GIS Program at UMaine-Machias

09/13/2023

UMaine at Machias hiring a new faculty member to support our awesome GIS courses and programs. Please help spread the word! The job description is at https://machias.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=82309&job=lecturer-of-geographic-information-science.

10/29/2022

UMM GIS students rocked the poster session at THE MEGUG Conference Friday! Congrats to Austin Simmons who earned the undergraduate student poster award and Megan Leach who earned the graduate student poster award. Jesse Robert and Trish Tilton presented excellent posters, as well. Maja Kruse, history grad student, gave two talks on her groundbreaking geographic Holocaust research. Super proud of this gang!

05/20/2022

Great news! UMM early college student Henry Penfold from Deer Isle-Stonington HS has won the K-12 ArcGIS Online Story Map Competition for Maine. His story map has been forwarded to Esri as Maine's entry for the national competition. You can view his story map entitled "Seabirds face a rising tide" here (scroll down to view a truly elegant visualization):
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5a61a75e2622486886419fcfac9ac37b

Congratulations, Henry and his instructor Brandi LeRoy!

The impacts of sea level rise are beginning to be felt around the world. How will Maine's seabird colonies fare?

01/31/2022

Mapping error!

The Maine Legislature is getting involved in a dispute over whether Waldo or Knox County can claim a string of coastal islands.

01/29/2022

Try your hand at gerrymandering!

Gerrymandering has been criticized for disenfranchising voters and fueling polarization. To help you understand it better, we created an imaginary state called Hexapolis, where your only mission is to gerrymander your party to power.

01/25/2022

VERY COOL GIS PRESENTATION COMING UP! (Some students may be able to earn extra credit for attending!)

The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education are pleased to present the Annual Mattson-New York Times Lecture, to be delivered (via Zoom Webinar) by Dr. Lawrence T. Brown, author of The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America (Johns Hopkins, 2021).

Dr. Brown's presentation, entitled: "Building the Abolition Democracy with GIS, Maps, Data, and Archival Materials," will be delivered, via Zoom Webinar, on February 10th, from 6pm-7:30pm, with time for a robust moderated Q and A following the presentation.
Please note: The webinar will also be live-captioned.

The webinar is free and open to the public. Please REGISTER HERE for the Zoom link.

As part of welcoming Dr. Brown and his work to campus (virtually this year), we have purchased copies of The Black Butterfly to distribute in the USM community (staff, faculty, students, etc.). We have 75 books to distribute, first come, first served. If you are interested in receiving a book, please fill out this brief request form.

We will host a series of hour-long lunchtime/late-afternoon book discussions in March, following Dr. Brown's virtual visit in February.

Lawrence T. Brown is the founder and director of the Black Butterfly Academy, a racial equity education and consulting firm. From 2013-2019, he served as an assistant and associate professor at Morgan State University in the School of Community Health and Policy, where he launched the initiative. In 2020, he directed the US COVID-19 Atlas work and response for the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps program in partnership with the University of Chicago Center for Spatial Data Science. His first book The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in January 2021.

Please join us for the 2022 Mattson-New York Times Lecture "Building the Abolition Democracy with GIS, Maps, Data, and Archival Materials."

01/15/2022

Reports to: Cobscook Experiential Programs Director & Great Circle Start Date: As soon as possible Salary Range: 40-47K based on experience Position Summary Cobscook Experiential Programs is an interdisciplinary, experiential, relational, and placed-based education option for Washing

01/15/2022

FBC is hiring! Our work is growing & so is our staff!

We're seeking an experienced administrative professional with a love for getting outside & the special places in Downeast Maine!

Full position description and info on how to apply at frenchmanbay.org/job-opportunities. Deadline to apply is February 7, 2022!

12/14/2021

Scholarship opportunity for GIS students!

Blue Marble annually offers students a chance to win a US$500 scholarship by submitting a project involving the use of Global Mapper.

12/03/2021

Cool opportunity! usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/624410400

Open to the first 100 applicants or until 12/07/2021 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

11/14/2021

What Climate Change Looks Like From Space

The impact is etched on land and ice across the planet.