On Tuesday, February 19, the Department of Geography and Geology and GeoClub at EMU will be hosting a presentation by Brittany Cymes, a doctoral candidate at Miami University and a 2014 graduate of EMU. She will be presenting on work from her doctoral research, entitled Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Rare-Earth Manganese Oxide Minerals for Catalytic Degradation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).