USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

John Wilson News

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  L.A. Has a Heart

  November 20, 2012

  Writer Dorothy Parker once haughtily dismissed Los Angeles as “72 suburbs in search of a city.” But USC Dornsife alumnus Samuel Krueger’s research shows that the City of Angels actually does have a focal… more>

  categories: graduate, graduate research, alumni, awards

  tags: alumni, geographic information science and technology, geography, humanities, john wilson, karen kemp, los angeles, phil ethington, samuel krueger, spatial sciences institute, urban planning

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  Real-World Classroom for Virtual Classmates

  July 28, 2011

  This summer, students in USC Dornsife’s online graduate programs in geographic information science and technology (GIST) gathered at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island to meet their classmates… more>

  categories: graduate, research, graduate research

  tags: catalina island, geographic information science and technology, gist, john wilson, social sciences, sociology, spatial sciences institute, usc wrigley marine science center

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  Beyond Geography

  March 31, 2011

  Jack Dangermond, founder of Esri, the world’s largest and most successful geographic information system (GIS) software company, spoke of his vision for spatial sciences at the inaugural USC Spatial Sciences Institute… more>

  tags: event, geographic information system, john wilson, social sciences, sociology, spatial sciences institute, technology

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  Dean Gillman Announces Launch of Spatial Sciences Institute

  August 4, 2010

  Not so long ago many of us referred to our Thomas Brother Guides to find out how to get across town. Now we access our GPS navigation systems or tap into mapping programs on our iPhones, Blackberries or other devices. But the… more>

  categories: research

  tags: computers, geography, john wilson, natural sciences, spatial sciences, technolgoy