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Using Python for Geospatial Analysis and Visualization
May 22, 2026
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9:00AM - 12:00PM EDT
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CGIS Knafel building, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
In Person
Lead Instructors: Jielu Zhang and Devika Jain Date and Time: May 22nd, 9:00 am to 12: 00 am Location: Room SB -12, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA Objective: This workshop focuses on how to analyze and visualize health-related...

Fisher Prize Award Competition
May 3, 2026
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11:55PM EDT
In Person
The Fisher Prize for excellence in GIS will be given to one Harvard graduate and one Harvard undergraduate student who must be enrolled in the academic year and in good standing to be considered for the award. Group projects are allowed - just submit as...

Getting Started with AI for Spatial Data
April 10, 2026
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1:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.
In Person
Instructors: Zifu Wang and Devika Jain Description: This 2-hour interactive workshop introduces participants to the practical use of Large Language Models (LLMs) for text classification tasks using real-world geotagged Twitter data. Participants will...

Satellite Imagery Analysis with Google Earth Engine
April 3, 2026
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1:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.
In Person
Lecture Slides Link | KNIME Hub Workflow Link | Reference Book This two-hour workshop introduces satellite imagery analysis with Google Earth Engine (GEE) using KNIME’s GEE extension. Specifically, this workshop will: 1) Explain how remote sensing imagery...

GIS Workshop for GH 706
April 2, 2026
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9:00AM - 12:00PM EDT
In Person
Learning objectives: Learning some basic GIS terminology and data structure Creating a general reference map of Tanzania using QGIS that includes roads, cities, rivers, and administrative borders. These skills can then be applied to make a general...

Mapping workshop for HAA 73 course "Money Matters"
March 30, 2026
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12:30PM - 2:45PM EDT
In Person
The CGA will teach a workshop to students in the Department of History of Art and Architecture class "Money Matters". Students will learn the basics of GIS, and will practice mapping data in different formats. Click here to download workshop materials.

UPD Urban Analytics Seminar Series: Dr. Tyler Haupert
March 30, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
In Person
“Land Use Restrictiveness and Mortgage Access: How Regulatory Environments Condition Racial and Income Disparities in Loan Approvals and Pricing” Presentation by Dr. Tyler Haupert Monday, March 30, 12:00-1:30pm Gund Hall, Room 112 (Stubbins) Hosted by the...

EIP Student of the Year Award
Mar 15, 2026
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11:55PM EDT
In Person
The Esri Innovation Program (EIP) Student of the Year is an annual award open to all Harvard students, sponsored by Esri and administered by the CGA. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding achievements in developing novel tools or techniques for...

Urban Conversations Breakfast event with Geoff Boeing
March 10, 2026
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10:00AM - 11:30AM EDT
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Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall 112, 48 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138
In Person
Please join us for "Universality in Urban Form," an Urban Conversations event with speaker Geoff Boeing. Urban street networks shape city form, accessibility, mobility, and resilience. Prior work has emphasized differences between cities' street network...

Geography Seminar: A City Is Sometimes a Tree
March 9, 2026
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12:00PM EDT
In Person
Please join us for "A City Is Sometimes a Tree," an Urban Conversations event with speaker Geoff Boeing in conversation with Carole Voulgaris. Geoff is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy...

Getting Started with Spatial Analysis in R
March 6, 2026
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1:00PM - 3:00PM EST
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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.
In Person
This two hour workshop will introduce the concept of spatial analysis and what it can be used for. Students will use the R progaming language to perform proximity, overlay, and geostatistical operations on a variety of data. Students will learn how to...

Breakfast Seminar in urban planning with Elizabeth Delmelle
February 27, 2026
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9:30AM - 11:00AM EST
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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Room 112
In Person
Please join us for a breakfast seminar with Elizabeth Delmelle: "Marketing Neighborhoods: Real Estate Advertisement Language and Persistent Patterns of Racial Segregation," at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Gund 112, 9:30-11am...