Mapping and GIScience Information Sessions

 

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Interested in technology, data, geography or solving real-world problems? Join us to learn about the University of Kentucky's new Bachelor's in Mapping and GIScience—an innovative STEM program that prepares students to use digital mapping, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and emerging technologies like GeoAI to understand and solve challenges facing our communities and our world.
 
During this information session, you'll hear from faculty, explore what you'll learn in the program, discover the wide range of career opportunities available to graduates and have the chance to ask questions. 
 
Whether you're a prospective first-year student, transfer student, parent, or school counselor, this is a great opportunity to learn how Mapping and GIScience can prepare you for a rapidly growing, technology-driven career.
 
Dates and Details
Tue, Oct. 6, 2026 at 3 pm
Location: UK Main Campus, Patterson Office Tower room 202
 
Tue, Oct. 13, 2026 at 3 pm
Location: Zoom, register to join
 
During the session, you'll learn about:
  • What makes the Mapping and GIScience major unique
  • Career paths in geospatial technology, environmental science, business, public health, urban planning, and more
  • Hands-on learning experiences and industry-relevant technology
  • Admission requirements and how to apply
  • Opportunities to connect with faculty
 
 
Date:
Location:
POT 202; Virtual

Mapping and GIScience

Dr. Pradyumna P. Karan Memorial Lecture

The Dr. Pradyumna P. Karan Memorial Lecture Series at the University of Kentucky honors the doctoral program that professor Pradyumna P. (P.P.) Karan launched in 1968. The lecturer is selected by the graduate students in the Department of Geography to honor the doctoral program that P.P. Karan launched in 1968. Supported by an initial donation by the family of Karan, this memorial lecture series is meant to serve the graduate program and the department.

The speaker for the 2027 Dr. Pradyumna P. Karan Memorial Lecture is Jennifer L. Fluri, Ph.D., from the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Schedule of Events, Friday, Feb. 26, 2027:

  • A Friday afternoon talk by Fluri is at 3 p.m. in Gatton B&E 191. Read more about the lecture here.
  • A reception at the Commonwealth House of the Gaines Center for the Humanities immediately following the lecture.

Lecture information is forthcoming.

For more information on the Series itself, please visit: Dr Pradyumna P. Karan Memorial Lecture Series in Geography.

Date:
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Location:
Gatton Business and Education Bldg. - Rm. 191

11th Annual Bailey Distinguished Alumni Lecture

The University of Kentucky Department of Geography invites you to the 11th annual Harrison and Eva Lewis Bailey Distinguished Alumni Lecture.

Harrison and Eva graduated from UK; Eva from psychology in 1948 and Harrison from geography in 1949.

Our 11th Harrison and Eva Lewis Bailey Distinguished Alumni Lecture is Patrick Bigger!

 

Schedule of Events, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026:

  • A Friday afternoon talk by Patrick Bigger (Ph.D. alum 2015), University of Kentucky, Gatton B&E 191, University of Kentucky at 3 p.m.
  • A reception at the Commonwealth House of the Gaines Center for the Humanities, immediately following the lecture.

 

Prof. Patrick Bigger

Dr. Patrick Bigger

Dr. Patrick Bigger directs CCI’s Research Department as well as leading research on CCI’s Global Systems and Policy work, including writing on Green Industrial Policy, the role of the Pentagon in the climate crisis and the international political economy of biodiversity loss. Before joining CCI, he was a lecturer in economic geography at Lancaster University in the UK and holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Kentucky. He has written extensively in academic journals including Science and Nature: Ecology and Evolution, and in popular outlets including Dissent and The Nation. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages and covered in press globally.

 

Please contact the Geography Department's office for more information about joining us for the Bailey Alumni Lecture.

To learn more about the Series, please visit the Annual Bailey Lecture Series page. Read more about the fund here, established by Harrison in memory of Eva.

Date:
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Location:
Gatton B&E 191
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