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Cutting-edge research on global environmental changes from University of Maryland’s Department of Geographical Sciences. #remotesensing #gis #geospatialscience

An academic event flyer featuring a headshot of speaker Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira alongside event details from the University of Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences: Header: University of Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences logo. Title: "Deep Learning-Based Fusion of Optical and Sar Imagery for Canopy Height Mapping in Brazil" Description: "This talk presents a deep learning framework that fuses Sentinel-2 optical imagery with C-band Sentinel-1 and L-band ALOS PALSAR data to map forest canopy height across São Paulo state, Brazil, using a comprehensive 2024 statewide airborne LiDAR campaign." Date & Time: Aug. 12, 2026 at 10 a.m. Location: River Road, Room 325 & Zoom Speaker Info: Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira, Professor, Department of Forest Sciences 'Luiz de Queiroz' College of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of São Paulo.
University of Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences Summer 2026 Newsletter header. Below the text, a vibrant photograph captures a sunny campus quad filled with green grass and trees. In the foreground, a bed of yellow daffodils is visible, and two students are relaxing in green and blue hammocks strung between trees. In the background, other students walk along paved paths across the lawn.
An outdoor photograph of Sergii Skakun standing with his arm around his brother in a sunny garden. On the left, Sergii wears a backward black cap, a large blue Umbro jersey, and patchwork shorts. On the right, his younger brother wears a white graphic t-shirt and green shorts. Both are smiling warmly against a background of lush green bushes and red flowers.
Three people stand in front of a University of Maryland Department of Geographical Sciences booth at a conference. They wear name tags. The person on the right is in a blue suit, while the others wear casual clothes. On the booth table sits a laptop and an information sign.
A promotional graphic for Maryland Day 2026. The left side is a collage of abstract geometric icons. The right side contains the text: MARYLAND DAY 2026, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 10 A.M. - 4 P.M., FREE. The bottom right features the website Marylandday.umd.edu.
The banner image for the March 2026 GEOG Newsletter, featuring the brick and pillared facade of Samuel J. LeFrak Hall at the University of Maryland through a screen of budding yellow spring blossoms.