Mapping the Future: How Satellite Data and AI Drive Groundbreaking Drought Research in Kansas
Zelalem Demissie, Department of Geology, Wichita State University, is one of four assistant professors who received First Awards from Kansas NSF EPSCoR in Fall 2023. These seed grants are designed to help early-career faculty initiate novel research related to...
Flood Mapping and Emergency Management: An Interview with Jude Kastens
Jude Kastens is an associate research professor at the University of Kansas. He links the ARISE project to the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing program, where he works as a numerical analyst and all-purpose data modeler. But that’s just scratching the surface. In this...
New partners expand reach in effort to promote resilience across Kansas
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership between the ARISE team and two University of Kansas Medical School programs: Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE) and Local Health Equity Action Teams (LHEATs). ARISE is an NSF EPSCoR funded project in Kansas...
Meet a Researcher: Husain Aziz
Faculty researchers contribute to the ARISE project from a range of disciplines and universities in Kansas. To learn more about these researchers, University of Kansas Senior Makenna Dawson recently interviewed Husain Aziz, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at...
Community Studio Reports
While Kansas residents rarely get to talk to academics about real-world challenges, the ARISE project uses community studios to facilitate these types of conversations. From February to June 2024, the team hosted eight community studios, including two in Spanish, in...
Build Your Future Round Two
The ARISE youth outreach program, called Build Your Future, just wrapped up its second round of engagement. For two years in a row, it has helped middle schoolers learn about natural disasters and resilience. This year 20 Wyandotte County students attended all three...
Meet a Mentor: Joel Mendez
Dozens of faculty mentors support students on the ARISE project for the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. To learn more about these mentors, University of Kansas Freshman Joshua Alston recently interviewed Assistant Professor Joel Mendez. Let’s...
Now recruiting students for Spring 2025 data labs
A spring 2025 course called Community Data Labs is now recruiting college students interested in gaining data science skills. These labs are organized by the Kansas Data Science Consortium for undergraduate upperclassman or graduate students at the following schools...
Welcome new student assistants
We are thrilled to anounce that two student assistants from the University of Kansas have joined Kansas NSF EPSCoR this fall to help with communications.Freshman Joshua Alston moved to Lawrence from North Carolina this fall to major in film and media studies. He is...
EPSCoR Community Gathers in Omaha for National Conference
This month, 23 Kansans joined 500+ other scientists, students, and leaders at the 28th National NSF EPSCoR Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. The gathering’s purpose was to share work made possible by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate...