Three GIS workshops for faculty will be offered during Summer 2011. Introductory GIS workshop (3 days) - NEW Wednesday, June 1st through Friday, June 3rd from 9am-2pm (lunch provided) Introductory GIS workshop (4 days) Monday, August 8th through Thursday, August 11th from 9am-1pm (lunch provided) Advanced GIS workshop (2 days) Monday, August 15th through Tuesday, … [Read more...]
Presentation Monday, May 2nd, 8pm – “Guinea Pigs Atop the Marcellus Shale”
From a press release from the Bucknell Environmental Center: Presentation - “Guinea Pigs Atop the Marcellus Shale” 8 – 9:30 pm on Monday, May 2nd at the Union County Government Center, 155 North 15th Street in Lewisburg. The event is free and open to the public. Barbara Jarmoska, who serves on the Board of Directors of the Responsible Drilling Alliance (RDA), a … [Read more...]
2011 Student Paper Competition – URISA
June 6th is the deadline for submitting papers to the 2011 URISA Student Paper Competition. The competition is open to all grad students and any undergraduates with 12 or more credit hours. Read below for some general information and guidelines. Click here for details: The objective of the Competition is to challenge students to demonstrate the development and effective use … [Read more...]
Where 2.0
The 2011 Where 2.0 conference is wrapping up today in Santa Clara, CA. Over the course of the week, many of the presentations have been streamed live over the conference website. I'm including a few YouTube videos for some of noteworthy presentations. Jack Dangermond - CEO and founder of Esri: "Living Maps - Making Collective Geographic Information a … [Read more...]
Details on $520K Mellon grant for environmental studies, GIS integration
I posted a few weeks ago about the $520K grant awarded to Bucknell by the Mellon Foundation. Here are some additional details on how the grant money will be used to strengthen environmental studies and GIS integration across the university. From the Library & IT Matters newsletter: Up to twelve faculty members will receive $400 to participate in either a 4-day (intro) … [Read more...]