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Register now for free QGIS workshops

Andy Rutkowski, USC Libraries Visualization Librarian, will be conducting two free workshops on QGIS for USC faculty, students (undergraduate and graduate), and staff. WORKSHOPS Part 1: Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 1 - 2:30 pm This QGIS workshop will provide hands-on experience learning the basics of the QGIS desktop software. Using pre-selected data you will learn how…
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Geolocating Fossils

SSI’s Kristiane Hill revolutionizes fossil recovery at the La Brea Tar Pits During the Ice Age when giant ground sloths, saber-toothed cats and dire wolves roamed the earth, a pool of sticky asphalt bubbled away. Some of these long-extinct animals ventured too close to this pool and became trapped in the black goo. More than…
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Hailey Robertson

As a B.S. in Global Health major, I wanted to ensure that my education equipped me with the cutting-edge tools and critical perspective necessary to address health inequities and confront future epidemics. Knowing nothing about geographic information science (GIS), I began an independent research project analyzing the burden of waterborne infectious disease in rural communities…
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Celebrating SSI Faculty Promotions

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Dr. John P. Wilson, professor and founding director of the USC Spatial Sciences Institute, has announced that Dr. Laura C. Loyola and Dr. An-Min Wu have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor (Teaching) and that Dr. Robert O. Vos has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor (Teaching), effective immediately. Loyola is…
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