News

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,…
Atmospheric Sciences Student, James White Featured in ASC Article
James White, Atmospheric Sciences and Earth Sciences major featured in Arts and Sciences SPOTLIGHTS Article.

Congratulations to Emelie Bailey
We are thrilled to announce that Emelie Bailey successfully passed her MA thesis defense yesterday. Her thesis was entitled: "Healthcare access under health system decentralization in Honduras: A…