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Forrest Schoessow Featured on Japan's "Bill Nye the Science Guy" Show
Forrest Schoessow (Bryan Mark adviser) was featured on Japanese national television this week on the much-loved show "Denjirou" which is essentially like Japan's "Bill Nye the Science Guy." The…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Stephen Shield (GRA, Steven Quiring adviser) recently presented at the Ninth Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy student oral presentation competition. This…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Becky Mansfield spoke at a press conference hosted by Defending Our Future, which is a project of the Environmental Defense Fund focusing on climate change. The focus is on the importance of…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Hope everyone is holding up during the bitterly cold weather.
Despite the local cold snap, please see the recent news on the status of global temperature in 2017 from NASA as reported in the…

Emilio Casetti
We are sad to report the passing of our dear friend and colleague Emilio Casetti. Emilio was an exceptionally influential member of the department, and my personal memories are of a very serious,…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Bonnie Bounds passed the oral portion of her doctoral qualifying exam this week, and is now admitted to Ph.D. candidacy. Her committee consisted of Nancy Ettlinger, Darla Munroe, Linda Lobao (SENR…

Work by Zach Paganini, 2017 OSU Geography alumni, mentioned in the NYT.
2017 OSU Geography Alumni Zach Paganini's Masters Thesis work on flooding in Canarsie was mentioned in the New York Times this past weekend. The article, In New York, Drawing Flood Maps Is a ‘Game…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Welcome to the New Year and best wishes for a successful 2018 to everyone.
Once again please join me in welcoming a new member of undergraduate advising staff: Jocelyn Nevel has joined us.…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
A new book co-edited by Ola Ahlqvist and Christoph Schlieder, entitled Geogames and Geoplay: Game-based Approaches to the Analysis of Geo-Information, has just been published by Springer.
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