Category Archives: SSI News

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

With one look into the hazy skies overhead on a hot summer day, residents of Los Angeles or Beijing can reasonably conclude that their region is experiencing poor air quality. And without being a scientist, they can recognize that higher levels of air pollution are associated with health hazards. But can residents of these densely…

The Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI) is pleased to announce that its faculty member Elisabeth Sedano, Ph.D., has been promoted to Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Spatial Sciences. Sedano teaches courses in SSI's undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs. The undergraduage courses she teaches include the general education course SSCI 265: The Water Planet and SSCI 301: Maps…

The Spatial Sciences Institute is now accepting applications for undergraduate student researchers to work with USC Spatial faculty on their research projects for the 2020-2021 academic year. We are looking for students who have excellent academic records, show interest in participating in cutting-edge research projects at USC Spatial, and are eager to take advantage of…

Wanting Peng, former visiting scholar with the Spatial Sciences Institute and the USC School of Architecture Landscape Architecture program, has published “Predicted effects of Chinese national park policy on wildlife habitat provisioning: Experience from a plateau wetland ecosystem” in Ecological Indicators (Volume 115, August 2020, 106346). Peng is pioneering the analysis of the effects of…