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Apply to be SSI’s Academic Programs Director

The Spatial Sciences Institute is searching for its next Academic Programs Director. This position plays a critical role in overseeing all aspects of the student life cycle. This director works with our numerous undergraduate programs, masters programs in geographic information science and technology and human security and geospatial intelligence, spatial data science, and spatial economics and…
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Welcome/Welcome Back, SSI Undergrads!

The majors and minors of the Spatial Sciences Institute had the chance to meet and greet one another on Friday afternoon, August 28, 2021 in person and by Zoom in the SSI conference room to kick off the new academic year. "We just wanted to be with you," said Dr. Laura C. Loyola, assistant professor…
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Kenan Li publishes research on disproportionate COVID-19 mortality in California

Kenan Li, Ph.D., research scientist with the USC Spatial Sciences Institute, along with a team from the Keck School of Medicine Department of Preventive Medicine (now the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences), has published research on the disproportionate mortality impact of COVID-19 on identified racial//ethnic groups. With co-authors Erika Garcia, Ph.D., Sandrah P.…
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