Toward more equitable and durable ecosystem investments: lessons from Andean water funds with implications for Hawaiʻi'💧

📅 Oct 16 | 🕛 12 PM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
October 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📣 TODAY 🎓 Join us for UH GEO PhD candidate Joan Pan’s dissertation defense!
“Meanings of Tea: Nature, Well-Being, and Digital Culture” 🍵
🕘 9–11 AM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🎓 This week! 🎓
UH GEO PhD candidate Joan Pan will defend her dissertation:
“Meanings of Tea: Nature, Well-Being, and Digital Culture” 🍵
📅 Wed, Oct 8 | 🕘 9–11 AM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
October 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🌱 UH GEO PhD student Hunter Heaivilin spoke with #CivilBeat about #Honolulu’s push to grow more food in public spaces.
Read the full story 👉 www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/chan...
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
TODAY 📣 Our Fall Seminar Series speaker is Prof. Emeritus Thomas Giambelluca (UH Geography & Environment).
Topic: How Fast is Hawaiʻi’s Climate Changing? 🏝️ 🌦️
🕛 12 PM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🎓 Save the Date! 🎓
Join us for UH GEO PhD candidate Joan Pan's Dissertation defense next week!

Title: Meanings of Tea: Nature, Well-Being, and Digital Culture 🍵
📅 Wed, Oct 8 | 🕛 9-11 AM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🏝️ 🌦️ Don’t miss the second talk in our Fall Seminar Series THIS WEEK!
Prof. Thomas Giambelluca (Prof. Emeritus Geography & Environment, UH) will speak on: How Fast is Hawaiʻi’s Climate Changing?
📅 Thurs, Oct 2nd | 🕛 12 PM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
September 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📃 UH GEO PhD candidate Andrew Lewis has published an article in Annals of the American Association of Geographers!
Read "Hydro-Ethnographic Applied Research (HEAR): An Approach to Support the Stewardship of Culturally Important Water Resources" 👉https://buff.ly/LkmM2zX
Congrats, Andrew!
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📣 UH GEO Prof. Emeritus Thomas Giambelluca will be the next presenter in our Fall Seminar Series!
Join us: 📅 Thurs, Oct 2nd | 🕛 12 PM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 (Zoom link on request)
Topic: "How Fast is Hawaiʻi’s Climate Changing?" 🌦️🌴
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📖 UH GEO PhD candidate Tatsuki Kohatsu has published his work "Militarized Territoriality: Water Contamination and Military Operations in the Pacific" as chapter in Relational Geographies of Islands in the Indo-Pacific: Environment, Society, and Politics. Congratulations! 🎉
🔗 buff.ly/NFhZxKl
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🌱 UH GEO Prof. Qi Chen’s AgriWatch project developed high-resolution satellite imagery to track shifts in Hawaiʻi’s crop production — and offers potential to assess and predict wildfire risk. Recently featured in the news:
📰 Read buff.ly/2mDH6JU
🎧 Listen buff.ly/H7LJDPJ
September 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
TODAY 📣 Our Fall Seminar Series kicks off at noon with Dr. Barbara Quimby (Assistant Prof. Marine Science & Policy, HPU).
Topic: Participatory Approaches to Adaptive Water Governance in Arizona & Hawaiʻi 🌊
🕛 12 PM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
September 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎤 UH GEO Prof. Reece Jones will deliver the keynote at the 2025 SEAC Conference (Villanova Univ.) next month!
His talk “Nobody is Protected: The Geography of the Border Patrol’s 100-mile Zone” connects to the theme “The Challenges of Migration in the 21st Century.”
🔗 www.seac-online.org/conferences/
September 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🌊 Don’t miss the first talk in our Fall Seminar Series THIS WEEK!
Dr. Barbara Quimby (Assistant Prof. Marine Science & Policy, HPU) will speak on: Participatory Approaches to Adaptive Water Governance: Arizona & Hawaiʻi
📅 Thurs, Sept 18 | 🕛 12 PM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 | 🔗 Zoom link on request
September 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
✨ TODAY!
UH GEO PhD student John Nightingale presents his dissertation proposal:
“The Paradox of Impeded Support: An Analysis of Migrant Healthcare Inaccessibility”
🕐 1 PM HST | 🔗 Zoom link on request
September 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Kicking off our Fall Seminar Series is Dr. Barbara Quimby, Assistant Prof. of Marine Science & Policy at HPU.
Join us: 📅 Thurs, Sept 18 | 🕛 12 PM | 📍 Saunders Hall 443 (Zoom link on request)
Topic: “Participatory Approaches to Adaptive Water Governance: Arizona & Hawaiʻi” 🌊
September 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM