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14 Mar

American Geographical Society Announces Chair-Elect and President-Elect

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE American Geographical Society Announces Chair-Elect and President-Elect Description: The American Geographical Society announced the election of Dr. Christopher Tucker, founder of MapStory and Dr. Marie Price of George Washington University as Chair-Elect and President-Elect, respectively, of the...
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24 Feb

Get to Know Dr. Marie D. Price: New President of AGS

Dr. Marie D. Price will soon add ‘President of AGS’ to her already long list of achievements in the field of geography. A Professor of Geography and International Affairs at the George Washington University for 26 years, Price will also...
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4 Feb

Book Review: ‘In Europe’s Shadow’ is a serious yet impassioned survey of Romania

By Peter Lewis Book Review Editor, Geographical Review American Geographical Society February 2, 2016 You wouldn’t mistake Robert Kaplan for Bertie Wooster. He radiates a seriousness of purpose. He is a roving geopolitical analyst, which is up there with...
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19 Jan

Introducing Josue Paul: AGS Spring Scholar-Intern

My name is Josue and I am originally from Long Island, New York and I currently live in Queens. Currently I am a second year graduate student at The City College of New York where I am studying Sustainability in...
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19 Jan

Introducing Emma Hayward – Spring AGS Scholar-Intern

My name is Emma Hayward and I am a junior at Eugene Lang College the New School for Liberal Arts. I am an environmental studies major and very excited to be interning with the American Geographical Society. I was born...
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12 Jan

Introducing Kathleen Emerson: AGS Spring Scholar-Intern

My name is Kathleen Emerson and I am a senior at Hunter College. Currently, I am an Environmental Studies major with a concentration in Policy and Management. Previous to this major, I was studying psychology for two years at Hunter;...
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5 Jan

Autumnal Scholar-Intern Experience at AGS

Zdravstvuyte! (Russian: May y’all be in a good health!) What a blessing it was to work in the American Geographical Society (AGS) the autumn of 2015 and beginning of winter 2016! As the oldest Geographical organization in the Western Hemisphere,...
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23 Dec

AGS Councilor Lawson Brigham Receives the Polar Medal and Honorary Member Award from the American Polar Society

On the 5th of November at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, distinguished AGS councilor Dr. Lawson Brigham was awarded the Polar Medal and Honorary Member Award by the American Polar Society.Dr. Brigham was recognized for his voyages...
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23 Dec

Taking Childhood Hunger Off the Table in American Frontier Communities

Written by Dr. Deborah Popper AGS Vice President and Professor or Geography, Princeton University and CUNY Staten Island Co-Authored by Susan Wilger Tis the season for overeating, but not for all. Over a fifth of American children are food-insecure. For...
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21 Dec

The AGS Bowman Expedition to Central America

Our AGS-University of Kansas (KU) Bowman Expedition to Central America has discovered state governments there are granting indigenous populations ownership and autonomy over their valuable and often conflictive land areas that may now cover up to 15 percent of the region. With...
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