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SSI seeks new administrative assistant

USC SSI Team
The Spatial Sciences Institute in the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences invites applications for its Administrative Assistant II position. This important position has primary responsibility for providing administrative support to the Institute founding director, his research group and Institute operations. Job responsibilities, required qualifications, preferred qualifications, and required documents…
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MS GIST alumna Trang VoPham shares her geohealth work at Fred Hutch

Trang VoPham, Ph.D
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) in Seattle, Washington, recently profiled M.S. GIST alumna Trang VoPham, Ph.D. in the Fred Hutch “In-Focus Fridays” series on September 25, 2020.  Dr. VoPham shared her research using geographic information science (GIS) to study the correlation of environmental pollution with cancer. VoPham is an assistant professor of…
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SSI is celebrating GIS Day 2020

Angeles National Forest
The Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI) is joining the Los Angeles County to celebrate the 2020 GIS Day. This year, the LA County GIS Day event will be virtual over Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19. SSI and nearly 40 other academic institutions, agencies and private sector companies will present talks, workshops, and a popular…
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SSI’s Gregory F. Treverton speaks on “Data, Governance and Geopolitics”

Gregory F. Treverton, Ph.D., professor of the practice of international relations and spatial sciences, is a featured speaker in an online webinar on “Data, Governance and Geopolitics” on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 10 – 11 am PT. The webinar is being presented by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). OII, a department of the University…
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