UK Geography

Shoutout to Dr Camilo Rey Sabogal (PhD '21), featured here in his ongoing work in Cartagena, Colombia!

📢 ¡Avanzamos con paso firme en la revisión y ajuste del POT de Cartagena! 🏙️ ✅ Cerramos la fase de diagnóstico y ya tenemos un panorama actualizado y claro del territorio: sus retos, sus oportunidades y todo lo que podemos mejorar. 📑 🔍 Analizamos la ciudad desde 5 dimensiones clave: Institucional 🏛️ Económica 💰 Sociocultural 🎭 Funcional 🚍🏘️ Ambiental 🌿🌎 ➡️ Ahora nos preparamos para la siguiente fase: la formulación. 🗣️

Students in GEO485G presented the findings of their research project “Gentrification Indicators in Council District 1” to LFUCG Division of Planning staffers and Councilmember Tyler Morton, who represents the first council district. Councilmember Morton gave a shoutout to the students' work in Dr Lynn Phillip’s course!

Hans Purisch, MA, successfully defended his thesis, “Epigenetic Clocks as Instruments of the Profitable Medicalization of Aging under Biocapitalism”, with an advisory committee chaired by Nari Senanayake and members, Nick Lally and Tad Mutersbaugh. Purisch also received Honorable Mention in the competition for the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). 🌟Congratulations, Hans!🌟