News

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.…

Connecting Farmers to Real-Time Weather:
“Climate change poses a major challenge to Ohio agriculture, which is why the new State Climate Office of Ohio (SCOO), a team of experts from the Department of Geography and the Byrd Polar and…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
I am pleased to pass on the good news that Max Woodworth has received a positive 4th year review in a letter from Executive Dean Manderscheid. In addition Max is elected as Secretary in the China…

Professor Kendra McSweeney's Research Written up in The Guardian
Kendra McSweeney's research on drug trafficking and forests (a new article published in Environmental Research Letters) has been written up in The Guardian

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
A really impressive set of news for this week:
The college held a celebration lunch for the 2017 Huber awardees. I was pleased to be there with Becky Mansfield, along with Kristi Williams (…

Emeritus Geography Professor Hal Moellering Comments on Sky Scraper Project at the North Market
This morning WOSU broadcast a story about the future plans for a 35 story building situated next to the North Market in Columbus.
Our very own Hal Moellering was on the spot and was…
Graduation and Awards Reception, May 5 2017
On Friday May 5'th the Department conducted the annual Graduation and Awards ceremony at the Faculty club.
We would like to thank all who participated and give a summary of the awards and…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
We begin this week with some great news for our graduates. Austin Kocher successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation this Wednesday. Austin’s dissertation is titled ‘Notice to Appear: Immigration…