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Dr. Susy Ziegler, president of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU), the international geographical honor society, has announced that SSI’s Nu Theta chapter at the University of Southern California has received the Honors Chapter Award for 2019-2020. Each year the GTU Honors Chapter Award recognizes outstanding GTU chapters. The criteria are increasing the number of new inductees…

Applications are now being accepted for GIS internships in the Fall '21 semester with the USC Sea Grant Program, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Planning Division, SWCA Environmental Consulting, and EH MATTERS of the USC Environmental Health Centers. Read about the project descriptions, internship roles, preferred background and application details here. Interested in…

The Spatial Sciences Institute is now accepting applications for undergraduate student researchers to work with USC Spatial Sciences Institute faculty on their research projects for the 2021-2022 academic year. We invite USC undergraduate students to apply now to work directly with Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI or USC Spatial) faculty on their research projects in AY…

The Spatial Sciences Institute community is cordially invited to the dissertation defense presentation by Population, Health and Place Ph.D. candidate Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo.   Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 12:00 PM PT https://usc.zoom.us/j/6343663853       Homeless Encampments and Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) Services in Los Angeles, CA Abstract Access to water,…