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Geoserver Project Gives Virginians
a Detailed View of the Commonwealth
Radford University's Geoserver gives computer users an opportunity to take a bird's-eye view of the Commonwealth without having to soar into the clouds.

Recently, nearly 24,000 aerial photographs of Virginia were added to the project website. The photos were taken by aircraft by the Virginia Geographic Network in 2002. The detailed images are at scales of 1:100, 1:200 and 1:400. Jay Flynn, a system administrator at RU who operates and updates the Geoserver, says the project is a popular online attraction and is used by numerous professionals, including engineering firms, federal government and researchers. Flynn says the 10-year-old Geoserver project is also a hit on campus among a variety of academic disciplines, such as geology, criminal justice and biology.

Last year, the Commonwealth removed copyright restrictions from the photos, allowing RU to make the images free for public use. The Geoserver project is available online.

Campus News

Men's Basketball Team Takes on VMI Tonight
RU's men's basketball team hits the road tonight to visit the VMI Keydets for a key Big South Conference showdown. Game time is 7 p.m. Follow the action on 107.1 WPSK-FM with Rick Watson and Jeff Kleppin. To learn more, visit the RU Athletics website.

Scholarship Applications Now Available
The Radford University Foundation is pleased to announce that scholarship brochures and applications for the 2008 - 2009 academic year are now available. Distribution sites include "The Bonnie," McConnell Library, Dean of Students Office, the Radford University Foundation Office, Deans' offices and other departments on campus and the Roanoke campus.

Students may apply for as many as three scholarships. Two references are also required. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 7, 2008. All students are encouraged to apply. To learn more, please contact the Scholarship Coordinator at (540) 831-5108.

RU Performance Series Presents
State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico
The State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico will be in concert Friday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. in the Bondurant Auditorium, Preston Hall. The concert is part of the University Performance Series. Admission is $16 general public, $8 children and free with RU I.D. Tickets are on sale now at Hurlburt Hall and can be purchased by calling (540) 831-5420. To learn more, see the RU News Release.

Terrorism and Security Awareness Presentations
Scheduled for Faculty and Staff
Additional Terrorism and Security Awareness presentations have been scheduled for the month of February. Each session will be held in Hurlburt Hall, Room 248, and is limited to 60 people. To view the complete schedule, see the Training Calendar. To register, please email Todd Branscome at atbransco@radford.edu.

New RU faces Profiles Online
Be sure to visit RU faces, where new profiles have been added highlighting the amazing accomplishments and journeys of RU faculty, staff, alumni and students.

Kudos

RU Finance Professor Featured in Financial Post
Shalini Perumpral, professor of finance, was recently featured in Financial Post. The article cited her study of financial market correlations from 1988 until 2003. She explains that her work "showed how strongly the developed markets of Europe and Japan were correlated and the shifting nature of these correlations. It also showed that the possibilities for international diversification, if any, for U.S. investors now lay primarily with emerging markets in South America and Asia. However, these markets showed their susceptibility to U.S. economic conditions in the current crisis."

In the wake of today's turmoil in the financial market, her point resonates. "Notice how all the world's financial markets fell in response to the U.S. subprime crisis," she says.

Perumpral co-wrote the article (follow link to read the Financial Post story) with James Slaydon, a former colleague, and Bob Yang, a former MBA student with whom Perumpral initially researched the topic.

The Back Page

Periodically, the Back Page section of RU Today will include an unusual photograph of a place or scene on campus.

Can you guess where or what it is? The location will be revealed in the next RU Today.

Answer from Feb. 4 edition: Flags flap in the breeze in front of Hurlburt Hall.

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