Post Tagged with: "Geography news"

Alumni News | Lewis’ Forecasts Help Pilots, Forest Firefighters, Communities

Simone Lewis. left, at a Meteorological Symposium.

Ohio University meteorology alum Simone Lewis ’03 is a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, and her weather forecasts help pilots at multiple airports across the country make flying decisions. Lewis earned a degree in Geography-Meteorology, along with minors in Physics and Mathematics, from the College of Arts & Sciences. […]

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April 28, 2019 at 1:00 pmAlumni

Two A&S Faculty Named 2019-20 University Professors

Jana House and Morgan Vis

From Compass Two College of Arts & Sciences faculty are among the four recipients of the 2019-20 University Professors: Dr. Jana B. Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography Dr. Morgan L. Vis, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology The University Professor program recognizes outstanding teaching at the university, and benefits faculty […]

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April 25, 2019 at 12:08 pmAnnouncements News

Meteorological Society Announces New Officers

The Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society announced its officers for the 2019-20 academic year: President: Peter Hein Vice President: Michaela Gress Secretary: Madelyn Baer Treasurer: Eden Koval Events Coordinators: Josh Noe and Steven Weinstein Outreach: Alyssa Lanier Fundraising: Charlotte Connolly Advertising: Isabel Gregorek (OUCAMS) is the meteorology […]

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April 22, 2019 at 12:43 pmAnnouncements

Alumni News | Lt. Col. Fuller Reflects on Career Launched at OHIO

Lt. Col. Fuller in 1990, U.S. Army retirement day. He retired from the U.S. Army following nearly 23 years of active military service.

Lt. Col. Clark Fuller (ret.) (’75) earned his M.A. in Geography from Ohio University. In this article, he reflects on how his education and military experience helped shape his career. by Lt. Col. Clark Fuller In 1971, I was a career Army officer (rank of captain) who had relatively recently […]

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April 18, 2019 at 6:20 pmAlumni

Happy Beginnings | Koran Studies Swahili in Tanzania, Heads to Peace Corps in Rwanda

Alexandra Koran

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Alexandra Koran ’19 won a U.S. Critical Language Scholarship, a highly prestigious and nationally competitive scholarship, to study Swahili for eight weeks in […]

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April 18, 2019 at 1:31 pmAlumni

Alumni News | Krautmann Creates Social Media Storm over Sliced Bagels

Alek Krautmann

Ohio University alum and meteorologist Alek Krautmann created a social media storm when he brought bagels to work sliced the St. Louis Bread Company way—vertically, not horizontally, reports Today in a story headlined “This is the most upsetting way to slice a bagel.” Krautmann earned an M.S. in Geography from […]

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April 7, 2019 at 1:15 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

EOS Quotes Houser in Story on Finding Tornadoes in Canada

Dr. Jana Houser with the University of Oklahoma’s Rapid-scan, X-band, polarimetric mobile radar (RaXPol).

Earth, Space and Science News interviewed Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography at Ohio University, for a story headlined “Before Canadian Scientists Can Study Tornadoes, They Have to Find Them.” Jana Houser, an assistant professor of meteorology at Ohio University, studies how tornadoes form and how topography affects them. She’s […]

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April 7, 2019 at 12:35 pmFaculty in the News In the News