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

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Christina Perella presenting - Exploring Principles of Open Data and Data Sovereignty in Landscape Ecology - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

May 9, 2024

Exploring Principles of Open Data and Data Sovereignty in Landscape Ecology

As part of a collaborative project co-produced with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Christina Perella is exploring how the way data defines communities can be at odds with how communities define themselves.
Students at the booth - Center Ph.D. Students Volunteer at STEM Resource Fair for K-12 Students with Disabilities - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Apr 10, 2024

Center Ph.D. Students Volunteer at STEM Resource Fair for K-12 Students with Disabilities

Titilayo Tajudeen, Emma Butzler, Pratikshya Regmi and Rebecca Composto taught students and their families about satellite imagery at the event hosted by NC State's Science House.
Rice cultivation map - Collaboration, Innovation Address Food Security Needs in Bangladesh with New Rice Mapping Method - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

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.
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.
Verónica Andreo - College of Natural Resources at NC State University

Dec 1, 2023

How Open Science Can Both Advance and Hinder Equity in Research

The new US government definition of open science emphasizes “fostering collaborations, reproducibility, and equity.” The monetary cost of open-access publishing and the underrecognized effort of open-source development, however, can disadvantage underprivileged scientists.
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.
Perella presenting research - Discussing the Implications of Boundaries in Social-Ecological Systems at IALE-NA - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Apr 17, 2023

Discussing the Implications of Boundaries in Social-Ecological Systems at IALE-NA

At her first conference since starting grad school, Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Christina Perella presented her work exploring tradeoffs in defining a study system's spatial and temporal boundaries.
A research image - Researchers Use Geospatial Analytics and AI to Develop Global Food Security Solutions - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

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.
Students present to classroom - First-Year Students Learn the Value of GIS for Environmental Justice - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

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.