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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Geography Professors to Assess Relative Extreme Temperature Events and Develop Monitoring Tools With NOAA
June 17, 2022
Principal Investigator Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography (within the College of Arts and Sciences) at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, was recently awarded a three-year, $387,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (…
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Geography Professor Selected for AGU’s National Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Academy
Feb. 1, 2022
Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Geography, in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, was recently selected to become an inaugural American Geophysical Union (AGU) LANDInG (Leadership Academy and Network for Diversity and…
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Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in ‘Weather Whiplash’ Events
Jan. 17, 2022
Many wonder if climate change is the reason we’ve had 'weather whiplash' or day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot. As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì…
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Recent books published by College of Arts and Sciences Faculty
Dec. 17, 2021
Have you ever wondered how Asian Americans helped win the Allied victory? What inspired Hemingway’s writings while in Paris? How has Wonder Woman impacted comics, feminism, and pop culture over the past 80 years? The diverse faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences have you…
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Geography Researchers to Contribute to Actionable Science for Decision Makers
Nov. 22, 2021
Timothy Assal, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography, was awarded a grant as a co-principal investigator on a multi-institutional project, “Vulnerability of lower-ecotone aspen forests to altered fire regimes and climate dynamics in the northern Great Basin…
Read More »Geography Professor Honored for Scholarly Work and Mentorship
Dec. 15, 2020
The ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University College of Arts and Sciences congratulates James A. Tyner, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography and Director of the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, who is a 2021 recipient of ‘Distinguished Scholarship Honors’ from the…
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Things Are Heating Up in Climate Change Research
Oct. 8, 2020
Climate change can now be measured on a global scale using multiple weather variables, according to new research published by Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì.
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Curated May 4 Oral History Clips Paired With Online Interactive Map of Kent From 1970
March 25, 2020
They remember the sights and sounds of helicopters and trucks as the Ohio National Guard moved into their small college town. They remember the smell of tear gas. They remember the chants of the protesters against the Vietnam War and invasion of Cambodia. They remember the panic…
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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Geography Professor Elected President of American Association of Geographers
April 2, 2019
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United…
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Geography Professor Reveals Abnormal Weather Patterns
Feb. 18, 2019
Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., professor and chairperson of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Department of Geography, recently conducted a study on abnormal weather patterns published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, a publication of the American Geophysical Union.
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