Category Archives: SSI News

Read about the Esri Science Symposium land more. For more information, contact the Spatial Science Institute at 213-740-5910.

The Keck School of Medicine of USC has announced that Lihua Liu, Ph.D. is now the director and principal investigator of the USC Cancer Surveillance Program (CSP).  Liu is an associate professor of clinical preventive medicine and spatial sciences. Part of the California Cancer Registry (CCR), the CSP records all cancer diagnoses in Los Angeles…

During the URISA Annual Business Meeting on Friday, October 2, 2020, URISA President Keri Brennan announced that Rachel Rodriguez, GISP was recognized as the URISA Young Professional of the Year for 2019 and that Christina Brunsvold, GISP was recognized as the URISA Young Professional of the Year for 2020. Both Rodriguez and Brunsvold are alumni…

Dr. Susy Ziegler, president of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU), the international geographical honor society, has announced that SSI’s Nu Theta chapter at the University of Southern California has received the Honors Chapter Award for 2019-2020. Each year the GTU Honors Chapter Award recognizes outstanding chapters achievement. Chapters do this by increasing the number of new…

On August 27, 2020, the Spatial Sciences Institute welcomed incoming freshman Amber Birdwell and welcomed back sophomore Christine Chen to the B.S. in Global Geodesign program. To kick off this academic year, Dr. Laura Loyola, Spatial Sciences Institute Director of Undergraduate Programs, hosted a Zoom to provide Amber and Christine with an overview of the…