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By Lori Bauer The Isle of Eigg wasn’t on the schedule. But students took advantage of a free weekend to add a journey to the small island off the coast of Scotland. It turned into an adventure. The students were in Scotland for the Summer 2014 Edinburgh: City and the […]

Dr. Dorothy Sack presented “The Role of Desert Basin Paleolake Geomorphology in Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia. Sack is Professor and Graduate Chair of Geography at Ohio University. Abstract: Although occasionally portrayed as a less important part […]

ENSCO has named Ohio University alum Jeffrey Stevens to lead its rail division. Stevens was named Division Manager of ENSCO’s Applied Technology and Engineering Division, effective Oct. 1. He will also serve as Director of ENSCO Rail and ENSCO Rail Australia Pty Ltd, wholly owned subsidiaries of ENSCO, according to […]

By Gretchen Gregor Excerpted from Compass Five College of Arts & Sciences Professors were honored Sept. 23 as recipients of the Presidential Teacher Award, which recognizes full-time tenured faculty who consistently inspire students and colleagues through academic excellence inside and outside the classroom.as recipients of the Presidential Teacher Award, which […]

The Department of Geography is a partner in the Ohio University Water Project, an information clearinghouse about water in the Appalachian Ohio Valley. The Water Project launches on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m., in the lobby of the Steven L. Schoonover Center for Communication at 20 W. Union Street. […]

Ohio University students have a new undergraduate certificate option starting this fall—Wealth and Poverty. The Wealth and Poverty Certificate (spring-2017) addresses economic growth, wealth distribution, poverty, inequality, and empowerment issues in both domestic and international settings. The 18-hour certificate provides a coherent and interdisciplinary combination and sequence of courses yo give students […]

Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography, co-authored an article on “A Mobile Rapid-Scanning X-band Polarimetric (RaXPol) Doppler Radar System” in the July 2013 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. Her co-authors were Andrew L. Pazmany and James B. Mead of ProSensing Inc. in Amherst, MA, and Howard B. Bluestein […]