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Yao-Yi Chiang’s team is Trivia Bowl victor

With the name "FirstPlace," the team led by Professor Yao-Yi Chiang expressed its intent to dominate the Spatial Sciences Institute's virtual Trivia Bowl on Thursday, August 13, 2020. And the team lived up to it name, taking an early lead to beat out eight other teams. Congratulations to Dr. Chiang and team members Weiwei Duan,…
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Compete in SSI’s Trivia Bowl

Spacial Science Institute
Can you identify a city by its street network captured by satellite imagery? Do you know geography references in movies, songs and literature? Are you familiar with topographical features on US Geological Survey maps? Join up with your fellow SSI classmates, faculty, staff, alumni and friends in the Spatial Sciences Institute's first-ever virtual Trivia Bowl…
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SSI’s Kate Vavra-Musser, Meredith Franklin and Jill Johnston publish in “Environmental Health Perspectives”

Environmental Health Perspectives
Kate Vavra-Musser, Meredith Franklin and Jill E. Johnston of the Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI) at the University of Southern California (USC) have co-authored the article “Flaring from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development and Birth Outcomes in the Eagle afford Shale in South Texas” published on July 15, 2020 in Environmental Health Perspectives. Vavra-Musser is a…
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