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Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
I hope that you have all enjoyed the mid-term break. It is good to take things easy for a couple of days, or at least to have less routine pressure.
Following a successful faculty meeting…
SP17 Geography GE courses (physical, human, and GIS)
Geography GE courses (physical, human, and GIS) that we are offering next semester. Please contact our advising staff if you have any further questions about these courses, Brooke Raake, raake.5@…
Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Lots of news reflecting the diverse interests and expertise of our faculty this week:
Mat Coleman with Co-Authors Angela Stuesse and Sarah Horton had a piece in the Huffington Post, entitled…
Steven Quiring predicting power outages before Hurricane Matthew hits Florida.
Atmospheric Sciences Professor Steven Quiring was featured on the 11 o'clock NBC4 news talking about his efforts to model power outages due to eminent large scale weather events. Dr. Quiring is…
Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
First this week, a big thanks to all who participated in the Picnic at Blendon Woods last Saturday. It was a nice event for grads, faculty, and staff. Diane Carducci and Suzanne Mikos were there…
Congratulations to Scott Stuckman
Scott Stuckman successfully passed his PhD dissertation defense this week. The title of his dissertation is "Global Three-Dimensional Atmospheric Structure of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation…
Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
The 4th edition Health and Medical Geography, by Michael Emch, Elisabeth Dowling Root, and Margaret Carrell is to appear soon (February, 2017), published by Guilford Press:
Departmental…
Alumni Focus
No major news item this week, but we have an interesting photo from our alumni.
Focus on Recent Graduates
I want to share a photo from some of our globe-trotting PhD graduates. From…
Significant gift to our Department to provide a collaborative space for undergraduates.
Colleagues
I am really delighted to tell you all that the hard work and extraordinary effort by our department to provide a compelling proposal to Gary Sharpe has been rewarded with a very…