Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL, http://www.us.jll.com/united-states/en-us/), a major global real estate firm, has agreed to sponsor student projects developed as part of Applied Retail Geography, a class taught by Dr. Murray Rice. JLL staff from Dallas and Chicago will provide applied research topics, data, and insights to the class throughout the fall 2014 semester. This significant new involvement in and contribution to the geography department bolsters UNT growing business geography specialization, one of the very few to be offered nationwide.

For more information about Murray's research and the business geography specialization within geography at UNT, you can visit http://www.murrayrice.com.