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Twitter for @UofMaryland Dept. of Geographical Sciences @bsosumd, College Park-MD #BeTheSolution 🐢🌍
College Park, Maryland
Joined December 2018
Don't miss our last info sessions for our graduate programs in geospatial sciences! 📅 Tuesday, Nov . 4 | 12 PM EDT MS GIS & GIS + Remote Sensing Certs 👉 Register https://t.co/AclG9SK2lq 📅 Thursday, Nov. 6 | 12 PM EDT MS GEOINT + Certs 👉 Register https://t.co/sU5DwAefSB
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I had the privilege of sitting down with Lily James Olds at @TEDTalks HQ in #NYC to discuss my work utilizing satellites and machine learning to support smallholder farmers across Africa for the #TEDTalks Daily Podcast. 🎧 Listen to the podcast:
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Podcast Episode · TED Talks Daily · 10/24/2025 · 34m
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🏭 Steelmaking is a major global carbon culprit, tough to decarbonize. A new Nature study, co-authored by UMD’s Laixiang Sun, maps cost-effective, plant-level pathways to net-zero. Read more: https://t.co/Mz462yCQGW
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Our October newsletter is live! 🚨New Rapid Response Center for agricultural assessments 🛰️Combining @NASA & @esa data to map smallholder farms along the Nile River 🚲Helmets Labeling Crops: A new method for large scale field data collection Read more 👉 https://t.co/QhQzLRWH5s
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Email from NASA Harvest What's New from NASA Harvest Subscribe NASA Harvest News How satellites are supporting farmers across Africa Catherine Nakalembe, Africa Lead for NASA Harvest and a TED F
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At UMD, we never stand still—because standing still has never moved the world forward. Today we launch Forward: The University of Maryland Campaign for the Fearless to drive transformation as a top 20 public research university and lead #MarylandForward. https://t.co/iqv5mCah1i
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The new episode of our podcast, Nature Unheard, is now live & looks at how satellite data are transforming the way we grow food. With @BeckerInbal @HarvestProgram @NASA @MSFTResearch
https://t.co/mSPlD1nN1F Supported by @CIF_Action, Japan, the Netherlands & Spain through HIPCA
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🛰️🌎 Prof Matthew Hansen will lead a $1.2 million project to improve monitoring of tropical land cover, via @MooreFound. Using satellite data, his @UMD_GLAD team will map where commodity expansion is replacing forests + other natural areas. Read more:
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So cool to see all these famous Terps 🤩🐢
Terps have Maryland pride! Fearlessness isn’t always about having the answer, but being bold enough to figure it out. The sky is the limit for all Terps. For generations, UMD has prepared Terps for lifelong success. Fearless starts here. Together, we move #MarylandForward:
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Technology must be designed to serve the people who need it. I am honored to be among the 2025 @TEDFellow collaborating across disciplines to spark future-shaping change around the world. Thank you @TEDFellows Program and @TEDTalks for supporting our work.
Satellites in space are helping farmers on the ground. ✨ In her TED Fellows Film, food security specialist @CLNakalembe shows how satellite data helps protect farmers across Africa from climate threats to build resilience and protect their livelihoods: https://t.co/pHGIa9hsgu
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🗓️ The Science Policy Group at UMD is hosting a think tank career panel this Friday, Nov. 7, 2:30–4:30 pm. Hear from alumni who are leaders at the @PotomacInstitute @americanprog @EPIConservation RSVP 🔗 https://t.co/6J8gsaY40q
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I am honored & proud to be leading @bsosumd through Forward: The @UofMaryland Campaign for the Fearless. At BSOS, we aim to solve the world's great challenges—and now you can explore just a few of those efforts at https://t.co/iTRG85GQJI. Let's move #MarylandForward, together!
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🗓️ GEOG seminar: Join us Thursday, Nov. 6, at 3:30 p.m. for "Turning Scientists’ Dreams into Reality: Your Wish Is an Instrument Scientist’s Command" with Philip W. Dabney from @NASAGoddard: https://t.co/cusT7kKKCT
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UMD is proud to lead Fearlessly Forward. Forward to empower future leaders, to make groundbreaking discoveries, to find innovative solutions and to inspire a movement. Together, Terrapins are pushing the edge of possibility, uniting for good and changing lives. Together, we
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GLP is reflecting back on last week at Notre Dame for the NSS meeting. Important conversations around land system transformations were at the heart of the meeting. Plus, GLP’s SSC Co-Chair, Laura Vang Rasmussen presented a keynote about her Frontiers Planet Prize winning work!
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It's only fitting that @CLNakalembe is receiving global attention for her groundbreaking work. The BSOS community is so proud to work with you and with @umdgeography, Catherine!
Satellites in space are helping farmers on the ground. ✨ In her TED Fellows Film, food security specialist @CLNakalembe shows how satellite data helps protect farmers across Africa from climate threats to build resilience and protect their livelihoods: https://t.co/pHGIa9hsgu
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Join us at #Geography2050: The Future of #GeoAI & the Planet Nov. 20-21 in #NYC! Hear from @columbiaclimate, @gwgeography, @planet, @EarthGenome, & @umdgeography leaders about how GeoAI transformed the way we assess & respond to global challenges. More: https://t.co/VqqtVdmjEM
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#ICYMI "Jane Goodall is someone we should try to emulate in realizing a life of meaning and impact... We're proud that the tools + partnerships we developed w/ @JaneGoodallInst continue to guide conservation efforts + inspire the next gen of scientists. https://t.co/CB3HpGMN5o
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NASA Harvest's Africa Lead, @CLNakalembe, uses satellites and AI to help farmers across Africa respond to floods, droughts, and crop loss. We're proud of Catherine for joining the 2025 cohort of Ted Fellows! You can watch her TED Fellows talk below!
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More than 8,000 satellites orbit Earth, taking photos every day. Food security specialist and TED Fellow Catherine Nakalembe shows how she uses this imagery to help smallholder farmers across Africa...
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How can 3D renderings of sea ice enhance maritime safety? Assoc Prof @dr_slfarrell is working on a project that leverages cutting-edge technology to find out, aiming to improve navigation and advance climate research: https://t.co/HtfriWFldW
#UMDResearch #ClimateScience
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In case you missed it, the BSOS+ Collaborative Research Showcase is happening on Wednesday, November 19 from 2-5 p.m. in the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center's Orem Hall—and you're invited! Learn more and RSVP at https://t.co/9UK8zbNPq0.
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🛰️ 🌿As part of a new $45M @schmidtsciences initiative, 2 GEOG projects will use advanced modeling, remote sensing and forest monitoring to sharpen carbon flux estimates + strengthen our understanding of land-based climate impacts: https://t.co/MR2AxQNumT w/ @UMD_GEL
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