News

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Lots of news this week reflecting faculty and graduate student engagement:
Kendra McSweeney published a co-authored opinion piece in the Washington Post this week with Sarah Chayes, a senior…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Congratulations this week to two geographers for their prize winning entries in the International Affairs photography competition.
Our undergraduate Senior and GIS Major Elliot Gilfix,…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Happy Thanksgiving
Some news from our graduate Shiguo Jiang (PhD, 2012; Desheng Liu adviser). His department at the State University of New York at Albany has a new Master of Science in…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
We begin this week with some terrific news for our Undergraduate Adviser Nancy Coscia. Nancy has earned a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership (Ed.D.) from Indiana Wesleyan…

Enforcing Immigration Laws Not So Simple
Inés Valdez, assistant professor of political science, and Mat Coleman, associate professor of geography, discuss immigration enforcement programs — Secure Communities and the 278(g) program — and…

Chairman O'Kellys News Brief
A great week for national and international impact.
Harvey Miller has had a busy week in England. As well as lectures at CASA (University College London), and Leicester, he delivered a…

Congratulations to Xun Zou
Please join us in congratulating Ms. Xun (Jerry) Zou who passed her combined MS. thesis defense/Ph.D. qualifying exam in Atmospheric Science this morning. The committee consisted of Professors Jay…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Faculty and students (including Becky Mansfield and Kendra McSweeney) will continue the new tradition of a joint Kentucky/Ohio/Indiana political ecology workshop this weekend in Lexington. We were…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
International News, Research, and Travels
Darla Munroe is in Maresias, Brazil for the third annual meeting of the Belmont Forum funded project “Land Use and Food Security: The Telecoupling…