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Jacob Arndt Conducts Research at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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MGIS graduate student Jacob Arndt worked on a collaborative research project to identify methane emission patterns from dairy farms in California using remotely sensed data

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Steve Manson and Eric Shook Talk Big Data

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CLA story features Manson and Shook in an article about big data research

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Mark Lindberg Receives 2017 Distinguished Educator Award

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Congratulations to Mark Lindberg who has been named 2017 Distinguished Educator by the Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium!

Kathryn Grace Publishes Work in Nature Climate Change

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Kathryn Grace examines how factors associated with fertility and reproductive health may influence the ability of communities in poor countries to adapt to climate change

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MGIS Students Receive Several Awards and Recognition in 2017

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Congratulations to a number of current and future MGIS students who received various awards and recognition in summer 2017!

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Mapping Prejudice in Minneapolis

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Kevin Ehrman-Solberg and Ryan Mattke are collaborating with other researchers to examine racially restrictive covenants in housing deeds

Using Big Data to Address Big Challenges

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Eric Shook is "Leveraging Spatial Data to Examine the World's Grand Challenges"

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Modeling and Visualizing Tiger Movement in Thailand

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Somayeh Dodge models endangered tiger movement patterns in Thailand to support wildlife conservation efforts

Mapping prizes awarded to MGIS students and graduates in 2016

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Our students and graduates received several awards at the 2016 Esri Map Gallery competition and USpatial Mapping Prize!

Kyle Wikstrom wins 3rd place in 2016 Esri Storytelling with Maps Contest

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Congratulations to Kyle Wikstrom (2015) for winning third place for his story map "Timberwood Church Prayer Path"!

Fimpel Awarded 2016 UMN Esri Development Center Student of the Year

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Congratulations to Tobias Fimpel who has been named the 2016 University of Minnesota ESRI Development Center Student of the Year!

Sangle Receives 2016 Esri UC Student Assistantship

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Congratulations to Sharvari Sangle (MGIS) who has been awarded a 2016 Esri Student Assistantship!

Fimpel and Arndt Named 2016 UMN Minnesota GIS/LIS Student Scholars; Engstrom Takes...

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Congratulations to Tobias Fimpel (MGIS), Jacob Arndt (BS, Geography) and Peder Engstrom (MGIS) for their stellar performances at the 2016 Minnesota GIS/LIS Annual Conference!

Dan Sward featured in Esri video about campus facilities management

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Dan Sward (2012) discusses how the University Services unit uses GIS for asset management on the University of Minnesota campus.

Spatial computing featured as cover article in Communications of the ACM

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Shashi Shekhar and his co-authors highlight the importance of spatial computing and initiatives like U-Spatial.

Geo:Code 2.0 to be held on UMN campus!

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Community engagement event connects civically-minded community members with geographers, GIS professionals, and technology developers to collaborate on the use of technology and data to effect change for good.