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Alumni Update: Solar Siting Research Presented at Esri User Conference

Economic incentives and political pressures have created significant demand for siting and construction of large-scale solar facilities in the California desert.  Yet such industrialization of landscapes valued for the cultural significance and biological diversity can run afoul of both public opinion and be limited by environmental regulations protecting rare and endangered species. Drawing on his…
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GIST Students and Program Featured In Wrigley Institute Casebook

An essential experience in the GIST graduate programs is a week-long course held at the Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island.  The frequent use of this valuable USC facility has led to strong ties between the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, which runs the center, and the Spatial Sciences Institute. GIST students Elizabeth Hart and Jessica Eselius are…
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Russell Appointed as Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

SSI grad student Rachel Russell will have a busy summer.  She is defending her Ph.D. dissertation, Environmental Equity and Urban Sustainability: An Analysis of Untreated Household Wastewater in Tijuana, this August.  Then she will be moving to Wisconsin, where she has been appointed Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning and Policy in the department of Public and Environmental Affairs at…
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Professor Quoted on Controversial Annenberg Wetlands Proposal

SSI Associate Professor (Research) Travis Longcore was quoted by the LA Weekly in two pieces reporting on a controversial proposal to place a combination visitor center/animal adoption center in Area C of the the state-owned Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve. Annenberg Foundation Can’t Grasp Disgust Over Its Wetlands “Interpretive Center” and Dog Pound Wallis Annenberg’s Controversial Visitor Center at…
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