Craig Knoblock and Yolanda Gil elected as IEEE Fellows
IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization, has announced that Dr. Yolanda Gil and Dr. Craig Knoblock have been named...
Marx and HSGI Lab publish in International Journal of Geo-Information
Andrew J. Marx, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Practice of Spatial Sciences and the Institute for Creative Technologies, and three...
SSI seeks new administrative assistant
The Spatial Sciences Institute in the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences invites applications for...
MS GIST alumna Trang VoPham shares her geohealth work at Fred Hutch
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) in Seattle, Washington, recently profiled M.S. GIST alumna Trang VoPham, Ph.D. in...
SSI is celebrating GIS Day 2020
The Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI) is joining the Los Angeles County to celebrate the 2020 GIS Day. This year, the...
SSI’s Gregory F. Treverton speaks on “Data, Governance and Geopolitics”
Gregory F. Treverton, Ph.D., professor of the practice of international relations and spatial sciences, is a featured speaker...
2021 LA Geospatial Summit Call for Papers and Posters
The 2021 Los Angeles Geospatial Summit is a one-day event for geospatial professionals, faculty, and students in the greater Los...
Apply now for Spring ’21 internships
Interested in boosting your resume with real-world GIS experience? Want to make a difference with great organizations?
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Andrew Marx lands European Space Agency grant to predict COVID-19 outbreaks with satellite imagery
An artist’s conception of SkySat satellites in orbit (Planet.com illustration).The European Space Agency has awarded Dr. Andrew J. Marx...
COL [R] Steven Fleming speaks at DGI Virtual 2020
On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, COL [R] Steven D. Fleming, Ph.D., represented the University of Southern California on a leadership...
Lihua Liu named USC Cancer Surveillance Program Director
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has announced that Lihua Liu, Ph.D. is now the director and principal investigator...
MS GIST alumni Rachel Rodriguez and Christina Brunsvold named URISA Young Professionals of the Year
During the URISA Annual Business Meeting on Friday, October 2, 2020, URISA President Keri Brennan announced that Rachel Rodriguez, GISP...
Repeat Honors for SSI’s Gamma Theta Upsilon Chapter
Dr. Susy Ziegler, president of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU), the international geographical honor society, has announced that SSI’s Nu Theta...
Welcome to the Global Geodesign majors
On August 27, 2020, the Spatial Sciences Institute welcomed incoming freshman Amber Birdwell and welcomed back sophomore Christine Chen to...
Yao-Yi Chiang’s team is Trivia Bowl victor
With the name "FirstPlace," the team led by Professor Yao-Yi Chiang expressed its intent to dominate the Spatial Sciences Institute's...
Apply now for Fall 2020 internships
Apply now for Fall 2020 internships...
Compete in SSI’s Trivia Bowl
Can you identify a city by its street network captured by satellite imagery? Do you know geography references in movies,...
SSI’s Kate Vavra-Musser, Meredith Franklin and Jill Johnston publish in “Environmental Health Perspectives”
Kate Vavra-Musser, Meredith Franklin and Jill E. Johnston of the Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI) at the University of Southern California...
Lucio Soibelman named Fred Champion Estate Chair in Engineering est. 1967
Yannis C. Yortsos, Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering of the University of Southern California, has announced that Dr....
SSI-Viterbi Team Wins 2020 USC Center for Sustainability Solutions Research Grant
Executive Vice Provost Elizabeth A. Graddy, Ph.D., has announced that a multi-disciplinary team including John P. Wilson, Ph.D., and Yolanda...
