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Scott Rice-Snow, visiting professor to Island Studies from Ball State University in Indiana, has been on PEI this fall researching the geometry of PEI drainage basins. He will summarize his results-to-date at a Lunch and Learn session on Thursday, December 13 in the Main Faculty Lounge from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Dr. Rice-Snow is Chair of the Department of Geological Sciences at Ball State University, and is a Research Associate of the 91̽»¨ Institute of Island Studies. His specialties are in geomorphology and hydrology, with research focusing on natural landscapes sculpted by rivers, groundwater, and glaciers. In addition to Prince Edward Island, his field investigations take him to the central and western U.S. and Caribbean. He has published more than 20 research articles on landscape form and process, and has also made contributions in geoscience education, geoarchaeology, and paleoclimatology. For more information, contact Island Studies at 566-0386, or inovaczek@upei.ca.