News

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)…

Biel - Room Dedication
We were delighted to welcome Howard Biel (Ph.D., 1976) back to the department where we celebrate the dedication of the teaching class room (Derby 1080). This room has been retrofitted with the…

Debangana Bose recieves Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women's research grant
Debangana Bose has been awarded a Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women's research grant. Debangana has been very energetic and successful in pursuing resources for her work: this is her second…

Undergraduate researcher Emily Scolaro recieves award.
Emily Scolaro, an undergraduate research advisee of Max Woodworth (also working with Elisabeth Root), has been offered a summer undergraduate research award through the URO for a project in…

Congratulations to Joel Wainwright, et al.
Joel Wainwright received a grant from the National Geographic Society for fieldwork in Belize. This proposal includes a team of scholars from three countries, including four others with OSU…

Congratulations to Christian Feliciano-Camacho
Please join us in congratulating Christian Feliciano who successfully defended his Masters Thesis Friday Apr. 8. The title of Christian’s thesis is “The Impact of Dry Air on the Location of…

Chairmans Update from the 2016 AAG Meeting.
I am pleased to update everyone with this week's good news.
I was happy to attend a lunch meeting for department chairs at the AAG. I sat with several colleagues including Cindy Brewer (Penn…