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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…
Reuters: Scientists scramble to harvest ice cores as glaciers melt
Ice cores collected to study the history of climate cycles are affected, and even rendered useless, by global warming. Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center researchers Lonnie Thompson,…
News Brief From Our Chair, Darla Munroe
Summer 2021 Graduation. From left to right: Jialin Li, Sohyun Park, Zhiying Li, Steven Quiring and Yuechun Wang.
Faculty News:
Max Woodworth's work on "ghost cities" in China was…