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Dan Sui on Location-Spoofing in Social Media
Daniel Sui, professor, geography, is co-author of the article, “True lies in geospatial big data: detecting location spoofing in social media,” published in the Jan. 31, 2017 issue of the journal…

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Bonnie Bounds spent last week in L'Aquila, Italy for a week-long economic geography summer school. It was hosted by the Gran Sasso Science Institute for PhD students and early-career researchers…

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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,…

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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,…
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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…

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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…

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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…