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May 1, 2023

Industry Partnership to Assess Climate Change Risks

Consulting and engineering firm Tetra Tech, Inc. has selected NC State University’s Center for Geospatial Analytics to support a five-year, $100 million EPA contract to assess human health and ecological risks associated with global 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!

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Apr 11, 2023

GIS Tops NC State University’s Graduate Certificate Programs

Over the past four years, over 200 students representing 24 majors and seven colleges have earned the Center for Geospatial Analytics’ Graduate Certificate in GIS, making it NC State University’s most popular graduate certificate program.

Feb 1, 2023

First-Year Students Learn the Value of GIS for Environmental Justice

Each year, more than 150 incoming NC State freshmen in the Environmental First Year Program learn how geospatial tools can help reveal and address environmental inequities produced by systemic racism.

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Nov 30, 2022

New Multimedia Story Map Shares Experiences of Veterans in Fire Management

A new interactive story map produced by researchers at North Carolina State University’s Center for Geospatial Analytics highlights the experience of five Army and Marine Corps veterans who worked as part of the Veterans Fire Corps to protect landmarks with the National Park Service.

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Nov 15, 2022

New Visualization Tool Helps Weather Forecasters and Researchers More Easily Identify and Study Bands of Heavy Snow

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. candidate Laura Tomkins developed a new way for meteorologists and atmospheric scientists to quickly and easily distinguish heavy snow from mixed precipitation in weather radar imagery, to improve understanding of snowfall during winter storms.

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Aug 9, 2022

Collaborators Wanted for Community Science Project Led by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. Student

As an AGU Thriving Earth Exchange Fellow, Shannon McAvoy is partnering with a community science project to conduct a Quality of Life Assessment. She is now recruiting volunteers with experience in economic development planning.

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Jun 22, 2022

Undergrad Position Available for Biological Invasions Research

The Landscape Dynamics group at the Center for Geospatial Analytics is recruiting an NC State University undergraduate to assist with ongoing biological invasions research. Applications are due July 26, 2022.

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Jun 13, 2022

Study: People Are Most Physically Active When Their Environments are Both Highly Walkable and Very Green

New research used wearable sensors and satellite data to identify how a person's environment affects their level of daily exercise.

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Apr 20, 2022

New USDA-Funded Research Will Leverage Big Data and Machine Learning to Forecast Spread of Agricultural Pests

New research led by Center director Ross Meentemeyer and research scholar Chris Jones will address data gaps that have previously hindered the accuracy of, and rapid updates to, pest spread forecasts.