By Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis University will hire 20 new faculty members in core geospatial science and related fields in an ambitious cluster hiring initiative. The new positions, which will be filled over a three-year span, will be hired in...
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A Geospatial Welcome
By Nadine Alameh I’ll start this message the same way I would likely start and end all my communications with the amazing consortium that is the Taylor Geospatial Institute—with a thank you! Thank you for your warm welcome, thank you for your commitment to TGI’s...
Taylor Geospatial Career Guide Series Kicks Off with an Impassioned Presentation of the Potential of Geospatial Science from TGI Executive Director Nadine Alameh
by Bob Grant ST. LOUIS — The Taylor Geospatial Institute launched its Geospatial Career Guide Series by welcoming students, professionals, and anyone else interested in exploring geospatial careers to listen and engage in the first installment on September 14, 2023....
Dispatch from the TGI Consortium: Teamwork Takes Flight at New Field Research Site
by Kristina DeYong, Communications Specialist at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center New Ground for Growth It has been just over a year since the Danforth Center acquired the 140-acre farm that became the home of the new Danforth Center Field Research Site....
Saint Louis University Receives $1 Million NGA Grant to Establish Midwestern Satellite Calibration Network
by Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS — Earthquake fault lines. Abandoned mines. Transportation infrastructure. Dams and Levees. Location of Goods and Supplies. Government agencies, researchers and public entities rely on geospatial technology to locate existing geographic...
SLU, NGA Host AI-Focused Geo-Resolution Conference on September 28
by Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS, MO – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Saint Louis University will co-host the Geo-Resolution 2023 conference, “Digital Transformations: Navigating a World of Data from Seabed to Space,” Thursday, Sept. 28, at SLU’s Busch...
TGI Names Deputy Director and SLU Appoints Inaugural Associate Vice President for Geospatial Science
by Bob Grant ST. LOUIS – Vasit Sagan, Ph.D., will become Deputy Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) and Associate Vice President for Geospatial Science at Saint Louis University, effective September 1, 2023. Sagan has served as TGI’s Acting...
World-Renowned Geospatial Expert Selected as Inaugural Executive Director of Taylor Geospatial Institute
Nadine Alameh, Ph.D., has been selected as the inaugural executive director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI), a consortium of eight research institutions led by Saint Louis University. Her appointment is effective Sept. 1. “Dr. Alameh is a champion of...
SLU/TGI-hosted Headwall Hyperspectral Imaging Workshop Distills Knowledge, Attracts Talent
by Bob Grant ST. LOUIS - “Welcome to the geospatial capital of the world.” That was how Vasit Sagan, Acting Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute, kicked off a two-day hyperspectral imaging workshop put on by Headwall Photonics and hosted by TGI at Saint Louis...
The Faces of TGI – J.S. Onésimo “Ness” Sándoval and Precision Geospatial Tracking of Societal Inequities
by Bob Grant ST. LOUIS - Dr. Ness Sándoval’s experience with spatial inequality runs deep. The Saint Louis University demography and sociology professor was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, a small town with a large Mexican-American community where his family put down...
Taylor Geospatial Institute Announces Inaugural Class of TGI Fellows
by Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS – The Taylor Geospatial Institute today announces the inaugural group of TGI fellows. The program enables TGI member institutions to recruit and retain distinguished researchers in geospatial science fields, develop the next generation of...
New Taylor Geospatial Institute Hailed as ‘Big Deal’ for St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — Bolstering the city’s bid to become a hub for geospatial technology, economic development and academic leaders announced Thursday the creation of a new research center that will help build an industry officials see as key to St. Louis’s economic future....