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USC Geographers in the News
This page contains links to newspaper and periodical articles, as well as radio and television interviews, which feature USC Department of Geography faculty members. Since many articles are owned by the media, the links are limited to those articles and interviews which are freely accessible. March 2008 Ms. Clio Andris has received a scholarship/fellowship to pursue her PhD in Information Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The scholarship/fellowship is awarded under the Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Defense Education Program “SMART” Program. The program recognizes academically excellent students pursuing degrees in disciplines of particular interest to the (DoD). The funding includes tuition, related educational fees and living expenses of $36,000 per year. Under the program Clio is also eligible for summer internships at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR). Ms. Clio Andris won the Poster Presentation at the University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day for 2008. The award information will be on the USC web site soon. Mr. Eric Tate won a 2008 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship. This award is based on a students' abilities and accomplishments, as well as on potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the U.S. science and engineering programs. The stipend rate for 2008-09 is $30,000. Fellowships are funded for a maximum of three years and can be used in any three, year-long units over the five-year period after the initial award." June 2007 Dr. Cary Mock was quoted in the Palm Beach (Florida) Post. Please read Dr. Mock's comments on his research on historical hurricanes. Don't miss the interesting sidebar on the storms that changed history. September 2006 Dr. Diansheng Guo has a recent article featured on the cover of the November/December issue of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. To read the article, click on it's title, A Visualization System for Spatio-Temporal and Multivariate Patterns (VIS-STAMP). August 2006 Dr. Ed Carr had an Op-ed piece published in the Myrtle Beach Sun News. Please follow this link to read the online version of his editorial Ocean resources short on protection. Ms. Ke Liao, one of our graduate students, was this year's winner of the Transactions in GIS graduate student presentation prize. The prize was awarded at the UCGIS 2006 Summer Assembly. Ms. Liao's paper will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal. March 2006 Dr. Jerry Mitchell was interviewed in a "live-chat" session. Please follow this link to read more about the Graniteville South Carolina Chlorine Spill, presented on The EIIP Virtual Forum. January 2006 Dr. Cary Mock was quoted about the warm weather. Please read the entire article that appeared in the Rock Hill Herald. December 2005 Dr. Kirstin Dow and Dr. Ed Carr were among the scientists of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment whose research received the presitigious environmental award, the Zayed Prize for Scientific and Technological Acheivement. Zayed Prize for Global Leadership on the Environment was awarded to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Click this link to read the BBC article. Dr. Dow was a coordinating lead author, responsible not only for writing most of her own chapter, but also as editor and coordinator of materials from the other authors. Dr. Carr was the lead author of his chapter, with responsibilities for planning and writing much of his chapter. Dr. Dow's chapter, "Vulnerable People and Places", was published in Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Current States and Trends, Vol. 1. Dr. Carr's chapter, "Four Scenarios" was published in Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Scenarios, Vol. 2. Dr. Cary Mock was quoted in the Island Packet Newspaper regarding the historic hurricanes along the South Carolina coast. Click this link to read the article. November 2005 Dr. Jerry Mitchell was interviewed about the Graniteville Train accident. Follow this link to read about the interview conducted by Channel 7 in Spartanburg, SC. October 2005 Dr. Will Graf , Foundation University Professor and Professor of Geography, is the recipient of a 2005 John Wesley Powell Award, the U.S. Geological Survey’s highest award for achievement. Read more about Dr. Graf and the prestigious award. Dr. Susan Cutter's research on disasters cited in a Christian Science Monitor
article The ties between disaster aid and politics. The Associated Press reports on Dr. Cary Mock's
research on historical hurricane records in The Myrtle Beach Sun News. Dr. Cary Mock comments on hurricane Wilma in
The State Newspaper. Dr. Cary Mock has been awarded a grant of nearly $300,000 from the National Science Foundation
to reconstruct U.S. hurricane history. Mock is one of the leading authorities on hurricane history in the Southeast.
Using plantation diaries, ship logs, newspapers and other diaries, Mock has gone back hundreds of years to reconstruct
the hurricane history of the American South. The grant will enable Mock to extend his focus from New England to the
Caribbean, Bermuda and the Bahamas, collaborating with staff at the National Hurricane Center in Miami to assess past
hurricane activity as it may relate to global warming. Read the article
in The State Newspaper. At the at the 25th ESRI User Conference, Dr. David Cowen was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his excellence in Geographic Information Systems Technology. Read more about Dr. Cowen's achievements Read Dr. Ed Carr's editorial, Burying our Heads in Eroding Sands published in The State Newspaper. Dr. Carr is a lead author of the 4th Global Environment Outlook, United Nations Environment Program. September 2005 Learn more about Hurricane Katrina. Read Dr. Susan Cutter's article,
Understanding Katrina: Perspectives from the
Social Sciences. Dr. Susan Cutter and Dr. John Kupfer each receive $25,000 funding from USC to
research projects on aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Read more at USC News. Dr. Susan Cutter's reaction to Hurrican Katrina response covered by NPR. Listen to or read her comments on
On-Point. Dr. David Cowen makes the featured presentation at the SC Education Oversight Committe's
Common Ground Conference. Click here
to view the presentation. Dr. Cary Mock cited in The State newspaper's article on Senator DeMint's praise of the National Weather Service. August 2005
Hazards Research Lab research team working to save lives in Katrina's wake January 2005
Susan Cutter. Dr. Cutter to be a team leader for the U.S. Homeland Security Behavioral Research Center. October 2004
September 2004 Cary Mock discusses the historic record and frequency of hurricanes visiting South Carolina in the Island Packet (http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/3810284p-3413160c.html). The 40 to 60 year cycle of hurricane activity is discussed by Cary Mock in the State newspaper. See the story at http://www.thestate.com/mld/state/9639188.htm. Susan Cutter. The State Newspaper quotes Dr. Cutter concerning the busy hurricane season. Read the article. May 2004 Ed Carr is a featured new faculty member in USC Times News & Headlines. Please read the article at http://www.sc.edu/usctimes/articles/New%20faculty/new_fac_carr.html Susan Cutter. SHELDUS, a hazards database developed by Dr. Cutter and her colleagues, tallies the costs of U.S. disasters from 1960 through 2000. See article in Science Magazine. April 2004 Cary Mock. USC geographer says, Weather may have helped bring down Hunley. See reprint in The Myrtle Beach Sun News. Cary Mock. USC geographer awarded NSF grant to reconstruct 19th-century weather. http://uscnews.sc.edu/facu091.html January 2004 David Cowen. Cowen second USC geographer to be named NAS national associate. http://uscnews.sc.edu/geog003.html August - December 2003 Helen Power. USC climatologist quoted in British newspaper, The Guardian. Retrieved 12/18/03 from http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1108853,00.html John Jensen, Susan Cutter, David Cowen, and Michael Hodgson, The State (2003). USC gets $2.4 million NASA grant. Retrieved 11/18/03, from http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/7288293.htm Cary Mock, Large amount of rain in 2003 not unusual considering South Carolina's entire weather history, http://www.sc.edu/usctimes/articles/2003-08/rain_research.html June - July 2003 Susan Cutter, Pink plumage perks up this professor's office, http://www.sc.edu/usctimes/articles/2003-07/flamingoes.html Chuck Kovacik, Lisle Mitchell, and Ted Steinke, Three geography faculty retire after a combined 102 years, http://www.sc.edu/usctimes/articles/2003-06/geography_retire.html |
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