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The Wealth and Poverty Theme is sponsoring a public lecture with Mike Goldberg of the World Bank on Tuesday, March 18, at 1:30 p.m. in Baker Theater. Goldberg, Operations Adviser to the Regional Vice President oft the Africa Region at the World Bank, will discuss “Do institutional solutions for poverty […]

The Geography Colloquium series presents Dr. Daniel Sui on “Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge: VGI, Social Media, and Beyond” on Friday, March 21,  at 3:05 p.m. in Clippinger 119. Sui, Professor of Geography and Distinguished Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences at the Ohio State University, also serves as Chair of Geography […]

Ohio University’s Fifth Annual Meteorological Symposium is Saturday, March 29, from  noon to 5 p.m. at Walter 235. The symposium is free and open to the general public and the Ohio University community. If attending, please RSVP to ohiouniversityams@gmail.com. The symposium provides a learning opportunity for students, professionals, and the general public to […]

The Department of Geography Colloquium series presents Dr. Rinku Roy Chowdhury of Indiana University on “Is Urbanization Homogenizing America? Comparing Residential Landscapes across Social and Biophysical Gradients” on Friday, April 4, at 3:05 p.m. in Clippinger 119. ABSTRACT: Urban residential expansion is an important component of global changes in land […]

Seth Borenstein, a national science writer for the Associated Press, talks about climate change on Tuesday, April 15, at 5 p.m. in Baker Center 240. His talk on “Too Hot to Handle: What climate change is doing and why we don’t pay attention” will be open to the public. This event […]

Dr. Maria Eugenia Bonilla-Chacin of the World Bank discusses “Lessons from Health Programs in Latin America” on Friday, March 21, at 3 p.m., in Bentley Hall 124. Bonilla-Chacin is a Senior Economist with the World Bank’s Health, Nutrition and Population Unit. In the last decades countries in Latin America have […]

Dr. Amy Rock, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography at Ohio University, presents “The ‘Appalachian Problem’: A Fresh Perspective” at 3:05 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, in Clippinger 119. Abstract: For almost half a century, Appalachia has been viewed as a “region apart” from the rest of the United States. Culturally, […]