Congratulations to GIS Major Katherine Patrick for receiving a 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) Award Katherine will be working with faculty mentor Dr. Dan Wanyama on a project titled: Proposing Spatially Explicit Land Suitability Models for Orphan Crops to Support Food Security Initiatives in East Africa.
The SURF program is jointly sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research, the Provost’s Office, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Honors Program, donors to the university, and the Deans of the Schools and Colleges.