UBIQUE | American Geographical Society

30 Jun

Welcome!

UBIQUE, meaning everywhere in Latin, is one of the oldest phrases tied to the history of the American Geographical Society. It represents our presence throughout the country and the world, and also represents the sphere of Geography itself. Our longtime...
Read more »

7 Dec

Map of the Week: Migration to the Americas

By: Sophie Lichtenstein It is widely accepted in the scientific community that humans arrived to the Americas via Beringia, a land bridge that once connected Eastern Siberia to Alaska. However, the time period at which people first crossed Beringia is...
Read more »

27 Nov

Company Spotlight: IronEagleX

By Jared Abazia It was an honor to interview Mike Grochol, CEO of IronEagleX, to learn more about him and his company. Mike is a very straightforward and genuine person, which provided a refreshing perspective of how a CEO should...
Read more »

27 Nov

Geographical Review Preview: University-Led Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building in Underserved Communities: From a Network Perspective

This study examines university-driven partnerships that promote entrepreneurship in underserved communities, drawing from the experiences of NCGrowth, an economic development center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We address the following questions: Who are the central...
Read more »

27 Nov

Geographical Review Preview: Military Coups, Internationalization, and the Struggle for Innovation in Turkish Geography

This paper provides an analysis of the historical trajectory of Turkish geographical practice over the past four decades, situated within the broader socio-political landscape of the country. The transmission of the modern geographical tradition from continental Europe to Turkey during...
Read more »

27 Nov

Map of the Week: Ancient Indigenous Settlements and Roads within LA County

By Thomas Jang The Los Angeles Landscape History Project is a 3-year project conducted by three tribes in the present-day Los Angeles Basin: the Chumash, Tatavim, and the Kizh-Gabrieleño peoples. The team included geographers, computer scientists, historians, and biologists...
Read more »

16 Nov

Map of the Week: Pangaea With Current International Borders

By Sophie Lichtenstein Between 298.9 and 251.9 million years ago, all the continents on Earth existed as one massive continent called Pangaea. After this geologic period, called the Permian, Pangaea drifted apart to form the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and...
Read more »

9 Nov

Map of the Week: Countries That Don’t Use the Metric System

By Alexandra Kicior There are over 195 countries in the world, and all but three of them use the metric system. These three countries – Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States – insist on utilizing the outdated imperial system. However,...
Read more »

2 Nov

Map of the Week: Drought Conditions in the Amazon Rainforest

By Thomas Jang Storing 150 to 200 million tons of carbon, the Amazon Rainforest is one of the world’s important ecosystems. Nestled in the interior of South America, it expands across nine countries and covers 40% of the continent. Most...
Read more »

30 Oct

Company Spotlight: Bana Solutions

By Alexandra Kicior Bana Solutions was envisioned as a company that would proactively tackle various technology challenges by maximizing the potential of data and making it actionable. Since coming to fruition in 2014, the company has been committed to utilizing...
Read more »

30 Oct

Geographical Review Preview: Book Review of the “Politics of Place Naming””

Place names are political. Different political factors, ranging from conflicts between political parties and gender-based inequalities to class differences and ideological divisons, deeply affect place names and place-naming processes at local, national, regional, and global scales. Under the influence of...
Read more »