News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News Kne and Fisher publish The Spatial Edge: The Strategic Advantage of GIS Skills Across Higher Education New book discusses how to become a truly spatial university by integrating spatial thinking across higher education Logan Gall completes his first year as Teaching Faculty of Spatial Data Science and Associate Director of GeoCommons Welcoming an innovative spatial data scientist to geography department’s geospatial team MGIS students recognized for notable achievements and awards Congratulations to our recent MGIS graduates and award winners! Students use GIS to compete in ‘the science of where’ MGIS student Paulina Vergara Buitrago won the grand prize for her StoryMap, “Roots in the Land.” Arlan Hegenbarth and Logan Gall take first place at the 2025 MN GIS/LIS Conference student paper competition Innovative UMN student's research earns top recognition.
Kne and Fisher publish The Spatial Edge: The Strategic Advantage of GIS Skills Across Higher Education New book discusses how to become a truly spatial university by integrating spatial thinking across higher education
Logan Gall completes his first year as Teaching Faculty of Spatial Data Science and Associate Director of GeoCommons Welcoming an innovative spatial data scientist to geography department’s geospatial team
MGIS students recognized for notable achievements and awards Congratulations to our recent MGIS graduates and award winners!
Students use GIS to compete in ‘the science of where’ MGIS student Paulina Vergara Buitrago won the grand prize for her StoryMap, “Roots in the Land.”
Arlan Hegenbarth and Logan Gall take first place at the 2025 MN GIS/LIS Conference student paper competition Innovative UMN student's research earns top recognition.
