Over the holidays we posted about Prof. Duane Griffin's victory in the FloatingSheep blog's Christmas map contest. Well, Duane has once again brought glory (or infamy, depending on which way you look at it) to Bucknell GIS by winning the coveted 'Sheep of Fools' award at the first ever IronSheep contest. The contest, part of the slate of activities for the 2012 annual … [Read more...]
Save the date – Bucknell’s GIS in Higher Education Conference 11/16-11/18/12
Bucknell will be hosting a GIS in higher education conference from Friday, Nov. 16th through Sunday, Nov. 18th. The conference will focus on sharing ideas and examples of integrating GIS into teaching and research in the higher ed curriculum as well as opportunities for sharing research datasets and web map apps. Target audience includes faculty, GIS specialists and students. … [Read more...]
GIS posters at Sigma Xi summer research symposium
Come to the Sigma Xi summer research symposium on Wednesday, July 27th from 2-4pm at the Langone Center's Terrace room to check out posters by student researchers. There will be a variety of posters that feature GIS as a research methodology and/or visualization tool - including posters about the Flying Bison drone, community asset mapping, georeferencing historic maps, … [Read more...]