Archive for December, 2015

Within a month of graduating in December 2014, Ohio University alum Chris Haskins ’14 (B.S. Geographic Information Science) had accepted a position as a GIS Technician with Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick Inc., a civil engineering firm based in Shelby Township, MI (Metro Detroit area). “The job search was short and […]

The Geography Department is now the proud owner of a drone—a DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Quadcopter with 2.7K Go-Pro Camera and 3-Axis Gimbal. The camera will be a great resource for classroom applications, as well as faculty and student research projects. Dr. Jim Lein is starting things off with a […]

The Geography Department is elated to announce the creation of a new scholarship for Geography students. Professor Emerita Nancy Bain and her husband, George, endowed the scholarship with a generous donation, which was then combined with funds from the former Margaret Boyd Research Scholarship (that Nancy established in the 1980s). […]

By James Dyer Chair of the Geography Department Greetings from Athens, to alumni, friends, and Geography compatriots! I hope everyone enjoys catching up with the Department with this successor to our Geogram. We might have changed a bit since you last looked. We’re now a department of 15 full-time faculty, […]

Ohio University alum Philip E. Pellett, Ph.D. ’80 received a lifetime achievement award from the HHV-6 Foundation in November. Pellett is a Professor and Interim Chair of Immunology and Microbiology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He earned an OHIO Honors Tutorial College B.S. in Chemistry in 1980. […]

By Kelley Bodwell Linguistics Department, ELIP GA Most freshmen are required to take an introductory writing class, but few get an opportunity to collaborate and contribute to their university’s local community while doing so. Ohio University’s English Language Improvement Program provides an opportunity to do just that. ELIP oversees a […]

By Cameron Fortin ’16 On a brisk autumn morning, Ohio University students, staff, faculty, and supporters enthusiastically met at the research gardens on West State Street to harvest a plant viewed by most Ohioans as a weed. It fed Ohio Valley residents more than 3,000 years ago, and it has […]