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Staying Ahead of the Storm

Lawrence Kiage (center), assistant professor of geosciences at Georgia State University, and graduate assistants Amber Keller (left) and Dan McCartha (right), cross the Intracoastal Waterway in a Department of the Interior Boat, motoring from the mainland at Saint Marys, Ga. to Cumberland Island.
Lawrence Kiage (center), assistant professor of geosciences at Georgia State University, and graduate assistants Amber Keller (left) and Dan McCartha (right), cross the Intracoastal Waterway in a Department of the Interior Boat, motoring from the mainland at Saint Marys, Ga. to Cumberland Island.

To better prepare coastal Georgia for the worst, a GSU researcher digs to uncover clues from hurricanes of the past. (GSU Magazine, Fall 2012)

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Mapping History

Jeremy Crampton, left; right: map of Normandy Beach, France, in preparation for D-Day.

Geography professor Jeremy Crampton tells the story of mapmakers who helped win World War II and shape post-war Europe. (GSU Magazine, Fall 2010)

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Selected Works: In the Line of the Fire (2009 Station Fire Threatens Mount Wilson Observatory/CHARA Array)

In late August 2009, the California Station Fire threatened the six-telescope Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array operated by GSU on Mount Wilson, but with efforts of firefighters and observatory staff, the flames were kept at bay.