State policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have maximum health benefits if coupled with policies to reduce near-roadway exposure, study says LOS ANGELES –Research conducted at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Spatial Sciences Institute, and Program for Environmental and Regional Equity indicates that at least 8 percent of the more than 300,000 cases of…
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Recent Posts by Amy Kramer
GIST Student Awarded Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Scholarship
[caption id="attachment_3226" align="alignleft" width="225"] GIST student Shawn Baldwin has received a scholarship from the Geospatial Intelligence Foundation.[/caption]The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has awarded USC GIST student Shawn Baldwin one of its 2012 graduate student fellowships. Recipients of the highly competitive $5,000 awards are selected by an independent panel of geospatial intelligence professionals. All…
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Associate Director Dan Goldberg Recruited to Texas A&M
GIS Research Laboratory Associate Director Dan Goldberg has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Geography at Texas A&M University. SSI faculty, staff, students, and friends gathered at a local eatery to wish him well in this new endeavor and to celebrate his accomplishments at USC. Dr. Goldberg first arrived at USC in 2002 and earned…
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Not Only Does Los Angeles Have An Urban Core, LA’s Metro Area Is Denser Than New York City’s
GIST student Samuel Krueger had enough of the claims that Los Angeles was the sprawl capital of the world and lacked an urban core. So he did something about it. Using readily available data, he created maps that compare the Los Angeles metropolitan region to other US urban regions. He showed that, at 5,337 residents per…
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