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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…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Lisa Goldstein, a junior Atmospheric Sciences major, will be presenting the daily weather briefing at the NWA Annual Meeting in Norfolk, VA. She was selected for this honor by the NWA based on our…

Explore Education Abroad Opportunities
OIA, The Office of International Afairs has featured both new Geography Education Abroad programs in their newsletter this week. They are also listed as a news item on the OIA website. See the…

Chairman's News Brief
A new month! Two weeks of fall semester have already zoomed past.
A very special thanks this week to Wesley Haines who is moving on from his highly significant technology position at the…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
A great deal of interesting news this week!
Congratulations to Debangana Bose who successfully passed her candidacy exam this week. Her dissertation is entitled “Forced Resettlement,…