News

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.
A…

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…