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Chris Post, Ph.D., professor of geography at 91²Ö¿â at Stark, will serve as the 2024 speaker for the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series, a part of the university's annual May 4 Commemoration events.

Chris Post Selected as 2024 Speaker for 91²Ö¿â’s Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series

The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of 91²Ö¿â Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Professor of Geography Chris Post, Ph.D., presenting â€œDeveloping and Interpreting the Wounded Student Markers at 91²Ö¿â†as this year’s selected speaker. The Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon will be held on May 3.

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Does Recent Extreme Weather Suggest a Change in the Wind?

Cameron Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography at 91²Ö¿â, 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 “Ray Horner Morning Show†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)

91²Ö¿â Experts Weigh in on Aftermath of East Palestine Train Derailment

91²Ö¿â 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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91²Ö¿â Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence

91²Ö¿â 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 91²Ö¿â, 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 â€œExcess Heat and Excess Cold Factors: Establishing a unified duration-intensity metric for monitoring hazardous temperature conditions in North Americaâ€.

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Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in ‘Weather Whiplash’ Events

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 91²Ö¿â, 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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