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Former President (2000) of UCGIS Bill Huxhold Inducted into
URISA’s GIS Hall of Fame
Parkridge, IL, August 31, 2011 Bill Huxhold
will join this esteemed group during URISA’s 49th Annual
Conference in Indianapolis in November
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GIS Directions Magazine article/ Future of Spatial Sciences
Washington DC, Sept 16, 2011
An
article co-written by Prof. John Wilson and Dr. Laxmi
Ramasubramanian about the Catalina Island workshop and UCGIS
participation appeared in Directions Magazine this week.
Click here to view article
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Best Jobs in America Listing
According to survey of more than 40,000 workers published
in the November 2010 Issue of CNNMoney.com ,
GIS
Analysts are ranked as 97 out of 100 in the overall rank, when
combining: pay, job growth, and quality of life (stress). ...more
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GISCI Hires First Full-Time Executive Director
Des Plaines, IL, November 23, 2009
After a comprehensive national search, the Board
of Directors of the GIS Certification Institute
(GISCI) is pleased to announce the hiring of
its first full-time executive director, Sheila
Wilson (GISP), effective December 1, 2009.
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Former President of UCGIS Will Craig to be Inducted
into URISA’s GIS Hall of Fame
Parkridge, Il, September 15, 2009
Will Craig, GISP will join the esteemed
group of URISA's Hall of Fame Laureates - individuals
or organizations whose pioneering work has moved
the geospatial industry in a better, stronger
direction- during URISA’s 47th Annual Conference
in Anaheim later this month.
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UCGIS Board Member Receives NSF CAREER Award
Washington DC, June 18, 2009 Shaowen Wang, serving on the
UCGIS Board of Directors, has recently been awarded a National
Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to study spatially
oriented theories and methods for enabling computationally
intensive spatial analysis and modeling to establish a
next-generation Geographic Information Systems (GIS) framework.
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UCGIS Endorsement
of California
Data Access
Amicus Brief
Santa Clara
County, CA,
May 7, 2008
UCGIS has endorsed
an Amicus Brief
filed in California
involving questions
of geographic
information
access.
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UCGIS President Named to National Geospatial Advisory Committee
Washington DC, Feb 01, 2008
Sean Ahearn, President of UCGIS,
has been appointed to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee
by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
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Integrating
HSD Goals into
Core SBE Programs
Arlington,
VA, Dec 9, 2008
Following
the innovations
of the recently
ended Human
and Social Dynamics
(HSD) priority
area, the Directorate
for Social,
Behavioral &
Economic Sciences
(SBE) now encourages
submission of
research proposals
to the regular
SBE programs
covering three
areas.
There will be
new funds available
in the Divisions
to support these
activities where
they differ
in scope or
scale from the
traditional
core of the
programs.
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UCGIS President
Robert McMaster,
chair of the
department of
geography at
the University
of Minnesota,
has been appointed
Vice Provost
and Dean for
Undergraduate
Education by
the Provost
and Board of
Regents.
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MAPPS
Loses in Federal Court
Washington DC, Jun 19, 2007
The United States
District Court in Alexandria, Virginia has reached a decision in
the MAPPS (Management Association for Private Photogrammetric
Surveyors) litigation, ruling last week that MAPPS lacks legal
standing. A
press release describing the decision and the
full decision
provide further detail. UCGIS was one of the first organizations
to agree to join in an amicus brief opposing the MAPPS claims.
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UCGISjoins the GIS
Certification Institute as a Member Organization
Park Ridge, Il., Nov. 29, 2005 The University Consortium of
Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) recently accepted the GIS
Certification Institute's (GISCI) invitation to join GISCI
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Jack Sanders named
New Executive Director of UCGIS
Alexandria, VA August 11, 2004 UCGIS announces the appointment
of Jack Sanders as the Executive Director of the University
Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).
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UCGIS to Hold
Urban Indicator and GIS Workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico
Leesburgh VA., June 18, 2004 The University Consortium for
Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) will conduct a three-day
hands-on workshop on integrating geographic information systems
(GIS) and urban indicator analysis on June 21-23, 2004, in
Guadalajara, Mexico. ...more
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| Former Senator Bob Kerry to speak on "Mapping the news"
Washington DC April 16, 2004
Former Senator Bob Kerrey will speak at the Mapping the News conference on
May
14, 2004, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Former Senator
Kerrey is now President of New School University in New York City
and a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon
the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission)...more
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| National Institute of Health and National Science Foundation
Program
Redlands, CA April 16, 2004 The goal of the program is to
develop collaborative tools and techniques to help store,
document, access, and analyze large amounts of shared laboratory
data. These tools will leverage existing biological/medical
research by making raw data generated in a single laboratory more
readily available to secondary researchers in other laboratories
to use for additional discoveries. ...more
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Call for
Nominations for the 2004 UCGIS Research Award
Leesburgh Va., April 15, 2004
The UCGIS
Research Award is given to the creators of a particularly
outstanding research contribution to Geographic Information
Science in 2003. Normally the Research Award is awarded to
author(s) of an outstanding research work or series of works
published in a peer-reviewed medium.
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| UCGIS held congressional breakfast in Washington D.C.
Washington D.C., February 18, 2004 UCGIS held a successful
2004 Winter Meeting in Washington, DC, on February 5-6 on Capitol
Hill. This year’s congressional program focused on the theme of
homeland security, showcasing the role of geographic information
science in addressing various homeland security issues to Congress
staff. The program featured seven presentations from UCGIS member
institutions... more
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| UCGIS Hosted Geospatial Visualization and Knowledge Discovery
Workshop
Landsdowne, VA, February 4, 2004 The University Consortium
for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) held a three-day
workshop on geospatial visualization and knowledge discovery
research November 17-20, 2003, at the National Conference Center
in Landsdowne, Virginia. The workshop was sponsored through a
grant from the Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA)
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| UCGIS Hosted Homeland Security Workshop
Dawsonville, Ga February 4, 2004 The University of Georgia
(UGA) organized a workshop on Homeland Security applications of
geospatial information for UCGIS. The workshop, sponsored with
funds to UCGIS from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
and held on November 6-7, 2003, at the UGA Conference Facility in
Amicalola Falls State Park in the north Georgia mountains, brought
together 14 academic and government researchers
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| UCGIS 2004 Winter Meeting Focuses on Homeland Security
Washington DC January 19, 2004- UCGIS will hold its 2004 Winter
Meeting in Washington, DC, during February 5-6. This year’s
congressional program will be dedicated to the theme of homeland
security. The Policy and Legislation Committee has selected seven
presentations, from a large number of outstanding proposals, for
this event to showcase the role of GI Science in addressing
various homeland security issues.
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UCGIS to HostGeospatial Visualization and Knowledge Discovery
Workshop
Lansdowne, VA October 23, 2003- The University Consortium
for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) will hold a three-day
workshop on geospatial visualization and knowledge discovery
research. The workshop is sponsored through a grant from the
Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA) and the United
States Geological Survey (USGS).
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The Center for
Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS) Announces New
NSF-funded Program
October 10, 2003-
SPACE (Spatial Perspectives for Analysis in Curriculum
Enhancement) is a newly funded program of professional
development, oriented to undergraduate-level instruction in the
social sciences. SPACE is eligible for three years of support
totaling $1.4 million under the NSF CCLI National Dissemination
program of the Division of Undergraduate Education. The objectives
of SPACE are to introduce spatial methodologies
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| NSDI 2003 Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) winners Announced
September 11, 2003- The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
2003 Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) winners have been
announced. CAP was established by the Federal Geographic Data
Committee (FGDC) to help form partnerships among organizations
implementing the NSDI. The program’s goal is to encourage
resource-sharing projects through the use of technology,
networking, and more efficient inter-organizational coordination.
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The Model
Curricula Strawman
LEESBURGH, Va., July 11, 2003-
The UCGIS Task Force reported on its efforts to define and develop
closely articulated Geographic Information Science and Technology
(GI S&T) model curricula at the Summer Assembly in Asilomar,
California. The group is working to define, and prepare for
implementation, closely linked model curricula in that are
intended to provide a baseline for the restructuring of existing
undergraduate programs in the area of GI S&T in the United States
as well as for the efficient establishment of new educational
activities in this area.
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Intergraph Funding Research for UCGIS Members
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 16, 2003 – Intergraph Mapping and
Geospatial Solutions, in collaboration with the University
Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), today
announced a GeoMedia® research grant opportunity for UCGIS
members. Furthering UCGIS’ longstanding commitment to the
geographic sciences and education, the grant is open to any member
using or intending to use Intergraph’s GeoMedia technology as the
foundation for geographic information systems (GIS) research. The
GeoMedia research grant will award $5,000 (U.S.) cash funding and
a $50,000 software donation in recognition of an exceptional and
innovative applied research proposal submitted by a UCGIS member.
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