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📣 TOMORROW 📣

Your questions about SSI's Population, Health & Place Ph.D. Program: Answered at our Info Session.

📅 Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | 2-3 PM (PT)
📍 In-person at USC (AHF B57J) + via Zoom

On the Agenda
✅ Curriculum
✅ Admissions process
✅ How to apply for the Fall 2027 cohort

Register ASAP at the link in our bio!
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6 hours ago

GIS is no longer just about maps.

Today's geospatial professionals are working with AI, Earth observation data, digital twins, and advanced analytics to help organizations make smarter decisions.

Explore the latest trends shaping the future of the industry at the link in our bio.

#USC #Dornsife #GIS by @usc_ssi

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4 days ago

🌏 Speaker Event this Thursday!

Join USC Spatial Sciences for a talk by Dr. Poornima Prabhakaran on Leveraging Interdigitating Cohorts for Exposomics Research: Perspectives from India.

Trained as a physician at Bangalore Medical College, with an MSc in Epidemiology from LSHTM and a PhD from the University of Bristol, Dr. Prabhakaran studies how environmental pollutants affect the health of children and adults. She's a Lancet Commissioner for Sustainable Healthcare and advises national programs on climate change and air pollution in India, including the National Program for Climate Change and Human Health.

📅 Thursday, Oct. 1
🕐 1:00–2:30 PM PT
🔗 link in our bio

Open to all. See you there!

#USCSpatial #Exposomics #EnvironmentalHealth #ClimateAndHealth #AirPollution #Epidemiology by @usc_ssi

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5 days ago

Curious about a Ph.D. that puts you at the intersection of health, place, and data? 🗺️

Join us for a live Info Session on the USC SSI Ph.D. in Population, Health and Place — a program built for researchers who want to tackle public health challenges through a spatial lens.

📅 October 6, 2026 at 2 PM (PT)
📍 In-person and via Zoom

We'll cover:
✅ The curriculum
✅ The admissions process
✅ How to apply for the Fall 2027 cohort

This session is your chance to get your questions answered before you apply. Save your spot and learn more at the link in our bio.
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7 days ago

Join us Monday, September 28 for the Faculty in Climate and Sustainability Panel, hosted by the USC Environmental Student Assembly @uscesa and Undergraduate Student Government @uscesg.

The panel features two of our own SSI faculty, alongside a colleague from the Price School:

🗺️ Dr. John Wilson, Professor and Founding Director of the USC Spatial Sciences Institute
🌿 Dr. Rima Habre, Professor of Environmental Health and Spatial Sciences and Director of the CLIMA Center
🏙️ Dr. Santina Contreras, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis, Price School of Public Policy @uscprice

The panelists will talk about how they found their way into climate work, how USC and its neighboring communities can push further, and how students can get involved early. Stick around after the Q&A to meet the panelists and network.

📅 Monday, September 28
🕢 7:30–9 PM
📍 Sustainability Hub, Student Union (STU 101)

See you there!

#USCSpatial #SpatialSciences #ClimateAction #Sustainability #USC #FightOn by @usc_ssi

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10 days ago

Curious about where graduate study in GIS could take you?

Join USC Spatial Sciences Institute next Thursday, October 1, at 12 p.m. PT to explore our master's degrees and graduate certificates, learn about curriculum and admissions, and get your questions answered.

Register at the link in our bio.

#USC #Dornsife #GIS by @usc_ssi

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11 days ago

Interested in intelligence writing and analysis? ✍️

The NGA Tearline Fall 2026 Writing Webinar is open to all — particularly GEOINT professionals and prospective Tearline contributors!

📅 October 7, 2026 @ 11 AM (CT)
ℹ️ Learn about Tearline: www.tearline.mil
✅ Register by 10/2 at the link in our bio
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@uscdornsife @uscedu @nga_geoint #writingwebinar #intelligencewriting #geoint #nga #tearline #ngatearline #webinar by @usc_ssi

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12 days ago

Just when you thought autumn couldn't get any better, you find this Esri-powered #interactivemap of fall foliage. 🍁

"Utilizing deep learning methods, our 2024 model is finely tuned to predict the temporally-normalized browness index. Thresholds are used to assign predictions into one of the following classes: Little to No Color, Low Color, Moderate Color, High Color, Peak Color, and Past Peak Color. This allows for more robust error analysis and direct comparison to observations made by remote sensing platforms. Additionally, the effects of highly anomalous precipitation is more accurately captured by our latest model, providing improved forecasts in drought stricken and flood weary regions.

Access to remotely sensed fall foliage observations has opened to the door to global, high resolution fall foliage monitoring and prediction. Over the coming months and years, our horizons will expand to cover more than just the contiguous United States. These observations will be used to correct model errors in real time, train more accurate models, and guide fall foliage enthusiasts to the best color that fall has to offer." — @explorefall

Start exploring at the link in our bio!
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@esrigram @usgs #firstdayoffall #autumnleaves #remotesensing #deeplearning #fallcolors by @usc_ssi

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14 days ago

Interested in global security issues? 🌐

Join the Global Security Research Lab at USC!

🎯 This lab's objective is to produce publishable research that students can add to their academic portfolios and use to support future career opportunities.

💡 Ideas are being collected now, and a strategy session will be held to form research teams, set goals, and develop publication plans.

ℹ️ Contact Professor Steven Lamy at lamy@usc.edu for details.
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16 days ago

Where can GIS take you?

From environmental organizations and technology companies to public health agencies and government institutions, GIS professionals are helping organizations make smarter decisions every day.

Explore career possibilities at the link in our bio.

#USC #Dornsife #GIS by @usc_ssi

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20 days ago

When you study at USC SSI, you get more than an excellent education — you open doorways to unparalleled professional advancement. 🚀

Our industry connections across government agencies, the Intelligence Community, nonprofits, research institutions, and the private sector have helped students like you score coveted, career-making opportunities.

💡 Intrigued?

Head to our new internships page at the link in bio. 👉
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24 days ago

Loved hanging with the #SCMappers crew at the Involvement Fair? Already kinda miss 'em? 🥲

You're in luck — the first set of general meetings is right around the corner, and there's still time to get involved!

📲 Follow on IG: @scmappers
💌 Subscribe to newsletter at link in bio
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