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GIST Graduates Honored at Commencement

Twelve students who earned the M.S. in Geographic Information Science and Technology during the 2012-13 academic school year were honored at USC’s commencement on May 17.  University-wide proceedings started the day, followed by a satellite ceremony for the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and then a reception on the lawn outside the Institute. Students earning the…
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SSI Renewed as Esri Development Center

The USC Spatial Sciences Institute has been renewed for an ongoing three-year term as an Esri Development Center (EDC).  The EDC program recognizes university departments and institutes that have “exemplary” GIS programs that use Esri’s ArcGIS for Desktop or server technology.  SSI’s online GIST MS and certificate programs characterize this focus, especially through the inclusion of programming…
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Bissell Presents Whale Research at Sustainability Research Symposium

Should shipping lanes be adjusted to avoid collisions with bue whales?  Typically, the answer to a question such as this would come from scientific surveys, carefully designed and implemented.  But GIST MS student Matthew Bissell had a different idea.  He knew, from his work as a deckhand on whale-watching excursions for the Ocean Institute in Dana Point,…
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GIST Programs Video Featured on Dornsife Website

A video peek into the GIST MS and certificate programs is currently being featured on the home page of the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.  It provides a view into the ways in which the program delivers online content in a way that develops a connection to the USC campus…
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