Editor’s note: As teens scroll through their news feeds, catching glimpses of conflict and atrocities taking place in Syria, South Sudan, or even violence here in America, what are they learning about ...

What jobs can you get with a geography degree? Geography graduates have developed skills in mathematics and analytics as they study the Earth’s physical characteristics. Many graduates pursue careers ...

Whether you are interested in a career in international commerce, becoming a marketing and business geographics consultant or teaching geography to high school students, the Geography Department at ...

At the Department of Geography, we’re experts at bridging the physical and social sciences. Offering MA and PhD degrees, our graduate program trains scholars and professionals to produce and share ...

Baber gathering fossils at Mazon Creek, Illinois, 1895, during the first field class at the University of Chicago to which women were admitted. Photo from University of Chicago Photographic Archive, ...

Most people understand the phrase “the law of the land” to mean the set of laws that apply in a given region or country. This seems to be the sense intended by the framers who used the phrase in 1787 ...

Do you think you know everything about the good ol' U.S. of A.? These fascinating U.S. geography facts are guaranteed to blow your mind. Speaking of densely populated areas, Manhattan—the most crowded ...

Great archaeologists are often at war with themselves. They aim to explain seismic transformations—social and cultural, economic, demographic, even genetic. But they do so by sifting (literally and ...

How many of these geography mistakes have you made? When’s the last time you looked at a map or atlas? No, not punching in a location and getting directions from Google Maps. A real, bonafide map of ...