* Debjani Ghatak receives 2009 Hunter College Mina Rees Scholarship
* Elizabeth Suter and Michael Caggiano Recipients of the 2009 Miriam and Saul B. Cohen Prizes for Geographic Excellence
* Unofficial Grand Opening: Ronald Moehle Graduate Student Lounge
* Sean Ahearn Awarded $1,208,658 Research Grant for Quality Assurance Service for Conversion of Sewer Facilities Maps & Related Documents into Digital Form / GIS; New York City Department of Environmental Protection
* Allan Frei Awarded $79,229 Research Grant for Impact of Future Loss of Summer Arctic Sea Ice on Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover; University of Colorado / National Science Foundation
* Abdullah Ibrahem & Sean Tanner Co-Recipients of the 2008 Chair's Award for Thesis Research
* Alexandra Sullivan Recipient of the 2008 Sally Clark Thesis Award
* Patricia Hackbarth Recipient of the 2008 Society of Woman Geographers Graduate Thesis Fellowship
* Thomas Walter Awarded the Anastasia Van Burkalow Award for Distinguished Service
* Jochen Albrecht Awarded Barbara Hirsch Special Service Award
* Elyssa Davis 2008-09 SWG Evelyn L. Pruitt National Minority Fellowship Winner
* Environmental Studies Major Awarded Harcourt Fellowship
* MA Candidate Awarded September 11th Memorial Program Internship from UTRC/NYMTC