Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Sciences Stephanie Insalaco recently published a dataset, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and the United States Geological Survey. The data product provides a collation of estimates of species vulnerability to climate change that have been made using correlative niche models, which can be used by states in the southeastern U.S. when making their State Wildlife Action Plans. The dataset can be found here.

Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Sciences Stephanie Insalaco co-authored the paper “Satellite remote sensing for environmental sustainable development goals: A review of applications for terrestrial and marine protected areas” with colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Tennessee Knoxville. The paper, published in the journal Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, highlights the importance of using remote sensing to monitor protected areas and to overall achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The paper can be read here.

Associate Professor of History Jethro Hernández Berrones presented his work, titled “Visualizing at-home births in Mexico City after the revolution: Midwives from the Free School of Obstetrics and Nursing, 1920s and 30s,” at the seminario permanente de investigación de Atlas.mx, sponsored by CIDE, CONACYT, INEGI, UCMexus, UC Riverside, and John Hopkins University. He discussed his previous work with students to develop a digital map to locate midwives who graduated from this school and the women they aided. The talk also introduced his new project, co-directed with Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Sciences Stephanie Insalaco, to create an interactive digital map aimed at making the historical archive of these midwives public.