The Department of Geography, Environment and Urban Studies teaches and researches the intersection of nature, society and urbanism. Below, you’ll find content highlighting everything our Geography and Urban Studies, Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Studies communities are doing to learn about the changing environment and humans’ impacts on it, to research society and people through geospatial technology, and to sustainably develop cities and towns. Read the stories below and please contact us if you have a story of your own you think we should tell.

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College of Liberal Arts

Department of Geography and Urban Studies 2023 Call for Applications: Five-year Assistantships for Doctoral Program

by Geography and Urban Studies Department
November 02
Call for Applications for Five-year Assistantships for Doctoral Program at Temple UniversityDepartment of Geography and Urban StudiesTemple University, Philadelphia PAApplicat...
College of Liberal Arts

Department of Geography and Urban Studies Call for Applications: Five-year Assistantships for Doctoral Program

by Department of Geography and Urban Studies
October 08
Call for applications for five-year assistantships for doctoral program at Temple University Department of Geography and Urban Studies Temple University, Philadelphia PA Appli...
College of Liberal Arts

Congratulations, Class of 2021!

by Nick Santangelo
May 03
Global pandemic? Zoom classes? A mostly empty campus? None of this was any problem for the College of Liberal Arts Class of 2021! OK, we get it. These were monumental challeng...
Africology and African American Studies

CLA Promotes Diversity and Anti-Bias

by Richard Deeg
October 28
This past year has seen race and racial inequality return as hot topics of national debate and contention. The problems currently receiving heightened attention are not new, b...

CLA Launching U.S.’s First Professional Science Master’s in Geospatial Data Science

by Nick Santangelo
September 28
By: Nick Santangelo This spring, Temple University's College of Liberal Arts (CLA) will become the first school in the U.S. to offer a Professional Science Master's and Gradu...
Center for Sustainable Communities

CLA's Webinar to Explore Anti-Racism and Sustainability in Philly

by Nick Santangelo
September 14
By: Nick Santangelo Tomorrow, September 15, at 3:30 p.m., the College of Liberal Arts' (CLA) Center for Sustainable Communities will host a webinar called Envisioning an Ant...

New Faculty Publication: A Case Study of Aedes Albopictus in Southeastern Pennsylvania

by Nick Santangelo
October 30
A recent publication provides new evidence of drivers influencing the spatial distribution of invasive disease species. Traditionally, scientists have used environmental data...
Center for Sustainable Communities

New Report from the Center for Sustainable Communities Examines Infrastructure and Equity

by Nick Santangelo
October 03
The College of Liberal Arts' Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC) has released a new report in conjunction with a recent National Science Foundation funded three-day Sust...

Media Mentions

PhD Student Liz Riedman Featured in Grid Magazine
via Grid on March 27, 2023

PhD Student Liz Riedman Featured in Grid Magazine

Liz Riedman's 2022 paper is included in Grid Magazine's story about the new Philly Tree Plan. 

Victor H. Gutierrez-Velez published in Science Magazine
via Science on January 31, 2023

Victor H. Gutierrez-Velez published in Science Magazine

Victor H. Gutierrez-Velez contributed to the research in the published study "The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation" which looks at...

Christina Rosan Featured in Grid Magazine
via Grid on June 08, 2022

Christina Rosan Featured in Grid Magazine

Christina Rosan, GUS Associate Professor and Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Communities, was featured in a Grid article on Disparities in...

Professor Jerry Stahler Featured in WalletHub
via WalletHub on May 10, 2022

Professor Jerry Stahler Featured in WalletHub

Professor Jerry Stahler was featured in WalletHub's recent study about Drug Use by State.

Christina Rosan Publishes New Book: Reimagining Sustainable Cities
via University of California Press on February 10, 2022

Christina Rosan Publishes New Book: Reimagining Sustainable Cities

Geography and Urban Studies Associate Professor Christina Rosan, publishes her new book titled ...

Christina Rosan publishes Article in The Philadelphia Inquirer
via The Philadelphia Inquirer on November 19, 2021

Christina Rosan publishes Article in The Philadelphia Inquirer

Associate Professor Christina Rosan, Geography and Urban Studies,  published an article in The...

Temple University Logo
via NBC on August 13, 2021

Philadelphia Heat Wave

Geography and Urban Studies Associate Professor Christina Rosan appears on NBC News to discuss urban heat islands.

Renter Protections Are Crucial to Achieving Climate Justice
via The Philadelphia Inquirer on August 12, 2021

Renter Protections Are Crucial to Achieving Climate Justice

By Sterling Johnson

Geography and Urban Studies PhD student Sterling Johnson argues that just planting trees isn't enough to offset the climate catastrophe.