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News Brief From Our Chair, Darla Munroe
Mae Miller, President’s Postdoctoral Fellow (UC Berkeley) and current OSU Visiting Scholar, was our very first in-person speaker since March 2020. It was a hybrid talk with 9 present in…

News Brief From Our Chair, Darla Munroe
Rebecca Chapman pets a sturgeon at Freshwater Farms of Ohio in Urbana, OH. This farm is a great example of diversified farm structure, offering tourism, fresh and prepared trout, and supplies for…

New Book by Madhumita Dutta
Madhumita Dutta has just published a new book, Mobile Girls Koottam: Working Women Speak

News Brief From Our Chair, Darla Munroe
Students from Geog 5501 (Urban Spaces in the Global Economy) walking in Old Towne East, near the east side of Columbus. This class is taught by Madhumita Dutta.
Thompson Ice Core Lab…

PBS Newshour Special Report about Ellen and Lonnie Thompson
Geography Professor Ellen Mosley-Thompson and her husband Lonnie Thompson were features on the PBS Newshour on Nov. 4 2021, as the collectors and guardians of the worlds ice core records at the…

News Brief From Our Chair, Darla Munroe
Another great picture of our Geography blimp on the Oval from our Geog 1900 vertical profile lab.
Student News:
Armita Kar (Geog) recently passed her PhD qualifying exam. Her…

Villanova University Awards Mendel Medals to Pair of Noted Climate Scientists
The Mendel Medal will be awarded to Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Dr. Lonnie G. Thompson from The Ohio State University, for their contributions toward improved understanding of the Earth’s…

News Brief From Our Chair, Darla Munroe
Geography 1900 (Extreme Weather and Climate) prepares for their annual vertical profile lab outside Derby Hall. This aptly labeled blimp has automated weather instruments attached to the tether…

News Brief From Our Chair, Darla Munroe
L-R: Tal Shutkin, Scott Reinemann, and Garrett Dort. The Great Basin team on a hike up to the summit of Wheeler Peak (flat-topped summit on back horizon), visiting their weather data loggers to…