Student/Faculty Spotlight
We Feature Our Visiting Scholars Yang Li, Sook Jin Kim, Derek van Berkel and Xuesong Zhang:
Yang Li:
Yang graduated from Beijing Normal University, China, in July 2008 with a Bachelor's degree in GIS. She is currently a second-year Ph.D student at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Title of her thesis is "Determining the spatial-temporal patterns of interprovincial migration in China, 1985-2005". Her main fields of scientific research include migration, GIS and geosimulation. She is now a visiting student in Department of Geography under the supervision of Professor Ningchuan Xiao from March 2012 to March 2014. Yang is located in Derby Hall room 1061.
News and Events
- Dept. Event Calendar:
Dept. of Geography Calendar of Major Events and Activities. Read More → - NBC 4 interview with OSU storm chasers:
Christie Lightfritz and John Banghoff, two of our Atmospheric Sciences Majors were interviewed by NBC 4 about their experience of seeing the formation of the Moore, OK tornado. Here is a link to the newsclip with the interview which aired on the 6 O'Clock news May 22. We are sure there will be more video and images available from their trip as soon as they return to Ohio and start processing their footage. Keep an eye on the Meteorology Club Facebook and Web Page for further updates. Read More → - Storm Chasing Meteorology Club Students Witness the Moore, OK. Tornado:
Five Ohio State students were amazed yet horrified after witnessing the deadly tornado that pillaged Moore, Okla., Monday. The students, who all study Atmospheric Science at OSU and were also with several OSU Atmospheric Sciences Alumns, saw the formation of the superstorm, including the initial touchdown of the tornado, from about a mile away in Newcastle, after traveling to Oklahoma Thursday to take part in an individually funded storm-chasing adventure alongside trained professionals. See the rest of this story in the Lantern. And a few more of their photos on the Meteorology Clubs Facebook page. Read More → - 2013 Department of Geography Graduation and Awards Ceremony:
Geography Department
Graduation and Awards CeremonyUndergraduate Awards:
Outstanding Undergraduate Paper Contest:
On behalf of the Undergraduate Geography club, fourth year student Maegan Miller and Geography Undergraduate Advisor Brook Raake presented the awards for the first annual Outstanding Undergraduate Paper Contest. All paper submissions were written for geography courses during the 2012-2013 academic year and were evaluated on the basis of strength of thesis, clarity of argument, Read More →
