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Kent State faculty, community partners named 2026 Engagement Award recipients
April 3, 2026
Several faculty members from Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, along with community partners, are among the recipients of the…
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Kent State Geographer to Discuss Mapping May 4 and Oral Histories During University’s 2025 Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series
April 9, 2025
Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography at Kent State University, will serve as the 2025 speaker for the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series, a part of the university's annual May 4 Commemoration events.
Read More »Geography Department Welcomes Two Fulbright Scholars
Oct. 28, 2024
For the first time ever, the Kent State University Department of Geography is home to two Fulbright students: Alindomar Silva and …
Read More »From Iowa to Ohio: New Faculty Member Sets Sights on Urban and Suburban Challenges
Oct. 24, 2024
We are thrilled to welcome Assistant Professor Patrick Bitterman, Ph.D., who joined us as a new tenure-track faculty member in the Department of Geography at Kent State University this semester! Bitterman comes to us from the School of Global Integrative Studies at the…
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Distinguished Alumna Helps Open Exhibit Showcasing Women’s Role in Cartography During World War II
Oct. 15, 2024
The Military Mapping Maidens of World War II exhibit is now on display on the first floor of the Kent State University Library through November 15.
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Kent State Experts Weigh in on Aftermath of East Palestine Train Derailment
Feb. 23, 2023
Kent State University faculty members have been contacted by various media outlets to lend their expert opinions and insight as cleanup work, air monitoring, water testing and more continues following the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
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Kent State Geography Professors to Assess Relative Extreme Temperature Events and Develop Monitoring Tools With NOAA
June 17, 2022
Principal Investigator Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography (within the College of Arts and Sciences) at Kent State University, was recently awarded a three-year, $387,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (…
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Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in ‘Weather Whiplash’ Events
Jan. 17, 2022
Many wonder if climate change is the reason we’ve had 'weather whiplash' or day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot. As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State…
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Things Are Heating Up in Climate Change Research
Oct. 8, 2020
Climate change can now be measured on a global scale using multiple weather variables, according to new research published by Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Kent State.
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Kent State Geography Professor Elected President of American Association of Geographers
April 2, 2019
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United…
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