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Presentation by the Nature Conservancy – Monday, April 4th at 4:30pm

Save the date – April 4th at 4:30pm.  Tamara Gagnolet, GIS Analyst and Conservation Data Manager for the Pennsylvania chapter of the Nature Conservancy, will be at Bucknell on April 4th, 2011 to discuss her work in using GIS to analyze potential impacts of Marcellus Shale gas drilling in Pennsylvania. The Nature Conservancy recently released part 1 of its ‘Pennsylvania Energy Impacts Report’ – focusing on environmental impacts of Marcellus Shale gas-drilling and wind energy. Ms. Gagnolet’s presentation will focus on how GIS and spatial analysis were used to project how much energy might be developed in PA during the next 20 years, where that development is more or less likely to occur and what types of strategies might need to be employed to mitigate potential habitat impacts.

Presentation details: April 4th, 2011 at 4:30pm in the Bertrand Library Traditional Reading Room. Refreshments will be served.

Click here to read an earlier post about the Nature Conservancy report.

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Upcoming lecture by Margaret Pearce

Tuesday, March 1st @ 4:30pm (Coleman 221)

“Rethink the reader: Toward cartographic design to engage, inspire and empower”

Come hear Margaret Pearce from the University of Kansas talk about map visualization and cartographic design.  Dr. Pearce is a geographer who works on cartographic representation of cultural and historical geographies, especially Indigenous geographies.  Her work is inspired and influenced by emerging ideas in critical cartography, affective technologies, and the focus on place in Indigenous studies.  She has published in journals such as Cartography and Geographic Information Science, American Indian Culture & Research Journal, and Cartographic Perspectives, and has co-authored a book, with O. Dwyer, Exploring Human Geography with Maps.

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Bucknell/Local Interest Events/Calendar General GIS GIS in Public Health

Geography Alumni Conference – Thur., Feb. 17th

Geographers’ Views:  Local Environmental Struggles, Global Context

This week the Geography Department welcomes four distinguished alumni to present their research and participate in a panel discussion on Thursday, February 17th in the Gallery Theatre (ELC). Research talks will be held from 4-6pm with a panel discussion to follow from 6:30-7pm.  Both events are free and open to the public.

Brian King
Bucknell Class of 1995
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Pennsylvania State University
“‘No One Dies of AIDS’: Political Ecologies of Health”

Sonja Pieck
Bucknell Class of 1999
Assistant Professor of
Environmental Studies,
Bates College
“The NGO, the Forest, and the ‘Hyperreal Indian’:
Notes on Transnational Amazonian Politics”

Jacqueline Vadjunec
Bucknell Class of 1997
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Oklahoma State University
“Tapping into ‘Florestania’: New Amazonian Geographies, Changing Land-Use and Emerging Identities in Acre, Brazil”

Joel Wainwright
Bucknell Class of 1995
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Ohio State University
“Climate Leviathan”

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Bucknell/Local Interest Events/Calendar General GIS GIS in Computer Science

iExplorePAtrails Mobile Competition

Harrisburg University and the PADCNR recently announced the iExplorePAtrails Mobile Competition. The contest encourages developers from PA universities and beyond to develop mobile applications that combine data on PA trails with other data and user content. The goal is to create ‘mash-ups’ that encourage use of Pennsylvania’s 1,000s of miles of trails and enhance the fun that trail users can have. The contest deadline is April 15th – click here for more information.

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Bucknell/Local Interest Environment Events/Calendar General GIS Marcellus Shale

Upcoming presentation by The Nature Conservancy

Back in December I posted links to a new report and webinar by the Nature Conservancy describing their use of GIS to analyze potential Marcellus Shale impacts in PA.  At some point in April we’ll have the Nature Conservancy team here at Bucknell for a presentation of their work.  Stay tuned for more details…