USC Dornsife News

The City of Angels is undergoing a renaissance that embraces the attributes it once spurned: verticality, density, public transport, pedestrian culture and public parks.

Relying on navigation apps may make users less confident in their navigation abilities, but humans have long relied on technology to expand their abilities, writes Jennifer Bernstein of spatial sciences. [3½ min read]

Project uses artificial intelligence to track air quality in the districts, enclaves and cities that make up Los Angeles County.

City officials, professors and seniors address housing, transportation, engagement and other issues that affect the quality of life for older adults with a class co-led by Jennifer Swift of spatial sciences.

Spatial sciences enables us to see and understand our world in new ways, whether through the lens of the past, the present or the future.

Two groups of students from USC Dornsife’s Spatial Sciences Institute present winning ideas that address food security in underserved Morocco.

USC Dornsife researchers say mass-produced dwellings and home expansion have reduced residential green cover as much as 55 percent.

At USC Dornsife, more than 40 centers and institutes are home to faculty, staff and students who aim to impact the global community through intensive, innovative scholarship in the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences.