Mapping a Dynamic Planet

May 1, 2024

Bridging Silos and More with GIS and Experiential Learning

During the Spring 2024 semester, our graduating professional master’s students worked with industry, government and nonprofit partners to apply their knowledge and skills to pressing geospatial challenges.

Apr 26, 2024

A New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers

New research led by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. alum Elyssa Collins and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reveals how much water Earth's rivers hold.

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.

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.

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.

photograph is an aerial view of a city neighborhood, with busy streets running on either side of a park. The park has many trees, and there are large apartment and office buildings in the background.

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.

a red brick house is surrounded by flooding and a chainlink fence

Jun 9, 2023

Finding Floods from Space to Support Community Action

Through AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange, faculty fellow Mirela Tulbure and doctoral students Mollie Gaines and Varun Tiwari have been working with a community science project in Georgia to validate the lived experiences of residents dealing with frequent flooding.

May 4, 2023

Service Learning Partnerships Drive Innovation with GIS

During the Spring 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.

A research image from a student in the Ph.D. in Geospatial Analytics program

Apr 13, 2023

Researchers Use Geospatial Analytics and AI to Develop Global Food Security Solutions

Integrating AI and geospatial technology can help solve challenges to global food security and poverty that are exacerbated by climate change.

Apr 13, 2023

Alex Yoshizumi Is NC State’s 2023 Esri Innovation Program Student of the Year

NC State joined a select group of universities worldwide when it became part of the Esri Innovation Program in 2017. Congratulations to our 2023 EIP Student of the Year: Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. candidate Alexander Yoshizumi!