A new partnership between the university’s CyberGIS Center and the State of Illinois is intended to help leaders better understand and prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Beginning in fall 2021, UNT students will be able to earn degrees in the growing fields of cybersecurity and geographic information systems.

The software company best known for its geographic information system software is offering free access to some of its online tools and resources during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Speakers at a Library of Congress event on GIS Day touted the educational utility of geospatial data and related mapping technologies.