Study Geography at UConn
Curriculum Info
Studying Geography at UConn
Major or Minor in Geographic Information Science
Courses being offered in the Fall 2024 semester which count towards the GISc major and minor include:
- Geog 2500: Intro to GIS
- Geog 2505: Applications of GIS
- Geog 3530: Intro to GeoComputing
- Geog 4095: Intro to Geospatial Artificial Intelligence
- Geog 4516: Fundamentals of Spatial Database Systems [online]
Upcoming Events
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Oct
17
Teale Lecture: Francesca Dominici (Harvard University) 4:00pm
Teale Lecture: Francesca Dominici (Harvard University)
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
The Dodd Center for Human Rights
University of Connecticut
Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series on Nature and the Environment
Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 4:00pm (EST)
Francesca Dominici
Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population & Data Science; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
“Data Science to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change”
Please join us for an in-person Teale lecture, on Thursday, October 17 at 4:00pm in the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Center for Human Rights on the UConn Storrs campus.
Adapted from Dr. Dominici’s website (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/profile/francesca-dominici/):
Dr. Francesca Dominici is the Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative at Harvard University. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and of the International Society of Mathematical Statistics. In 2024, she was named by TIME100 Health as one of the most influential scientists in global health in the world. Before being appointed founding Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative, she was Senior Associate Dean for Research at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Dominici is also the founder and lead Principal Investigator (PI) for the National Studies on Air Pollution and Health Group (NSAPH), as well as a co-founding PI and leader for the BUSPH-HSPH Climate Change and Health Research Coordinating Center, CAFÉ.
Dr. Dominici’s research has focused on machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, causal inference, and data science to impact climate and environmental policy. Her air pollution studies have directly and routinely impacted air quality policy, leading to more stringent ambient air quality standards in the U.S.A. Her work has been covered by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the BBC, the Guardian, CNN, and NPR.
Among her most recent awards, she was recognized as the Mosteller Statistician of the Year by the Boston Chapter of the American Statistical Association in 2022. The award is given to a distinguished statistician who has made exceptional contributions to the field of statistics and outstanding service to the statistical community.
Although the talk will be in-person, it is also available to watch (live) on Kaltura. The live stream link is on the Teale Series web page: https://cese.uconn.edu/the-edwin-way-teale-lecture-series/
This event is free and open to the public. If you need accommodation to access or participate, please contact CSMNHinfo@uconn.edu
- 10/17/24 - Data Science to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change
- This is an Honors Event. See tags below for category information. #UHLevent10934
Contact Information:
Gregory Anderson, Gregory.Anderson@uconn.edu;
Kathleen Segerson, Kathleen.Segerson@uconn.edu;
or Michael Willig, Michael.Willig@uconn.edu;
More - 10/17/24 - Data Science to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change
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Oct
17
Book Launch & Conversation with Phoebe Godfrey 4:30pm
Book Launch & Conversation with Phoebe Godfrey
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
04:30 PM - 06:30 PM
41 Club Road, WIllimantic, CT
Book Launch and Conversation
Understanding Just Sustainabilities from Within: A Case Study of a Shared-Use Commercial Kitchen in Connecticut
Phoebe Godfrey
Author and Co-founder of CLiCK
Book Launch - Thursday Oct 17th at CLiCK
4:30 - Labyrinth Walk / Grounding
5:00 - Book Launch and Discussion
5:30 - Food and ConversaAon
6:00 - CLiCK Kitchen Tour -
Oct
25
2024 NESTVAL Geographical Society Conference All Day
2024 NESTVAL Geographical Society Conference
Friday, October 25th, 2024
All Day
Westfield State University (Westfield, MA)
The Fall 2024 NESTVAL Conference will be held at Westfield State University (Westfield, MA). The conference will take place on the 256-acre campus of Westfield State, which lies just west of Springfield in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. The conference will be held October 25 & 26, 2024.
This year’s conference theme, Planning a Sustainable Future, will explore the critical role of geography and urban and regional planning in shaping a more sustainable future.
Geographers, urban and regional planners, those from allied disciplines, students, researchers, and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts for poster and paper presentations that address any aspect of building a sustainable future.
For more information and to register please see the link below:
https://www.aag.org/events/2024-new-england-st-lawrence-valley-regional-division-meeting
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Oct
26
2024 NESTVAL Geographical Society Conference All Day
2024 NESTVAL Geographical Society Conference
Saturday, October 26th, 2024
All Day
Westfield State University (Westfield, MA)
The Fall 2024 NESTVAL Conference will be held at Westfield State University (Westfield, MA). The conference will take place on the 256-acre campus of Westfield State, which lies just west of Springfield in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. The conference will be held October 25 & 26, 2024.
This year’s conference theme, Planning a Sustainable Future, will explore the critical role of geography and urban and regional planning in shaping a more sustainable future.
Geographers, urban and regional planners, those from allied disciplines, students, researchers, and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts for poster and paper presentations that address any aspect of building a sustainable future.
For more information and to register please see the link below:
https://www.aag.org/events/2024-new-england-st-lawrence-valley-regional-division-meeting
Notable Geography News
- Aaron Adams successfully defends his dissertationPosted on June 19, 2024
- Weixuan Lyu Wins AAG Peter Gould AwardPosted on April 20, 2024
- Jake Layburn successfully defends his thesisPosted on April 10, 2024
- Quinn Molloy successfully defends her dissertationPosted on April 3, 2024
Recent Graduate Student Publications
BenBella, Diane & Ghosh, D. 2021. Combining Geospatial Analysis with HIV Care Continuum to Identify Differential HIV/AIDS Treatment Indicators in Uganda. The Professional Geographer.
Barocci, Antonio. 2020. Political arrests of women under fascism: gender and the special tribunal in Italy 1926–1928. GeoJournal.
Adams, Aaron., Li, W., Zhang, C., & Chen, X. 2020. The disguised pandemic: the importance of data normalization in COVID-19 web mapping. Public Health.
Terbeck, Fabian. 2020. Defining Suburbs: An Evaluation and Comparison of Four Methods. The Professional Geographer.
UConn Geography Alumni Award Recipients
2024: Nick McNamara, BA '03, MA '07, GIS/CAD Administrator, UConn ITS
2023: Jeanne Thibeault, PhD '10, Climate scientist, adjunct professor (retired).
2022: Julie Annino, PhD '02, Senior Transportation Engineer, CT Dept of Transportation
2021: Patrick Heidkamp, MA '03, PhD '07, Professor, Southern CT State University
2019: Todd Dumais, BA '03, Town Planner, City of West Hartford
2018: Richard Annitto, BA '85, Vice President, GIS and Survey Division, LiRo Group
2017: Ben Spaulding, PhD '10, Catastrophe Risk Manager, Homesite Group
2016: Patrice Carson, BA '82, Consulting Director of Community Development, Town of Bolton
2015: Tyler Kleykamp, BA '00, Chief Data Officer, Connecticut State Office of Policy and Management