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Updates from the lab.

Short updates on publications, people, projects, fieldwork, talks, and lab milestones.

Detroit-focused work tests whether vision-language models can extract useful information on residential property conditions.

The lab celebrates two doctoral graduates in 2026.

Derek Van Berkel is spending part of 2026 at the University of Helsinki through the North America Visiting Fellowship.

A large-scale study of wildlife content on YouTube examines what attracts attention and what drives meaningful conservation engagement.