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Larry Brown Memorial Symposium.
On Saturday Nov. 15 the Department held a Memorial Symposium for our former chairman Larry Brown. Larry passed away in April and we thought it would only be fitting to have a memorial to Larry's…

American Geographical Society to Award Van Cleef Memorial Medal to Dr. Edward Malecki
[New York City, NY] -- [16 October 2014] – The American Geographical Society announced today that Dr. Edward Malecki, Professor of Geography and former Director of the Center for Urban and…

Harvey Miller Wins Excellence Award from ASC
Harvey Miller, Professor of Geography and the Bob & Mary Reusché Endowed Chair in GIScience, was honored during the inaugural College of Arts & Sciences Honoring Excellence ceremony on Oct…

Geography Fall Picnic
We had a beautiful day on Sat. October 11 for the Dept. Fall Picnic. Held at Blendon Woods Metro Park. Thanks to Caitlin Naber for setting up this event. It looks like everyone enjoyed the…

Twister back up and running
Our long running (since 1992) weather data ingestor, weather graphics creator and weather data web site TWISTER had a melt down on Monday Sept. 22 when multiple capacitors decided to blow on the…

Great Lakes Climate Resources
Great Lakes Climate is an effort of the OSU Climate Change Outreach Team, a partnership among multiple departments within The Ohio State University to help localize the climate change issue by…

The 29th Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
Hayes Graduate Research Forum Applications Open Oct 1st
Every year the Graduate School, Office of Research and the Council of Graduate Students team up to put on the Edward F. Hayes Graduate…

Interview with Walaa Alqaisiya and Lisa Bhungalia by Mat Coleman and Mary Thomas
Our SBS Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow Lisa Bhungalia, whose research focuses on the intersection of late-modern war, national securitization, and transnational linkages and encounters between the…
Google Faculty Research Award goes to Dan Sui
Daniel Sui, professor and chair, geography, received a Google Faculty Research Award for his research proposal, “Modeling and Inferring Local Expertise." This project aims to develop new models…