GEOG Departmental Seminar Thursday (4/1)

It is my pleasure to announce the two speakers for this week's virtual
seminar. We will hear from Dr. Inbal Becker-Reshef, "NASA Harvest:
Earth Observations for Informed Agricultural Decisions," and Dr. Evan
Ellicott, "Active Fire Detections Applications and Uncertainty," this
Thursday, April 1st, from 3:45 PM to 5:00 PM EDT.

Below you will find further details on this week's seminar including
zoom connection details and abstracts of our presenters. I look
forward to seeing you all there! In the meantime, please do not
hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!

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$2,000 Scholarship Opportunity - UMD Alumni Association

 The Alumni Association will be awarding 33 scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year. 

 

All current students who have completed one semester at the University of Maryland College Park and will be enrolled full time (12+ credits for undergraduate students and 48+ units for graduate students) during both Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters are eligible to apply. Scholarship award recipients will receive $1,000 each semester. 

 

All applications are due by Sunday, April 4, 2021 by 11:59pm ET. 

Here's the link if the hyperlink doesn't work: https://alumni.umd.edu/students/scholarships-and-awards.

Good luck!

Summer Internship with UMD GEOG's Global Land Analysis and Discovery Lab-Deadline tomorrow!!

 Application deadline is March 31 - definitely apply for this one GeoTerps! 

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The Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory in the Department of Geographical
Sciences at the University of Maryland is pleased to announce an internship opportunity for summer 2021. Interns will work full-time alongside experienced remote sensing scientists to investigate land cover and land use extent and change using Earth observation imagery. All members of the lab regularly collaborate and help to facilitate each other’s work, making this an excellent way to learn methods for land cover and land use mapping and analysis, as well as to connect with scientists in the field. There will be opportunities for continued engagement with the lab upon completion of the summer internship.

Please send an email and CV to Emma Minnis at eminnis@umd.edu by March 31 if you are interested in this summer internship opportunity.

PAID Job/internship opportunities at Conservation International

 Conservation International is currently recruiting for several paid internships. Please see the descriptions below!

Intern – Climate Adaptation Science

https://phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CONSERVATION&cws=39&rid=1455

 

Intern – Conservation Atlas

https://phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CONSERVATION&cws=39&rid=1461

 

Intern – Evidence Review of NCS

https://phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CONSERVATION&cws=39&rid=1464

 

Intern – Indigenous and Community Lands and Climate

https://phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CONSERVATION&cws=39&rid=1452

 

Intern – Wildlife Insights Business Development

https://phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CONSERVATION&cws=39&rid=1452

 

 

Next CGIS SMAART seminar - Ecologist Dr. Erica Stuber 4/6 @ 3:30pm

 

We have had an incredible breadth of topics covered across the CGIS SMART seminar series so far and we are fortunate to keep it going with Dr. Erica Stuber on 4/6 @ 3:30pm EST who will present on The 'Evolution' of Multi-scale Studies in Ecology. Hope to see you all there!

Link to registration & abstract: https://bit.ly/3c7JNFp

best,

Taylor

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Taylor M. Oshan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of GISc.

Center for Geospatial Information Science

Department of Geographical Sciences

University of Maryland, College Park

toshan@umd.edu | @TaylorOshan

Paid AAG research this summer! Deadline April 9th

 

Health and Medical Geography

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NSF REU/RET Site in Community GIS

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Mar 22, 2021 2:07 PM Timothy Hawthorne

Dear AAG Colleagues, Please distribute to interested undergraduate students, teachers, and networks. Apologies for cross postings. Thank you! Tim  -- Funded, Virtual Summer NSF Undergraduates and Teachers Program Announcement Citizen Science GIS NSF REU/RET Site Overview: This summer virtually through Citizen Science GIS at University of Central Florida, we are pleased to host the fifth year of our National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates & Teachers (REU/RET) Site "Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars through Community GIS and Citizen Science." Our virtual program (due to COVID) offers fully funded summer research experiences for eight undergraduate students and two K-12 teachers. Participants will also be invited to a fully funded ten-day fieldwork experience to Belize in early 2022 as COVID conditions improve.  Program Dates: Virtual from June 1-July 9, 2021. Belize fieldwork, early 2022. Application process: Priority application deadline is Friday, April 9th at: www.citizensciencegis.org/nsf-reuret-site. 3/31 Zoom session: Join us from 4-5 pm EST on Zoom to ask questions/learn more about the program with our REU/RET faculty. Register at: tinyurl.com/52zjdvzk. Eligibility requirements: As an NSF-funded program, open to all U.S. citizens and permanent residents. We are interdisciplinary emphasizing community geography, community GIS, and citizen science through mixed methods, including sketch mapping, mobile mapping applications, focus groups, in-depth interviews, GIS, spatial analysis, and drones. Since 2016, over 70% of participants have been from underrepresented groups in STEM, and from several disciplines including geography, GIS, environmental studies, sociology, anthropology, biology, chemistry, political science, business/economics, education, and more. Research directions: Work with community partners and mentors from University of Central Florida, George Mason University, University of Belize, Georgia State University, and The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program. Research Direction 1: Leveraging community geography & GIS to map disparities in flooding. Research Direction 2: Leveraging community geography & GIS to reduce waste and prevent marine debris. Funding: $4200 research stipend, $750 for post-REU conference travel or industry visits, research methods books, technology support, and all expenses covered for 2022 Belize fieldwork. Questions directed to: Timothy Hawthorne: Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Geographic Information Systems, Director of Citizen Science GIS at University of Central Florida. Email: timothy.hawthorne@ucf.edu Hannah Torres: Co-Principal Investigator, Assistant Director of Research Operations Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities at George Mason University. Email: htorres3@gmu.edu

GIS Career Chat-this Wednesday, 3/24!!

 Be sure to check out the next BSOS Career Chat this Wednesday, March 24th featuring Rachel Moore Marks, GEOG '16. 

RSVP to join: https://fellercenter.umd.edu/bsos-career-chats. 

Rachel Moore Marks,  GEOG '16 |  Natural Resource Planner, Chesapeake and Coastal Service of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources:  Rachel obtained a BS in Environmental Science and Policy with a focus in Wildlife Ecology and Management from University of Maryland (UMD) in 2010.  She then received a Master's Certificate in Geospatial Information Science (GIS) and a Master's Degree in Physical Geography from the Department of Geographical Sciences in 2011 and 2016 respectively. Her educational and professional background has focused on a combination of GIS, remote sensing, wildlife and forest ecology, and ecological modeling. Since 2016, she has worked as a Natural Resource Planner with the Chesapeake and Coastal Service of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.  She uses her specialization in ecology, geospatial analysis, and ecological modeling to create statewide spatial data, web maps, and interactive web-based decision support tools for use by state, federal, non-profit, and private conservation and restoration partners in natural resource management, project funding, and policy creation.