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Department of Geography

OSU showcases power of geospatial technology with inaugural GIS Day

Oklahoma State University hosted its first GIS Day on Oct. 28, highlighting how Geographic Information Systems technology impacts people and fuels processes around the world and across industries. “GIS Day is an international event that celebrates the use of GIS technology — tools that help people visualize, analyze and interpret geospatial data,” said Dr. Jon Comer, head of the OSU Department of Geography. “This technology underlies many applications we use every day, such as Google Maps, and plays a vital role in research, planning, and decision-making across a wide range of fields.”
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Fri, Aug 22, 2025

CAS faculty advance knowledge across continents and cultures

Thu, Apr 10, 2025

Geography, plant biology professors secure NASA funding for grasslands research using remote sensing

Fri, Mar 28, 2025

Hard hats and Cowboy hats: OSU alumni create housing project to help homeless youth

Thu, Jan 30, 2025

OSU faculty members recognized for their literary works
OSU researchers tackling wildfire risks linked to electrical infrastructure

Tue, Oct 08, 2024

Assistant Professor Dr. Hamid Nazaripouya of Oklahoma State University’s College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology has recently been funded by NASA for his project that aims to advance power grid and pre-fire situational awareness by integrating fire-ignition electrical fault data with high-resolution Earth observations of ecological and biophysical factors.

Department of Natural Resource Ecology and ManagementResearchElectrical and Computer EngineeringDivision of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ResourcesThe Cowboy CodeCollege of Engineering Architecture and TechnologyGeographyFire Protection and Safety Engineering TechnologyDepartment of GeographyCollege of Arts and Sciences
CAS faculty are living out the land-grant mission in their teaching, research and extension efforts

Thu, Sep 12, 2024

All 24 College of Arts and Sciences departments are working to advance Oklahoma State University’s land-grant mission in their teaching, research and extension efforts.

College of Arts and SciencesPsychologyCAS researchCAS Facultyland-grant weekDepartment of HistoryEnglishPhysicsDepartment of PhysicsDepartment of GeographyCASDepartment of English
CAS faculty researching water, providing training to nourish the world

Fri, Sep 06, 2024

Water management, access and treatment are key to the work Oklahoma State University’s College of Arts and Sciences’ faculty are doing to ensure communities have the resources to nourish the world for years to come.

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Geography Ph.D. student Ny Aina Rakotoarivony receives prestigious NASA FINESST award

Tue, Sep 03, 2024

M. Ny Aina Rakotoarivony, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography, was awarded the prestigious Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) grant.

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CAS, CEAT and Ag faculty awarded $460K NSF grant for drone research

Wed, Dec 06, 2023

Faculty members from Oklahoma State University’s College of Arts and Sciences; College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology; and Ferguson School of Agriculture were recently awarded a $460,000 grant from the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program to acquire the Advanced Low-altitude Earth Observing System, an unoccupied aircraft system-based instrument.

College of Engineering Architecture and TechnologyResearchCASDepartment of GeographyCollege of Arts and SciencesFerguson College of Agriculture
Gettysburg tells the story of more than a battle − military park shows what national ‘reconciliation’ looked like for decades after Civil War

Thu, Nov 30, 2023

On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate a cemetery at the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Four months before, about 50,000 soldiers had been killed, wounded or captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, later seen as a turning point in the war.

CASCAS researchThe ConversationDepartment of GeographyCollege of Arts and SciencesGeographyOSU Research
18 CAS students named Seniors of Significance

Fri, Oct 27, 2023

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association named 18 College of Arts and Sciences students as 2023-24 Seniors of Significance.

PsychologyCommunication Sciences and DisordersUniversity StudiesbiochemistryDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsCASCollege of Arts and SciencesPolitical ScienceDepartment of GeographyDepartment of BiologySchool of Media and Strategic Communications
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