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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Madeline Rouse
I take pride in being a very multidisciplinary student. I’m pursuing a BA in Linguistics and Cognitive Science and a Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence (HSGI) minor and a Choreography minor. I’m also pursuing an MS in HSGI through the USC Progressive Degree program. To me, the power of spatial studies is in data visualization.…
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Celebrating SSI Faculty Promotions
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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Using Drones to Improve Wildfire Response
Consider what firefighters and other response teams had to contend with in last summer’s devastating North Complex Fire and the CZU August Lightning Complex Fires in northern California: intense heat, smoke, wind, falling trees and power lines, and the complications of working in socially distant ways due to COVID-19 protocols. These are not exactly ideal…
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