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SDSC at AAG 2026 in San Francisco
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April 15, 2026

SDSC at AAG 2026 in San Francisco

SDSC faculty and graduate students presented new research and earned specialty group honors at the 2026 AAG Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

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Amber DeJohn publishes new Applied Geography article on transit investment and neighborhood change
Apr 13, 2026Amber DeJohn

Amber DeJohn publishes new Applied Geography article on transit investment and neighborhood change

Amber DeJohn co-authors a new Applied Geography article examining the causal effects of transit investment on neighborhoods.

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2026 GOAL Symposium highlights interdisciplinary aging research at FSU
Apr 13, 2026Amber DeJohn

2026 GOAL Symposium highlights interdisciplinary aging research at FSU

Amber DeJohn hosted the first independent GOAL Symposium at Florida State University, with participation from several SDSC faculty members.

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Amber DeJohn invited to speak at UT Knoxville on digital health in later life
Apr 13, 2026Amber DeJohn

Amber DeJohn invited to speak at UT Knoxville on digital health in later life

Amber DeJohn was invited to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to discuss her work on digital health in later life.

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SDSC team receives FSU/AWS Research Acceleration Fund award
Apr 9, 2026Mehak Sachdeva

SDSC team receives FSU/AWS Research Acceleration Fund award

Mehak Sachdeva, A. Stewart Fotheringham, and Mason Mathews received a 2025-2026 FSU/AWS Research Acceleration Fund award with $20,000 in AWS cloud computing credits.

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Mehak Sachdeva receives First Year Assistant Professor Grant for urban polarization research
Apr 9, 2026Mehak Sachdeva

Mehak Sachdeva receives First Year Assistant Professor Grant for urban polarization research

Mehak Sachdeva has been awarded a 2025-2026 First Year Assistant Professor Grant for a project building a high-resolution national database to study urban polarization.

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Call for Papers: Interpretability and Explainability in GeoAI
Nov 4, 2025Ziqi Li

Call for Papers: Interpretability and Explainability in GeoAI

Special issue highlights interpretable and explainable GeoAI for geospatial science and Earth observations.

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Florida State University launches Spatial Data Science Center
Oct 21, 2025Rebecca Sage & Rachel Lechwar | FSU News

Florida State University launches Spatial Data Science Center

FSU establishes the Spatial Data Science Center to tackle complex social challenges with advanced spatial analytics.

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NIH Grant: National, Multidimensional Measures of Healthcare Accessibility for AD/ADRD Risk Factors
Aug 15, 2025Amber DeJohn

NIH Grant: National, Multidimensional Measures of Healthcare Accessibility for AD/ADRD Risk Factors

Amber DeJohn will lead a new NIH-funded GECC project to measure and map healthcare accessibility for Alzheimer's-related risk factors.

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2026 Geographies of Aging and the Life Course (GOAL) Symposium at FSU
Jul 1, 2025Amber DeJohn

2026 Geographies of Aging and the Life Course (GOAL) Symposium at FSU

Amber DeJohn co-founds a new symposium to spotlight aging research across FSU, backed by COSSPP internal funding.

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Call for Paper:  Health & Place special issue on "Aging in Place and Space"
Apr 6, 2025Amber DeJohn

Call for Paper: Health & Place special issue on "Aging in Place and Space"

Call for Paper: Amber DeJohn co-edits a special issue in Health & Place on Aging

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