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“The settling of Ohio is all about the rivers—what the settlers called the Western waters,” said Dr. Kim Gruenwald at the Settling Ohio: First Nations and Beyond conference held Feb. 21-22 at Ohio University. She went on to describe trade bounded by the movement of goods when river conditions were […]

The first settlers to Ohio arrived more than 13,000 years ago. They likely traveled a land bridge from Asia down through Western North American, then made their way east to the Ohio Valley. More modern history finds another group of settlers coming from the newly formed republic in Eastern North […]

Ohio celebrates Statehood Day on Feb. 26, 2020, with one contentious issue still lingering since the founding of the state—property tax funding of public education. Two speakers at the Settling Ohio conference, held at Ohio University Feb. 21-22, 2020, talked about how taxpayer funding of public education, while deemed to […]

From Ohio University News The Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (OUCAMS) was recently awarded the “Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year” for the 2018-19 academic year by the American Meteorological Society. “It’s a really big honor,” said chapter adviser Dr. Ryan Fogt, Associate Professor of Geography and […]

From Ohio University News Ohio University hosts “Settling Ohio: First Nations and Beyond,” a conference highlighting the events and actions that shaped the State of Ohio, on Friday, Feb. 21, and Saturday, Feb. 22, at Baker University Center on the Athens campus. The conference includes presentations by historians and scholars, […]

Dayton’s Cloudy with a Chance of Podcast interviewed Dr. Ryan Fogt in an episode headlined “Climate Matters.” Fogt, a climatologist and Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio University, was interviewed by WHIO-TV Storm Center 7 Chief Meteorologist McCall Vrydaghs and Meteorologist Kirstie Zontini. Zontini is an Ohio University alum who […]

Tornadoes form fast—in just one to two minutes—and meteorologists don’t always know which storms will produce them. Forecasters use radar systems in fixed locations that scan the environment at a slower rate than tornadoes develop. Dr. Jana Houser, Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio University, and colleagues at the University […]