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Using GIS Applications Outside the Classroom: Community Health Scan Mia Poynor is currently an undergraduate junior studying International Health with a minor in Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence. She is the Programming Chair for SCmappers, the Youthmappers chapter for USC. Mia’s academic interests lie in health, disparities, community development, and disaster relief in an international…

Award recognizes M.S. in GIST alumna’s work to combat the disease tungiasis At the April 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group (HMGSG) of the AAG awarded the Jacques May Thesis Prize for 2018 to USC Spatial Sciences Institute alumna Katherine “Kelly” Wright. The HMGSG…

A New Era for Geography at USC: USC Spatial founds Nu Theta Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon On April 5, 2018, the Spatial Sciences Institute founded the Nu Theta Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU), the international geographical honor society recognizing geography’s next generation of leaders. Founded in 1928, Gamma Theta Upsilon became a national…