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WDBR posted a profile of its new meteorologist—Ohio University alum Katie McGraw ’12. Follow McGraw on Twitter. Connect with her on LinkedIn. She earned a B.S. in Geography-Meteorology from the College of Arts & Sciences. The first thing Katie ever wrote down in her first meteorology class was: “The number […]

OHIO’s Seventh Annual Meteorological Symposium is Saturday, March 19, from noon to 5 p.m. in Walter Hall 235. The event is free and open to the public. It is hosted by the Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (OUCAMS). Ohio University is one of two schools in Ohio […]

The Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society was named “Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year” by the American Meteorological Society. This award is given annually to the top student chapter that excels in education, outreach, and community service. The citation the OHIO meteorology club reads: “For its commitment to […]

By Cecilia Ellis ’16 “This is a success story,” says Dr. Ryan Fogt, Associate Professor of Geography, as he introduces alum Ryan Phillips ’00 to a packed classroom in Clippinger on Sept. 11. Phillips—who earned a B.S. in Geography-Meteorology in 2000—has taken his profession by storm, working as the morning […]

Ohio University alum Kirstie Zontini is the new morning meteorologist for WHIO TV and Radio, reports the Dayton Daily News. She is part of WHIO’s expanded Storm Center 7 team of “six fully-accredited meteorologists focusing on local weather.” WHIO is “expanding to provide 24/7 weather coverage on air, online, in […]

By Jacob Zuckerman On Sunday, May 22, 2011, an EF5 tornado touched down in Joplin, MS. Fueled by the wrath of winds in excess of 200 mph and spanning ¾ of a mile wide, the tornado blew across a 6-mile trajectory before dissipating, rendering it one of the deadliest and […]

In the summer of 2014, Kylie Holmes ’16 worked on a particle physics project at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, VA. For 2015, the double major in Astrophysics and Meteorology headed to California for summer study work to conduct atmospheric research with NASA. Holmes will be […]