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NC State Belltower - Celebrating Faculty and Staff Achievements 2023-2024 - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

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.
Late blight disease on potato leaf - Using Written Records - and Tweets - as a Roadmap for Plant Disease Spread - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Feb 15, 2024

Using Written Records – and Tweets – as a Roadmap for Plant Disease Spread

New research led by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Ariel Saffer and co-authored by Faculty Fellow Laura Tateosian and MGIST alum Yi-Peng Yang shows how analyzing historic and modern texts can help researchers track and visualize plant diseases like late blight.
Awards gathering - Celebrating Our Community: Fifth Annual CGA Awards - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

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.
SHIFT diagram - First, Do No Harm: Guidance for Community-Engaged Research After Disasters - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

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.
Technology icons in gears - What Is Open Science? An Intro, Common Misconceptions and Advice - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Nov 16, 2023

What Is Open Science? An Intro, Common Misconceptions and Advice

Learn from one of the Center for Geospatial Analytics' experts about the six components of open science, the importance of open licenses, how a scientist might think a research product is open when it’s not, and the need to budget for open science.
Marshlands - Center Researchers to Support Small Business Natrx on $1M NSF-Funded Project - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Nov 14, 2023

Center Researchers to Support Small Business Natrx on $1M NSF-Funded Project

Integrating GRASS GIS will advance Natrx’s Resilience for Waterfront Infrastructure (REWIRE) platform, which measures the economic value of carbon stock in coastal wetlands.
NCSU and esri graphic - MGIST Students Accelerate Their Geospatial Careers vis Hands-On Learning - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Oct 26, 2023

MGIST Students Accelerate Their Geospatial Careers via Hands-On Learning

Leading GIS company Esri recently spotlighted the Center's professional master's program for its partnership with over 200 organizations to create experiential learning opportunities for students.
aerial view of a city neighborhood - Greener Neighborhoods Can Protect Us - at the Cellular Level - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Oct 18, 2023

Greener Neighborhoods Can Protect Us – at the Cellular Level

A new study led by our researchers finds that greenspace in urban environments has a positive impact on a key genetic marker associated with exposure to stress.
Large group of abstract people icons - Citizen Science Has a Diversity Problem, Experts Say, Now What? - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Oct 3, 2023

Citizen Science Has a Diversity Problem, Experts Say. Now What?

NC State researchers including Faculty Fellow Caren Cooper and Ph.D. student Deja Perkins want to broaden engagement in large-scale citizen science projects by providing practitioners with the knowledge, awareness and resources to support inclusion, equity and accessibility.
Students collaborate - New NSF-Funded Research Will Expand Access to GRASS GIS - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Oct 3, 2023

New NSF-Funded Research Will Expand Access to GRASS GIS

A new $1.5 million research project led by NC State University will support and expand the community of GRASS GIS, an open-source geospatial processing platform.