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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 in…
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 good news…
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 construction…
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 cause…
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 System…
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 Honduras.Joel…
Congratulations to Chris Hartmann
Please join us in congratulating Chris Hartmann, who successfully defended his dissertation Monday May 23'rd. His research is on postneoliberal public health, environment, and development in…