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Feb 9, 2024

Collaboration, Innovation Address Food Security Needs in Bangladesh with New Rice Mapping Method

Working closely with professionals in Bangladesh, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Varun Tiwari developed research to address an important data gap he’d learned about while an analyst at an international nonprofit.

Feb 8, 2024

Celebrating Our Community: Fifth Annual CGA Awards

At our Awards Dinner on February 5, the Center for Geospatial Analytics honored students, faculty and staff for their achievements and presented the CGA Awards.

Jan 18, 2024

Presenting on Flood Risk, Development and Human Migration at AGU

At the recent American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Margaret Lawrimore presented her research with FUTURES 3.0, the Center's signature land change model.

Jan 11, 2024

First, Do No Harm: Guidance for Community-Engaged Research After Disasters

How can scientific studies avoid exacerbating trauma? How, like medical interventions, can they be designed and conducted to “first, do no harm”? Enter the SHIFT framework co-developed by faculty fellow Bethany Cutts.

Jan 10, 2024

Exploring Urban Flooding with Satellite Imagery at AGU

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Rebecca Composto uses satellite imagery and machine learning to map urban floods, determining flood extent and its impact after Hurricane Ida in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Jan 4, 2024

2023 Year in Review

What were our most popular news stories from 2023? Check out the top ten news blog posts from the Center for Geospatial Analytics.

Dec 14, 2023

Congrats to Our December 2023 Graduates!

This semester, we celebrate the NC State graduation of 38 members of the Center for Geospatial Analytics community. Congratulations to all of our doctoral, professional master’s and graduate certificate students on their success!

Dec 14, 2023

The Varied Real-World Impacts of Experiential Learning

During the Fall 2023 semester, our graduating professional master’s students worked with industry, government and nonprofit partners to apply their knowledge and skills to pressing geospatial challenges.

Dec 12, 2023

Fall 2023 Geospatial Forum Rewind

During the Fall 2023 Geospatial Forum series, guest speakers discussed topics ranging from climate change and earthquakes to youth mental health and GIS in the news; two interactive studios also taught our community about cartography in journalism and cloud computing with Google Earth Engine and geemap.

Dec 6, 2023

Graduating Student Spotlight: Xiaojie Gao

Gao will graduate in December 2023 with a Ph.D. in Geospatial Analytics. He is currently employed as a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University.