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SSI’s Kate Vavra-Musser, Meredith Franklin and Jill Johnston publish in “Environmental Health Perspectives”

Environmental Health Perspectives
Kate Vavra-Musser, Meredith Franklin and Jill E. Johnston of the Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI) at the University of Southern California (USC) have co-authored the article “Flaring from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development and Birth Outcomes in the Eagle afford Shale in South Texas” published on July 15, 2020 in Environmental Health Perspectives. Vavra-Musser is a…
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Erik Huisman

As a current B.S. GeoDesign student, I often look back at how my childhood led me to be where I am today. Growing up, I was always attracted to maps. I would obsess over ski resort maps during family vacations and rip out airplane route maps from the back of Skymall magazines. I spent my…
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Yocelyn Pina

Yocelyn Pina
Yocelyn Pina - My biggest interests are in the environment, urban agriculture, sustainable architecture, ecology, and the study of cultures and human interactions. I declared my GeoDesign major upon realizing that I cared significantly more about the functionality, culture, and people of a built environment than I did solely about the aesthetic of architectural design.…
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SSI Launches B.S. in Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence

(L-R) Professor Steven Lamy, GEN [R] David Petraeus, COL [R] Professor Steven D. Fleming, and Professor Michael Orosz discuss human security and geospatial science challenges and opportunities. Innovative major completes spectrum of SSI’s HSGI academic programs Interested in career paths in humanitarian response and relief, global human rights, international border conflicts, public health emergencies, global…
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