http://www.geography.osu.edu RSS/XML File for Events and News of The Ohio State University Department of Geography. Subscribe to this feed to stay in touch with news right when it hits the webpage! Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:01 -0500 Global Capitalism: A Love Story, a Tragedy, an Enigma Jim Glassman Associate Professor of Geography University of British Columbia 1080 Derby Hall, 3:30‐5:00pm Thursday, November 12 The sprawling processes referred to as capitalism have been credited and blamed for many things, from improvement of living standards to destruction of the environment, from alleviation of poverty to the generation of new forms of poverty, from promoting development to generating maldevelopment. Basing my claims on both theoretical considerations and comparative global data that have become available in the last few decades I argue for three "qualitative" claims and one "qualitative" proposal: global capitalism has been consistent with the (uneven) production of substantial improvements in material standards of living; global capitalism has generated historically unprecedented levels of income inequality, the geographic forms of which have shifted slightly in the era of neo‐liberal globalization; global capitalism has so consistently and unevenly transformed livelihoods and consumption that it undermines attempts to make meaningful statements about its effects on poverty; the most politically significant result of all of the above is that global capitalism generates struggles over the distribution of wealth which pose serious challenges to the maintenance of democracy Colloquium Poster Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:56:43 -0500 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#84 An event for Next Tuesday, November 10 at 4:30 pm in Derby 1070... The GGO, Geography Club and the Dept. will be hosting an informal discussion between grads and undergrads about graduate school. Essentially, we hope to share experiences and let our undergrads know about the admissions process, life as a grad student, what they can get from grad school, etc. Rachel, Phil, Jeff and Nurcan will be the main panelists (each speaking informally for about 2 minutes), but we encourage other grads to attend as well to discuss their experiences and answer questions about grad school. This will be a cool opportunity to interact and share knowledge! Also, FREE PIZZA from Adriaticos provided by the department. Hope to see many of you there! Event Flier Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:32 -0500 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#83 The World Was Never Flat: Early Global Encounters and the Messiness of Empire Mona Domosh Professor of Geography, Dartmouth College 1080 Derby Hall, 3:30‐5:00pm Thursday, October 29 Thomas Friedman's 2005 book The World is Flat was meant partly as a wake‐up call to those in the United States who direct its corporate boardrooms and govern its political/economic state, a warning that globalization has brought about a level economic "playing field" in which the United States might be losing the game. As rhetoric the title certainly works well to raise fears about North America's future economic role. It also works in concretizing a popular view of globalization, a view that obscures its uneven, discordant, and decidedly un‐flat processes and practices. In this paper I help deconstruct this view by literally fleshing out the everyday ways through which United States expanded economically in its early (1890‐1927) global empire. Based on archival work in Argentina, Russia, Scotland, and the United States, I provide an historical look at encounters between North American business men and women and their foreign customers, students and workers. Focusing on the diverse practices and personal encounters that were critical to the early global efforts of select United States‐based corporations, I expose the uneven, contested and messy ways that economic expansion works. By analyzing early global encounters when the economic dominance of the United States was just becoming apparent I am able to highlight the sheer complexity and truly relational nature of United States' expansion in the early 20th century. Colloquium Poster Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:14:16 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#82 Tuesday October 20th, 12:30-1:30, Journalism 243, Seminar Talk "How Immigration, Migration, and Aging in Place are Changing America’s Regions and Metropolitan Areas" 3:30-5:00, 1039 Derby, Open Discussion, Walk-In/Out When Convenient Style -- "Interpreting Trends for the Public: How to (Maybe) Avoid Controversy" An internationally known demographer, Bill Frey specializes in issues involving urban populations, migration, immigration, race, aging, political demographics, and the US Census.  Bill is a one of the foremost chronicler of contemporary urban trends, and finding him quoted in major newspapers is an ongoing occurrence.  His work is both factual and thought provoking; e.g., Regarding the 2008 election – Painting the Mountain States Blue – Virginia and Florida: Bookends of the New South – Race, Immigration and America’s Changing Electorate – Regarding the Housing/Foreclosure Crisis –  Migration to Hot Housing Markets Cools Off – Housing Bust Shatters State Migration Patterns – regarding Mainline Demography – Older Cities Hold On to More People – Mapping the Growth of Older America – Immigration and Demographic Balkanization: Toward One America or Two?”  Finally, Bill is well-known for his predilection towards attending a major league baseball game. Read More.   Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:31:47 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#79 Soft Cities: Software and the Remaking of the City Rob Kitchin Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis National University of Ireland, Maynooth Chair, Management Board of the Irish Social Sciences Platform 1080 Derby Hall, 3:30‐5:00pm Tuesday, October 13 Reception to Follow in Derby Hall Foyer The first half of this talk examines how cities and city life have become increasingly reliant on software to function, with code to varying degrees conditioning everyday life. Using a number of examples, it is demonstrated how software is evermore embedded into objects and controls systems with respect to spatial arenas such as the home and workplace, and spatial systems such astransportation networks. The second half of the paper theorises the difference that software makes to the world, arguing that a key effect is to beckon new spatial formations into existence. Software transduces space leading to the conditions of code/space and coded space - spaces that are reliant on software for their evolving nature. In so doing, an ontogenetic conception of space is forwarded. Colloquium Flyer Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:02:28 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#78 DANIEL Z. SUI, PhD Director, OSU Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA) and Professor of Geography and Distinguished Professor of social & Behavioral Sciences Dr. Sui will present an overview of the latest developments in geospatial information science & technology and discuss how they can be synergistically integrated into public health research. He will also discuss CURA’s existing and future projects related to GIS & public health. Seminar Outline. NEW TIME AND PLACE , as of Tue. Oct. 13 12:30PM Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:00-12:00PM Prior Health Sciences Library 5th Floor of Medical Heritage Center, 376 W. 10th Ave Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:55:44 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#77 Special Invitation for Ohio State University Students You’re working hard for your degree … come discover how you can put it to good use at ESRI. We’re looking for bright students who are passionate about applying their education in a rewarding career. At ESRI you’ll find interesting challenges and the opportunity to learn from smart, innovative colleagues. ESRI offers internship and career opportunities in • Software Development/Engineering • GIS Services • Software Product Development • Educational Services • Information Technology • Solutions Engineering • Technical Support • Marketing and Sales Visit ESRI staff at the Engineering Career Expo Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. French Field House Stop by our booth to learn how your education and skills can be applied to a rewarding career with ESRI. On-Campus Interviews Thursday, October 15, 2009 Interested students: please submit your resumé and available times to university@esri.com. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:14:50 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#76 This presentation surveys atmospheric effects can be quantified and characterized for engineering and weapons systems modeling and simulation. Some of the applications require input from numerical weather prediction models, and some are more generalized for battlefield engagement scenarios using climatology. Emphasis is placed on distributions in the vertical and the impacts this has on modeling and radiative transfer. Impacts on high energy laser and high power microwave systems, nuclear fallout prediction, cloud formation, numerical weather prediction, and possible climate change impacts are discussed. Recent AFIT research on new optical properties and index of refraction effects are also presented. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:10:24 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#75 A non-honors version of our very successful H410 course on Global Climate Change has been approved for launch this coming winter quarter. G420 will be taught Monday and Wednesday from 10:30 -12:18 (call number 27691) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:04:07 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#74 ELDAAG will be holding its annual meeting on Oct 23-24, in Dayton, OH (organized by Wright State University). ELDAG Conference Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:45:18 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#73 Faculty, Staff, Grads, Undergrads... Everyone is Welcome to Join us for the Department Welcome Event Friday October 2, 2009 11:30AM For GeoCashing in front of Derby Hall, Please sign up for geocashing event by emailing merry.19@osu.edu, (limit is 30 people) 12:00PM For Delicious lunch inside the Derby Hall Atrium. Event Poster Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:00:22 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#72 Mosley-Thompson was recently elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She will assume her new post on Thursday, October 1, 2009. Read the Ohio State press release: Ohio State Research News Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:37:04 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#71 Daniel Sui has joined The Ohio State University Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) as its director. He has also been named Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Geography. A 2009 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, Sui is a widely respected scholar in many aspects of technology, spatial sciences, urban, and regional research. He comes to Ohio State from Texas A & M where he held the Reta A. Haynes Endowed Chair in Geosciences and served as assistant vice president for research and director for geospatial information science & technology (GIST). Sui's research interests include the integration of spatial analysis and modeling with GIS for socio-economic and environmental applications, theoretical issues in geographic information science (GIScience), GIS in public health, urban geography, information ecology, and emerging geographies of the information society. He is currently working on legal and ethical issues of using geospatial technologies to track people, animals, and commodities. Sui is a Co-PI on a NSF-funded project on geographic knowledge production using volunteered geographic information. Sui serves as the editor-in-chief for GeoJournal and a contributing editor of GeoWorld. Sui is also a current member of the U.S. National Mapping Science Committee. CURA is one of eight university research centers in The Ohio Urban University Program (UUP), the State's foremost urban public policy and economic development resource and the oldest statewide inter-university program in the United States. The primary mission of CURA is to conduct research on issues/problems that apply to urban and metropolitan areas, rural areas, and broader regional issues. CURA plays a major role in tracking urban growth and land use change, household migration and foreclosure patterns, and infrastructure vulnerability, as well as assessing workforce development, security networks, and neighborhood revitalization. "We are very fortunate to have a scholar of Dan's caliber come to Ohio State to lead CURA," said Morton O'Kelly, chair and professor of geography. "He excels as a scientist, teacher and administrator, and he has the ability to lead people and programs to their highest levels." Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:04:17 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#70 Join us for our annual "End of the year Potluck" to commemorate a productive, and eventful 2008-09 academic year! This year was indeed special, as we celebrated 100 years of OSU Geography! The potluck will be held on Friday June 5, 2009 at 11:30 in 1039 Derby Hall. All are welcome to this event, including family members. As usual, we are soliciting dishes for this event! A sign-up is available in the mail room. If cooking or baking isn't your thing, we could also use help in setting up and cleaning up the room. Questions? Please contact Sarah Wright. We hope to see you there! Sat, 30 May 2009 15:00:58 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#69 Peter J. Webster will present "The evolution of the tropics and the modulation of convection" on Thursday June 4, 2009 at 12:00 P.M. in 136 Scott Hall.   He will discuss a new paradigm to understand why tropical cyclones have increased intensity, but not in number as our climate changes.  For a complete abstract and official flyer, click here. Dr. Webster is a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Fri, 29 May 2009 12:14:40 -0400 http://www.geography.osu.edu/news-and-events#68