by Bob Grant During the week of February 26th, TGI announced a new LinkedIn Group to help researchers, administrators, and others share award opportunities, requests for proposals, emerging geospatial technologies, interesting new publications, and more using the...
University of Missouri–St. Louis
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....
Reda Amer Named New Director of UMSL’s Geospatial Collaborative
The University of Missouri–St. Louis has a new director for its Geospatial Collaborative as it works to strengthen its connections to St. Louis’ blossoming geospatial sector and take a leading role in building the future workforce. UMSL tapped Reda Amer to lead the...
SLU to Host a Symposium to Explore Social Media and National Intelligence
by Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS – How safe is social media? In 2022, over 58.4% of the world’s population used social media and the details shared by social media users provides analysts and scammers alike with vast amounts of data in real-time. An upcoming symposium at...
Q&A with Enbal Shacham
By: USGIF Trajectory Magazine caught up with Enbal Shacham, Ph.D., a professor and associate dean of research in the college for public health and social justice at Saint Louis University and the Acting Associate Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute, about her...
Taylor Geospatial Institute Taps Former LaunchCode Executive to Direct Government, Industry Partnerships
by Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS — Jeff Mazur, former executive director of LaunchCode, is joining Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) as the inaugural director of government and industry partnerships. In this role, Mazur will help the Saint Louis University-led Institute...
Former NGA Director Robert Sharp joining UMSL Geospatial Collaborative
The University of Missouri–St. Louis announced today that it has tapped retired Vice Admiral Robert Sharp, the former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, to serve as a research fellow with the UMSL Geospatial Collaborative. In this new role, Sharp...
UMSL’s Emily Blackburn deploying vast geospatial intelligence expertise in new role at UMSL
The University of Missouri–St. Louis continues to build its connections with the rapidly developing geospatial ecosystem that’s been sprouting up throughout St. Louis alongside construction of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s new west campus northwest of...
NGA, UMSL partnering to develop STEM professionals and educators
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and University of Missouri–St. Louis are partnering to create a geospatial talent pipeline that supports student learning from kindergarten through college and beyond. Under a new educational partnership agreement, UMSL...