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Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
A big week for departmental publications!
Kendra McSweeney’s research team just published a paper in Environmental Research Letters that is featured in a Science news article; meanwhile,…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Elisabeth Root has received word of funding for her seed grant proposal: "Characterizing Communities Vulnerable to Opioid Addiction” from the IPR Leadership Committee. OSU Participants,…
Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
This weeks update comes a day early, from Boston!
Ed Malecki is in Dublin to present a paper at the Regional Studies Association annual conference, hosted by Trinity College Dublin.
The…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
John Agnew, (PhD, 1976), UCLA distinguished professor of geography, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Oulu in Finland. The University of Oulu is one of the largest…

Dr. Elisabeth Root featured in DISCOVERY Theme and Science Sunday Talks
Associate Professor of Geography Dr. Elisabeth Root featured in a DISCOVERY Theme Talk, see the Talk here:
New Weapons for Hospital-acquired Infections: Data and Mapping (Released May…

Congratulations to Zachary Leasor
We are pleased to announce that Zachary Leasor successfully defended his thesis this morning. His thesis is titled “Spatiotemporal Variations of Drought Persistence in the South-Central United…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Continuing with the great work ASC is doing to highlight our faculty:
Elisabeth Root is featured in a discussion of Women in STEM. She researches and teaches at the intersection of…

Elisabeth Root featured in ASC Article about Women in STEM
Elisabeth Dowling Root, associate professor of geography and epidemiology, wants to know why people get sick — by uncovering as much information as possible.
Arts and Sciences 2017 Spring…

BIG DATA for good
Steven Quiring’s work is featured in the May/June edition of the OSU Alumni Magazine. The article is titled “Big data for good” and it is about TDA-related research. The reference is on page 11.…