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2023 Fisher Prize Winners

May 17, 2023

The 2023 Fisher Prize Winners for excellence in GIS are Beatrice Youd (Harvard College, Undergraduate Category) for the entry "Impacts of Conservation in the Republic of Congo"and Bora Ju (Harvard Graduate School of Design, Graduate Category), for the entry "Spatial Changes of Pre- and Post war City: Mariupol". View judges comments and the award winning story maps on the CGA award page. Congratulations Beatrice and Bora!

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2023 EIP Award Winner

March 30, 2023
The Esri Innovation Program (EIP) Award Winner for 2023 is Yoji Toriumi from the Graduate School of Design for his entry "Climate Change and Flood Risk in Pakistan: Identification of Higher Disaster Risk Areas".  Judges comments: “This project featured relevant data with well documented sources and robust, logical geographic analysis presented in a well organized, effective, visually pleasing manner. The study of climate change and how it effects human populations is more important now than ever, and this project serves as a significant contribution to... Read more about 2023 EIP Award Winner

Applications Open for The Summer Workshop on Spatiotemporal Innovation

February 16, 2023
Sponsored by the Spatial Data Lab, this workshop to be held July 10 to 14, 2023 in Cambridge, MA aims to promote replicable and expandable spatiotemporal data science with advanced methodology and technology. The workshop will discuss methodology, functions and workflow-based tools for spatiotemporal data analysis as well as case studies for their applications across different fields, including public health, business, social media, remote sensing, and environmental science. There will be a spatiotemporal innovation symposium at the end of the workshop with...
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Map Librarian Position

January 19, 2023
The Harvard Map Collection is hiring a Map Librarian.  The Map Collection is seeking a creative and proactive colleague to lead course support activities that highlight the paper map collection. This person will work closely with the entire Map Collection team to promote teaching with maps and GIS. Our goal is to build on and expand our patrons’ ability to research with our collections, including reimagining the collections as sources for geospatial data. ... Read more about Map Librarian Position