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Sep 3, 2024

Ph.D. Student Eli Horner Selected for Distinguished Graduate Research Program

The program, which funds students for two years, is a collaboration between NC State and the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Read more about this unique research opportunity.

Aug 28, 2024

Center Faculty Fellow Named 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar

Fernando Garcia Menendez will spend the academic year at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he will study the impacts of air pollution from Canadian wildfires and work with Canadian researchers to explore strategies to mitigate them.

Aug 21, 2024

Using Machine Learning to Map Floods

A Ph.D. student at the Center for Geospatial Analytics trained a machine-learning model to create maps that could help identify potentially flood-prone areas in urban settings.

Aug 20, 2024

Five Center Ph.D. Students Named 2024-2025 Global Change Research Fellows

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students Eunhye (Grace) Choi, Jamie Huerta, Gwen Kirschke, Bigyapti Nepal and Asumi Sato will spend the year engaged in multi-disciplinary research funded by the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center.

Aug 14, 2024

Ph.D. Student Rebecca Composto Awarded $10,000 Fellowship to Improve Flood Mapping

Composto, one of the North Carolina Space Grant 2024-2025 graduate research fellows, will conduct research to benefit NASA's Mission Directorates.

Aug 9, 2024

Using A.I. to Boost Team USA’s Olympic Breaking Performance

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Christopher Dunstan's passion for combining data science and dance could help Team USA's breaking squad land top podium spots at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Aug 1, 2024

Insights from the IALE 2024 Conference

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Erin O'Connell presented her research forecasting locations at greatest risk for spotted lanternfly infestation at the International Association for Landscape Ecology conference this past April.

Jun 24, 2024

Exploring the End of the Growing Season in Drylands at EGU 2024

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Grace Choi studies the timing of the end of the growing season, a major regulator of seasonal growth cycles, and recently presented her work at both the European Geosciences Union and European Space Agency.

Jun 21, 2024

Celebrating Faculty and Staff Achievements 2023–2024

The 2023–24 academic year was packed with achievements by our faculty fellows, research staff and postdoctoral scholars. Learn more about the awards and popular press coverage earned by our talented group of researchers.

Jun 21, 2024

Celebrating Student Achievements 2023–2024

This past year, our talented students won prestigious awards, hosted professional development activities, published scholarly articles and found innovative ways to support each other. Learn more about what they have been up to.