News

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
Lot's of news this week:
As of July 1 Kendra McSweeney is the incoming President of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG). It is independent from the AAG, and has about 300…

Congratulations to Yuxi Zhao
Please join us in congratulating Yuxi Zhao, who successfully passed her dissertation defense this morning. Her project is titled, "Entrepreneurship and commodified nature: amenity-led transitions…

Chairman O'Kelly's News Brief
The department is enjoying a surge in transfer students to the GIS Major, in part from the Engineering Disciplines as the College of Engineering manages their enrollments aggressively.
The…

Kenneth Madsen, "Borders Walls, and Violence"
Kenneth Madsen participated in a very successful conference on "Borders, Walls, and Violence" in Montreal. The topic of the paper was "Conflict and cooperation over border barrier…

Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lonnie Thompson received the Margaret Douglas Medal from The Garden Club of America
Ellen Mosley-Thompson (Geography) and Lonnie Thompson (Earth Sciences) received the Margaret Douglas Medal from The Garden Club of America (GCA) in recognition of their notable service to the…

Geog 5200S Partners with the Columbus Metropolitan Library on Mapping Project
Some news from an innovative class this Spring Semester (5200S) led by Ola Ahlqvist. This class was a huge success, and linked our students to work on behalf of and with the Columbus Metropolitan…

Chairmans News Brief
Our student Rachel Beery (a National Geographic Intern) is reporting back on some excellent experience and fun activities in DC. This includes a scramble to locate and map species in US National…

Congratulations to Seth Warthen
Congratulations to Seth Warthen who successfully passed his MS exam on May 31'st ! Seth's thesis is entitled "Recreating the Late Ordovician Glaciation using the University of Victoria Earth…

Chairmans News Brief
Faculty are actively using this early summer period to pursue research travel and to compete for grants for their work.
Kendra McSweeney traveled 12-20 May to Tegucigalpa the capital of…