Faculty News: 

Harvey Miller was mentioned in a Wired article, "America’s ‘Smart City’ Didn’t Get Much Smarter."

Student News:

Armita Kar (PhD student, Geog) was interviewed by WOSU, COVID Heightened Disparities In Food Access, Ohio State Study Finds, based on her recent publication, COVID-19 exacerbates unequal food access in Applied Geography.

Staff News: 

Our advising team, Ali Grandey and Jocelyn Nevel, received a Staff Career Development Grant to attend the upcoming National Academic Advising Association conference, this year in Cincinnati.

Alumni News:

Rachel Mauk (PhD ASP, 2016) is a co-author on a recently published piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The authors developed a common data format and metrics that can be applied to multiple states’ Medicaid claims data, which enables more robust cross-state comparisons of prevalence rates and treatment outcomes for Medicaid enrollees with opioid use disorder.

Upcoming Events: 

Classes begin on Tuesday, August 24th.

Geography Blog: 

The last of our summer series Research Spotlight was written by Yuchen Li (PhD Candidate, Geog): City’s Municipal Service Requests May Help Identify “Hotspots” for Opioid Use and Overdoses.

Thank you to all the graduate students who shared your work with us this summer.

Darla Munroe
Professor and Chair