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Capstone project improves disease mapping tool for Penn State Cancer Institute
The new Penn State Cancer Institute LionVu dashboard. Through the user interface, users can toggle two side-by-side maps of Pennsylvania and the 28 county Catchment Area. Documentation, charts, video, and user a feedback form are prominent on the site. Image: Nate Geyer.
Image: Nate Geyer
Capstone project improves disease mapping tool for Penn State Cancer Institute
Angela M. Rogers
February 26, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Recent Master of Geographic Information Systems graduate Nate Geyer has always been interested in epidemiology and geography. As a research support assistant in the Department of Public Health Sciences in the College of Medicine, he was able to put those interests together by creating a new version of the LionVu cancer mapping tool.
New online course engages middle, high school students in The Science of COVID
Through short content lectures and interaction with embedded online tools, students and other users can develop a better understanding of how pandemics are studied, modeled, prepared for and mitigated
A new and freely available online course aims to expose students to some of the practices being used by experts who are working on COVID-19.
Image: Penn State
New online course engages middle, high school students in The Science of COVID
Sara LaJeunesse
February 12, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting so many aspects of their lives, it is perhaps more important than ever for middle- and high-school students to understand how scientific knowledge is created and how this knowledge is translated into policy. A new and freely available online course created by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Penn State and Northwestern University aims to expose students to s