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“I graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. in Geography (concentrating in cartography under the direction of Dr. Hugh Blömer) in 1988. After graduation I held various job titles with the U.S. Geologic Survey, R. R. Donnelley and Sons, Intergraph Corp., Kansas Geologic Survey, and the T. R. Smith Map […]

“The skills Ohio University’s Geography Department offered me have been pertinent and useful in my career,” says Eliza (Clarke) Thrush ’09 (M.A. Geography). “As a student, I focused on the regulatory process for wetlands, but also was very interested in city/environment interaction and land use planning. After completing a master’s […]

“I have had quite the journey since finishing my degree at OU in 2004,” says Adam Kurowski ’04 (M.A. Geography). “I’ve held GIS-related positions in New Hampshire for the Department of Safety – 911 Division, the Lakes Region Planning Commission, and as an Adjunct Professor at Plymouth State University. Moving […]

The Geography Department is now the proud owner of a drone—a DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Quadcopter with 2.7K Go-Pro Camera and 3-Axis Gimbal. The camera will be a great resource for classroom applications, as well as faculty and student research projects. Dr. Jim Lein is starting things off with a […]

The Geography Department is elated to announce the creation of a new scholarship for Geography students. Professor Emerita Nancy Bain and her husband, George, endowed the scholarship with a generous donation, which was then combined with funds from the former Margaret Boyd Research Scholarship (that Nancy established in the 1980s). […]

Undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences Introduction to Sustainability (CAS 1415) course become urban planners for a day. Students in CAS 1415 recently put what they learned about sustainable urban planning into practice by designing their own sustainable neighborhoods. During the preceding two weeks of class, […]

Dr. Hubert G. H. Wilhelm passed away on Friday, Nov. 20, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 84, reports the Athens Messenger. “Hubert epitomized the ideal of a professor; was never concerned about counting publications, or where the next grant was coming from, he simply did what he enjoyed […]