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Ph.D. Student Xiaozhe Yin wins the 2019 APCG Geosystems Award

Geosystems Award
Population, Health and Place student excels at first conference presentation The Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG) awarded USC Spatial Sciences Institute doctoral student Xiaozhe Yin its Geosystems Award for Applied Geography and Earth Systems at its annual conference in Flagstaff, Arizona held from October 16 to 19, 2019. Yin, a student in SSI’s Population,…
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Jennifer Bernstein takes on “acting locally” in The Conversation

Jennifer Bernstein
From the perspective of a geographer (and one engaged in environmental issues, to boot), is it possible to "think globally and act locally"? Have you eschewed plastic straws? Converted to processed vegetarian burgers?  Grown the $64 tomato? Spatial Science Institute's Jennifer Bernstein tackles issues of scale, connection and impact in her piece "Why 'acting locally'…
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USC vs UCLA Mapathon Challenge

USC Mapathon
The focus this year USC vs UCLA mapathon is on how climate change is impacting our lived environment. Learn more about how you can make a difference through mapping. No GIS skills are required! We will quickly train you to use Open Street Map (OSM) to assist in humanitarian projects around the world. Lunch will be provided.
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SSI Students Win U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Scholarships

U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Scholarships
Kevin Mercy and Jong Su Kim receive U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Scholarships Kevin Mercy (left) and Jong Su Kim (right) represented the USC Spatial Sciences Institute as USGIF scholarship recipients at the 2019 GEOINTegration Summit presented by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has announced that two students…
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