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NGS Launches Partnership with Public, Private Sector

Friday, November 8, 2019

NGS Director Juliana Blackwell and senior staff visited the Ohio State University (OSU) to discuss strategic partnerships and research opportunities in the field of geodesy. The meeting was coordinated by a delegation from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). All parties are interested in promoting the science of geodesy to prospective science, technology, engineering, and mathematics students. Discussions with the university focused on the development of training for current staff and degree programs in geodesy for new recruits. Discussions also centered on potential research areas and the necessary administrative structure to establish a University Affiliated Research Center at OSU. These discussions and engagements with American universities are a part of an NGS and NGA effort to develop an academic as well as a physical infrastructure for the next generation of geodesists, and a support system for geodetic research into the future.

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