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

Geography 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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  L.A.’s Vernacular Landscapes

  October 8, 2012

  There is a tendency among my friends in Chicago, where I lived for the past eight years, to not see a Los Angeles beyond the Hollywood glitz and the tales of horrible traffic and bodily artificiality. And before making L.A.… more>

  categories: faculty research, graduate research, diversity, faculty diversity

  tags: american studies and ethnicity, geography, laura pulido, los angeles, publication, social science

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  Steely Determination

  July 30, 2012

  When Troy Polamalu left Los Angeles to join the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2003, he vowed to return and complete his college education. On May 13, 2011, he traded in his black and gold Steelers helmet and jersey for a black… more>

  categories: alumni

  tags: alumni, alumnus, anthropology, environmental studies, football, geography, history, liberal arts, nancy lutkehaus, roderick mckenzie, social sciences, troy polamalu

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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

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  Get Your Geography Online

  April 13, 2010

  USC College has launched a new Web site for its innovative online Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) Master of Science and Graduate Certificate Programs.The online geography programs are designed and overseen… more>

  categories: graduate, graduate research

  tags: distance learning, geographic information science and technology, geography, natural sciences, program, web site

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  SURF Students Wave Hello to Top Award

  November 3, 2009

  USC College's Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) has made a splashy entrance. After the program's second official year, research produced by SURF students has won a top honor from the Association of Pacific Coast… more>

  categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research

  tags: air pollution, award, geography, surf