Join us at our 2nd spatial@uchicago OPEN HOUSE & GIS Day to learn about who’s doing geospatial work on campus and connect with people and spatial resources! 

Feel free to join whatever session you’re interested in if you don’t have time to join all sessions.

Similar to last year, we’ll make an effort to actively connect students, educators and researchers. No RSVP needed.

Th, Nov 14, 7-9pm

Meet the two geo student orgs on campus!

1155 E 60^th St, Room 140C

Fri, Nov 15, 1-5pm CT

Regenstein Library, Room 122

Join lightning talks remotely here.

We look forward to seeing you!

1-2PM: FACULTY TALKS: A GLIMPSE OF SPATIAL RESEARCH 

• 5min Welcome & Intro

• 1:05-1:25 Lauren Mitchell, MD (PITCH Fellow), Section of General Internal Medicine
  Geospatial Analysis of a Chicago Department of Public Health Community Health Worker Program
  This study uses geospatial techniques to assess whether Community Health Workers (CHWs) are focusing on areas with the greatest social need in Chicago and if their engagement topics align with neighborhood health priorities. The research seeks to enhance the effectiveness of the CHW program in addressing health disparities.

• 1:25-1:35 Q&A

• 1:35-1:55 Sarah Newman, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Sciences
  Desert Paradise: Long-Term Water Management and Agriculture in the Hinterlands of Petra, Jordan
  This project explores how ancient inhabitants of Petra managed to thrive in extreme environments. By examining archaeological sites and terracing systems, the study aims to understand long-term landscape changes that supported agriculture and contributed to Petra’s success.

• 1:55-2pm: Q&A

2-3PM: STUDENT TALKS: WHAT”S HAPPENING IN GISCIENCE CLASSES 

• Marcus Kuo: Socially Equitable Geodemographic Clustering and Regionalization
• Yeap Qian Fang: Optimizing Air Quality Sensor Placement in Chicago
• Ashlynn Wimer: Opioid Risk Regionalization in Chicago through Found Data
• Alex Arnell & Mardet Mulugeta: Bus Rapid Transit
• Yuxuan Cai: Evaluating implied urban nature vitality in San Francisco

3-4PM: SPATIAL@UCHICAGO LIGHTNING TALKS: WHO’S DOING WHAT ON CAMPUS

• Welcome & Intro (Julia Koschinsky, Rob Shepard, Parm Sinha)
• GIS Helpdesk – Library (Robert Shepard)
• GIS Helpdesk – RCC (Parm Sinha)
• GIScience Minor & Spatial Core (Crystal Bae & Yue Lin)
• ISAC’s CAMEL Lab (Mehrnoush Soroush)
• Center for Spatial Data Science (Julia Koschinsky) 
• Tobler & UCGeo RSOs (Noah Lee & Serena Bernstein)
• Spatial Library Fellowship (Parker Otto)
• DSI: Spatial Projects (Evelyn Campbell)
• DSI OSL: Spatial Tech (Dylan Halpern)
• Mansueto: Spatial Projects (Chris Berry)
• Spatial Development Economics (Alex Lehner)
• Committee on Environment, Geography & Urbanization (Grga Basic)
• Urbanism Lab (Emily Talen)

4-5PM: IN-PERSON NETWORKING: WE’LL GET YOU CONNECTED