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Taylor Geospatial Institute Awards $1.7 Million in Seed Grants to Advance Collaborative Research
by Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS – The Taylor Geospatial Institute today awards its first $1.7 million in Geospatial Institute Seed Grant Program to stimulate Collaborative Research (GISCoR) grants to research faculty across its partner institutions. These seed grants…
Saint Louis University Receives $1 Million Grant to Form TGI Academy
Grant will help SLU and Taylor Geospatial Institute build infrastructure to train the region’s geospatial workforce ST. LOUIS — A $1 million grant from the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (MDHEWD) to Saint Louis University will create…
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…
Taylor Geospatial Institute Receives $1 Million NSF Grant to Create Regional AI Learning System
ST. LOUIS – A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will create the Taylor Geospatial Institute Regional AI Learning System. Launched in April 2022 and led by Saint Louis University, the Taylor Geospatial Institute brings together eight Midwestern…
Planet Partners With TGI, Data Expected To Be Leveraged For Research On Food Security And Defense And Intelligence
Planet Partners with Taylor Geospatial Institute, Data Expected To Be Leveraged for Research on Food Security and Defense and Intelligence In exciting news, we have entered into a multi-year contract with Saint Louis University in support of the Taylor Geospatial…
SLU, NGA to Host Annual Geo-Resolution Conference Focusing on Climate Change
SLU, NGA to host annual Geo-Resolution Conference focusing on climate change ST. LOUIS – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and Saint Louis University (SLU) will co-host the annual Geo-Resolution conference Wednesday, Sept. 28, at SLU. Geo- Resolution…
SLU Professor Awarded NIH Young Researcher Grant to Use Geospatial Science to Improve Treatment for Osteoarthritis Patients
By: Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS – Sarah Gebauer, M.D., assistant professor of family and community medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, was awarded a K23 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to use…
Mizzou Engineers Using Geospatial AI to Map Remote Settlements in East Africa
There’s a large swath of land in east Africa populated by homesteads known as bomas. While it’s estimated that more than a million Maasai people occupy this area, these bomas are made up of between 10 and 200 occupants, many of whom lack access to health care,…