This course is an exploration of how spatial data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used to understand and improve human and environmental health. This course is fully-online and can be used as an elective for the GIS Certificate.
Professor Anji Seth and the study of big data
Professor Anji Seth was recently featured in the UConn Today article on big data. The Study of Big Data: How CLAS Researchers Use Data Science
Aaron Adams video poster: Normalizing the Pandemic
Mary Buchanan successfully defends dissertation
Congratulations to Mary Buchanan for successfully defending her dissertation. Her dissertation title is: Exploring Landscape Futures for Local Food Production in Northeastern Connecticut.
Geographers’ initiatives to tackle global warming crisis
Global warming, due significantly to human emissions of greenhouse gases, is fast approaching 1.5oC above preindustrial levels––the likely threshold of serious or irreversible impacts on the world’s life support systems, according to a report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is prominently informed by geographers’ research. To help tackle this global crisis, […]
Wenjie Wang successfully defends dissertation
Congratulations to Wenjie Wang for successfully defending his dissertation. His dissertation title is: Some Studies on Land Cover Change in Connecticut and Land Cover Data Quality Improvement.
UConn Pop-up course: Climate Crisis: Take Action
Geography professors Carol Atkinson-Palombo and Anji Seth are among the UConn faculty involved in developing the newest UConn pop-up course titled Climate Crisis: Take Action. The course is free and is open to all students beginning March 1st. There will also be a faculty/staff version available March 8th. More info about the course can be […]
Shamayeta and Deb’s Story Map: Finalist in ESRI’s 2020 Story Map Competition
Congratulations to Shamayeta Bhattacharya and Debs Ghosh for their StoryMap SHAKTHI: Transforming transgender healthcare. Their Storymap (found here: https://arcg.is/0mym9C ) was a finalist in the ESRI 2020 StoryMap competition.
Transportation Technology & Society research group: The Netherlands is the “Gold Standard”
Research from the Transportation Technology & Society (TTS) research group suggests that struggling countries in road safety should put more efforts into safety of active road users (cyclists & pedestrians) and embrace safe system approach to pursue VisionZero at a lower cost and less burden. https://news.engr.uconn.edu/looking-to-the-netherlands-as-the-transportation-gold-standard.php
Mark Boyer Op-Ed: Here’s to a boring 2021
Professor Mark Boyer recent had an Op-Ed piece in the Hartford Courant. Here is a link if you are interested in reading it: https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-looking-ahead-to-2021-20201227-jelblmmb6jczfoigzdjmll7i2q-story.html