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From Ohio University News As Japan awaits a decision on whether its city of Sapporo will get to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, Yeong-Hyun Kim spent the summer in Japan researching both the lure and the urban impact of being an Olympic venue. “After the pandemic-marred Tokyo 2020, you would assume […]

The Ohio University Board of Trustees approved the following 24 College of Arts & Sciences faculty members for faculty fellowship leaves. Each year Ohio University provides faculty with the opportunity to request leave from their campus responsibilities to concentrate on their research and scholarly activity. Emilia Alonso-Sameno, Modern Languages, spring—Collaborative […]

By Kaia Mckenney (Freshman in HTC Environmental Studies) The Wealth & Poverty theme took its spring field trip to Downtown Columbus on Saturday March 30. Led by Dr. Yeong Kim of Geography and Columbus-based urban planner Kyle May, 22 Ohio University students participated in the trip to examine growing patterns […]

Dr. Yeong Kim took 22 students, mostly from her Urban Geography class, but also from Geography-Urban Planning and Sustainability, International Development Studies, and the Wealth and Poverty certificate, to Downtown Columbus on March 30 to investigate several redevelopment sites, including the Scioto Mile, Franklinton, Short North, and Arena District. Although […]

  The Wealth and Poverty theme presents a faculty research talk by Dr. Nicole Kaufman on “Governing through Partnerships: Neoconservative Governance and State Reliance on Religious NGOs in Drug Policy” on Wednesday, March 27, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Alden 319. Abstract: From the drug war to current responses […]

The Wealth and Poverty theme presents a fieldtrip titled “Inequality and Urban Change in Columbus” on Saturday, March 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. To sign up, contact Dr. Yeong Kim, Associate Professor of Geography and Wealth and Poverty theme coordinator, at kimy1@ohio.edu. Space is limited. Columbus will add […]

The Post talked to Dr. Yeong Kim, Associate Professor of Geography and coordinator of the Wealth & Poverty theme,  in a story headlined “Week on Immigrants speakers to discuss immigration at national and local levels.” At a time when discussions on immigration are especially heated, Ohio University is providing students […]