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Does Recent Extreme Weather Suggest a Change in the Wind?

Cameron Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography at 海角原创, shares his expertise on the possible reasons behind the spate of recent extreme weather events happening across the globe. Lee, who was recently interviewed on the topic during the 鈥淩ay Horner Morning Show鈥 on WAKR-AM in Akron, Ohio, specializes in climate and weather change. 

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Building More Sustainable Cities - with Lego

Familiar building bricks help students devise and visualize sustainable solutions for urban environments.

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Drone footage shows the freight train derailment, Feb. 6, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Ntsbgov/via Reuters)

海角原创 Experts Weigh in on Aftermath of East Palestine Train Derailment

海角原创 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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海角原创 Geography Professors to Assess Relative Extreme Temperature Events and Develop Monitoring Tools With NOAA

Principal Investigator Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography (within the College of Arts and Sciences) at 海角原创, was recently awarded a three-year, $387,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office and its Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections Program (MAPP). The project is titled 鈥淓xcess Heat and Excess Cold Factors: Establishing a unified duration-intensity metric for monitoring hazardous temperature conditions in North America鈥.

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Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in 鈥榃eather Whiplash鈥 Events

Many wonder if climate change is the reason we鈥檝e 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 海角原创, gets asked this question a lot. Looking beyond just the average temperatures and statistical means, he decided to take a more analytical look at weather whiplash and add to a growing body of climate change literature examining temperature variability trends.

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Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award

He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 海角原创鈥檚 Department of Geography, recently received NASA鈥檚 New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.

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Curated May 4 Oral History Clips Paired With Online Interactive Map of Kent From 1970

They remember the sights and sounds of helicopters and trucks as the Ohio National Guard moved into their small college town. They remember the smell of tear gas. They remember the chants of the protesters against the Vietnam War and invasion of Cambodia. They remember the panic and fear that ensued immediately after they heard that four students were killed and nine wounded when the guardsmen opened fire on campus. On May 4, 1970, many people in Kent experienced a traumatic event that they will never forget.

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