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Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Hope you are all getting used to typing 2017 -- it's the New Year. Of course many of our friends will be looking forward to the Year of the Rooster, which is coming up.
The good news from…

GIS Lecturer Position Available
The Department of Geography at the Ohio State University seeks a Lecturer in Geographical Information Sciences. Courses to be taught in Autumn and Spring semester of appointment year. This will be…

Bryan Mark Receives Connect and Collaborate Grant
Bryan Mark, professor of geography and State Climatologist of Ohio, has been awarded a 2016 Connect and Collaborate grant of $45,000, from Ohio State Extension, the Office of Energy and…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. Soon we will be back to classes and spring semester. Believe it or not we are already planning next year’s classes (2017-18). We are working first…

Open Canvas Workshops
Are you teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences and looking for more information about Canvas? Join us at the ASCTech Canvas open sessions. We'll walk you through how to set up your course,…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Late last week we received news that Nora Sylvander (adviser Kendra McSweeney) passed her candidacy exam. Her committee consisted of Becky Mansfield, Kenneth Madsen, and Jeremy Brooks (SENR).
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Dr. Quiring investigates how soil moisture can help predict power outages caused by hurricanes.
Our colleague Steven Quiring is extensively quoted in this recent article on: How soil moisture can help predict power outages caused by hurricanes.
Steven has also just received the good…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
This week brought the very pleasant task of attending a luncheon celebration for long serving OSU Faculty and Staff. In addition to my own 35 years here (wow, that seems like a long time!) there…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
As we returned from the Thanksgiving break, we were shocked by the events of last Monday morning. I have heard many expressions of concern about this disquieting series of events. We are grateful…