The Towson Compass

Around the Department

Climate Change & Security Students Participate in World Bank Roundtable.

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Service Learning with the Baltimore Orchard Project

Dr. Fath and the Environmental Geography students are working with the Baltimore Orchard Project to look at innovative ways to help to end hunger. Read more >

Library of Congress Field Trip

Dr. Marcus and his students from Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean on route to....Read More >

Geography's Renaissance: Why It Matters

As anyone who has ever read Arnold, Byron, Melville, or Shakespeare can attest, literature is more than a dictionary. As Jared Diamond, UCLA professor of geography and Pulitzer prize-winning author... Read More >

Fairwell to the Chair

Last August, Kent Barnes stepped down after eight years as Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Planning. Those were a good... Read More >

Faculty News

Dr. Marcus Interview in Miami Today.

Miami Today interviewed Dr. Alan Marcus about the influx of Brazilians to their city. Read a pdf of the article>

Department Welcomes Dr. Sya Kedzior

Next Fall, Dr. Sya Kedzior will join the department. For More >

Faculty Promotions Announced

Three faculty members from Geography & Environmental are set to receive promotions. For More >

Dr. Beth Hall Named New Director of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center

Dr. Beth Hall is leaving Towson University at the end of the Fall 2011 semester to become director of the Midwestern Regional... Read More >

student News

Students Float to the Top of the Geography Bowl

The Annual Conference of the Middle Atlantic Division (MAD) of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) took place at the end of... Read More > 

Geography Internship through Towson University

An internship through Towson University can be a great learning opportunity for students in search of alternatives to classroom learning.  In the Fall, I am ...Read More >

Alumni News

Remembering David Firman

My father, David Firman, was a Professor of Geography at Towson University from 1957-1981. Back then it was called Towson State Teachers College and Dad . . . Read More >

Irv Buck, Towson '72

I'm a 1972 graduate of what was then Towson State College.  I majored in History, Geography and Secondary Education with the intention of...Read More >

Around the World

Where Can You Stand with One Foot on North America and the Other on Europe?

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Small Remnant of the Silk Road

Dr. Tasch....Read More >

Mongolia’s Modern World

This summer I found myself in a yurt or “ger” in central Mongolia sipping on mare’s milk and vodka made from cow’s milk. I remembered the... Read More >

The Amazing Journey to the Amazon

Last summer I had a chance to join a 3 ½ week Study Abroad Class in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest led by Harald Beck from TU’s Biological Sciences Department.  The goal.... Read More >