Guest post by Max Stiss, Geography/Anthropology ’12 Because of Janine’s workshops with faculty and her assistance around campus, faculty and students have been able to use G.I.S as a resource for diversifying their research and project work. Janine’s extensive background with G.I.S has paved a new avenue for a broadened learning experience at Bucknell. In only Janine’s … [Read more...]
Me, Myself and G.I.S
Guest post by Max Stiss, Geography/Anthropology ’12 Greetings! I'd like to start my blog post off introducing myself first and secondly, explaining some of the work I've been fortunate to work on this summer. My name is Maxwell Stiss, but for those who know me, I go by Max. I grew up, and lived in Miami until I was about 10 and moved to Toronto, Ontario where … [Read more...]
Bucknell student uses ArcGIS in research on sleeping sickness
Below is an interview with Daniel Dougherty '12, a History and Geography major, discussing his use of GIS for an analysis of the impact of climate change on sleeping sickness. The research project was conducted as part of Prof. Duane Griffin's Geography 204 course Applied GIS. In the interview, Dougherty describes the data and methodology he used for the project and talks … [Read more...]
Award-winning poster
Congratulations to junior Civil Engineering student Kelsey Meybin for her award-winning map! Kelsey's map - "Fire Threat in California" - recently won both the People's Choice Award for Cartography and the Panel of Judges Award for Communications in Higher Education at the National Council for Geographic Education conference. Congratulations to Kelsey for this tremendous … [Read more...]