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CURA wins the Frederick J. Holdridge Outstanding Group Award
Columbus Landmarks is recognizing the Center of Urban and Regional Analysis’ Ghost Neighborhoods project (https://cura.osu.edu/projects/existing/ghost-neighborhoods) with the …

Dr. Jana Houser goes to Hollywood?
Dr. Jana Houser spent the week chasing storms in the central US, with a film crew based out of Los Angeles, California. The team was capturing footage for the Hollywood production of Twister 2. Dr…

Anisa Kline, now Dr. Kline, in the news!
Anisa’s voyage through grad school, her research, and her love for all things geographical are covered in a new Ohio State News story! See more at https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-doctoral-students…

Pursuing his passions, from Cairo to Columbus
Geography's very own, Larkin Cleland! Read in detail Larkin's article in Ohio State Impact about how he follows his many passions and serve the community in the process.
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Congratulations Kendra McSweeney, elected in to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
We are very excited—and proud—to announce that our very own Kendra McSweeney has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Kendra’s election to the AAA&S is in recognition of…

2023 AAG Geography Bowl
This spring at the AAG annual meeting in Denver, OSU Geography Graduate Student John Layman was fortunate enough to represent the Ohio State and the Eastern Lakes Division of the American…

Faculty take a narrow win over grad students in the (now) Annual Mushball Tournament!
Grad students put up a tremendous fight, and took up an early dominant lead, but faculty (aka the Natural Disasters) dug deep and came from behind to win 16-15 in Saturday’s game! Big thanks to…

Professor Jana Houser in the news!
Dr. Houser explains to Newsweek readers why tornadoes are so difficult to predict, even with the advancement of weather-forecasting systems. Read the full story here.

GIS minor Caroline Mallory named Gaither Junior Fellow!
Caroline Mallory has been named a Gaither Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C. Approximately 14 Gaither Fellows are selected each year from a…