News & Events
Kevin Cox wins AAG Lifetime Achievement Award:
We have just been officially informed by the Association of American Geographers (AAG) that this year's AAG Lifetime Achievement Award goes to our own distinguished colleague and mentor Professor Kevin Cox. There is indeed no better news for OSU Geography than this kind of national level recognition of OSU geographers. This PDF shows the AAG Award Committee's citation for Kevin's accomplishments.
Kevin's lifetime achievement award will be officially given to him at the Award Luncheon during the 2012 AAG Annual Meeting in New York City (Feb. 28, noon-2pm). If your schedule permits, we would like to encourage you to attend the award luncheon to show your support for and appreciation of Kevin's latest accomplishment. For more information about Kevin's latest work, please visit: Kevin Cox Faculty Details Congratulations, Kevin, and thank you for everything you have done for OSU Geography since 1966.
Professor Jianya Gong Visits Geography and CURA:
Professor Jianya Gong from Wuhan University (China) visited Geography and CURA on Feb. 3, 2012. Professor Gong is a leading GIScientist in China and a newly elected member of Chinese Academy of Science. Professor Gong currently serves as Director of the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University - a first tier research university and one of OSU's sister institutions in China. During his visit, Professor Gong met with Geography and CURA-affiliated faculty and graduate students. He also gave a CURA roundtable presentation on the International Collaborative Center for Geo-computation Studies (ICCGS) via GeoSquare.org currently being developed by professor Gong's group.
16'th Annual Severe Weather Symposium:
Friday, March 2, 2012 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM The Dept. of Geography Meteorology Club invites you to participate in our 16'th Annual Severe Weather Symposium. This year we are back at the Fawcett Center and would like you to RSVP if you plan to come out and join the symposium. Directions, Logistics and Program.
Dan Sui reappointed to serve on NMSC:
Daniel Sui, Distinguished Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Chair of the OSU Geography Department, has been reappointed to serve another three-year term on the Mapping Science Committee (NMSC) of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council.
The Mapping Science Committee organizes and oversees National Research Council studies that provide independent advice to society and to government at all levels on geospatial science, technology, and policy. It also addresses aspects of geographic information science that deal with the acquisition, integration, storage, distribution, and use of spatial data. Through its studies, the committee promotes the informed and responsible development and use of spatial data for the benefit of society.
As a committee member, Sui travels to Washington DC for meetings twice a year to discuss emerging issues of interest to the broader geospatial community, provide feedback on NMSC studies, and to plan new studies.
Sui's initial appointment on MSC was made back in 2008 while he was still at Texas A&M University. He came to OSU as Director of the Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA) in summer 2009. He was appointed as Chair of Geography in July 2011.
For more information, visit the MSC on the web at http://dels.nas.edu/global/besr/MSC. Information about Sui's recent work can be found at http://www.geography.ohio-state.edu/our-department/faculty-more/sui
Morton O'Kelly selected 2012 SBS Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellow:
Morton has been selected as one of three Social and Behavioral Sciences Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellows for 2012. Each Huber Fellow will receive not only the title and recognition, but also a cash award of $6,000 a year for three years to further his/her research program. The program is supported from endowment funds in honor of Joan Huber, who in her own scholarly career and as Dean of SBS [1984-1992] set the highest standards for all of us as researcher and educator. This is indeed a very much deserved recognition for Morton, congratulations! For Morton's latest work, please visit http://www.geography.ohio-state.edu/our-department/faculty-more/O'Kelly
In this context we are proud to mention that Geography has been very successful in the Huber Fellowship competition since its establishment in 1999. Previous Huber Fellows in Geography include Ellen Mosley-Thompson (2000), Jeff Rogers (2002), Ed Malecki (2003), and Mei-Po Kwan (2005).
Spatial Analysis and Modeling Plenary Lecture and Geographic Analysis Reception:
Spatial Analysis and Modeling Plenary Lecture and Geographic Analysis Reception at the AAG. The GA reception/plenary lecture is scheduled for: Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 4:40-6:20 PM in the room Nassau B, second floor of the Hilton NY.
2012 AAG OSU Geography Reception:
AAG 2012 February 24-28, 2012 - New York, New York. Ohio State University Geography Reception Sunday, February 26, 2012 9-11 PM In the Rendezvous Trinon Room at the Hilton hotel
Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson Awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal:
Our very own Ellen Mosley-Thompson, distinguished university professor of geography and director of the Byrd Polar Research Center and her husband, Lonnie Thompson, distinguished university professor of earth sciences here at OSU have been selected to receive this year's Benjamin Franklin Medal from The Franklin Institute. This is a very prestigious honor previously awarded to scientists such as Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Jane Goodall and Jacques Cousteau. OSU Research Announcement.
2011-12 Colloquium Series Schedule:
The 13'th year of the Dept. of Geography Colloquium Series is about to get started. This year we have added another lineup of talks done by local scholars, we call this the Friday Workshops Series The speakers committee has put together a stimulating program for the upcoming 2011-12 season. Please go to our Colloquium page to get an over view of the schedule and download Colloquium and Friday Workshop flyers.
Colloquium Series
The Department of Geography is proud to present the Colloquium Series, a program that attracts researchers and guest scholars from across the country to share their passion and researcher expertise in the field of Geography with the Ohio State community.
The Colloquium Series is made possible in part by generous contributions through the Department of Geography’s Edward J. 'Ned' Taaffe Memorial Fund, the Arthur H. Robinson Fund, and the John E. Nelson Colloquium Endowed Fund. Read More →
