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Esri: STEM and GIS

Congratulations to SSI Professors Travis Longcore and Daniel Warshawsky on their contributions to Esri's new publication STEM and GIS in Higher Education. Dr. Longcore authored Chapter 9: GIST in Undergraduate Capstone Research Projects in Environmental Sciences, and Dr. Warshawsky authored Chapter 10: Teaching GIS in the Classroom: Story Maps as a Case Study. David J.…
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Esri Science Symposium

John P. Wilson, USC professor of sociology and spatial sciences, and Cyrus Shahabi, USC professor of computer science and electrical engineering, were two featured GISCientists on stage at the first Esri Science Symposium held on June 28, 2016 in conjunction with the Esri User Conference and Esri Education GIS Conference in San Diego, California. Wilson,…
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Longcore research awarded Zumberge grant

Travis Longcore, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Biological Sciences and Spatial Sciences, is part of an interdisciplinary team researching the linkages between landscape conditions, genes, and growth traits to help provide the crops that will grow in the landscapes of the future. Under the helm of USC Dornsife Professor Sergey Nuzhdin, the team will use genome-wide analysis to…
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GEOINT Connections

USC Spatial Sciences Institute hosts NGA, USGS, and USGIF leaders to kick off SSI’s designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences From the way first responders access a disaster site to how security forces protect human lives, geospatial intelligence or “GEOINT” has become fundamental to how we operate in the world. With…
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