News

Claire L. Parkinson (PhD, 1977) from our program has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
We have terrific news on the national scene. Claire L. Parkinson (PhD, 1977), who graduated from our department and the Atmospheric Science Program, has just been elected as a new member of…

American Geographical Society Awards 2016 Council Fellowship to Debangana Bose
American Geographical Society Awards 2016 Council Fellowships
Description: The AGS Council Fellowship, awarded by the American Geographical Society (AGS), is the latest of prestigious…

The Chronicle Article featuring Joel Wainwright
Joel Wainwright’s research is referenced in the lengthy article entitled “The Oaxaca Incident: A geographer’s efforts to map a Mexican village reveal the risks of military entanglement” by Paul…

Brutus and the Campus Campaign visits Derby Hall
Brutus came to Derby Hall on Friday 4/22 at 3:00 in support of the University’s Campus Campaign! Derby Hall had been randomly selected for him to visit during the campaign. He was here from 3 – 3:…

Congratulations to Minkyung Koh
Minkyung Koh received two awards: the Global Gateway Graduate Student Research Abroad grant and the Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Research grant. Congratulations! Minkyung’s advisor is…

Congratulations to Naomi Adaniya.
Naomi Adaniya (PhD, Public Health) a former student of Dan Sui has a number of interesting developments. Naomi was a recent (2016) winner of Ohio State's highest recognition for exceptional…

Congratulations to Xiaolin Zhu.
Xiaolin Zhu (PhD, 2014) has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The Department of…

Thank You to Howard and Rene Biel.
It has been another great week for the department, capped by a generous gift to our Graduate Program from Dr. Howard Biel. We really enjoyed hosting Howard and I know he also appreciated the…
Dan Sui named SES Division Director of SBE at NSF.
We congratulate Dan Sui on the news of his appointment as Division Director for the Social and Economic Sciences Division (SES) of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE)…