USC Dornsife News

Combination of stressors could mean more cognitive impairment for vulnerable older adults, USC researcher says

Analyzing location-based data from Los Angeles’ GeoHub allows the researchers to visualize where violent crimes are concentrated in the city and how data can drive solutions.

Gen. (Ret.) David Petraeus helps promote the interdisciplinary minor in the Spatial Sciences Institute that allows students to use spatial thinking, modeling and mapping skills to enhance their impact in human security and disaster response.

Graduate student Kelly Wright is using her online training in geographic information science and technology (GIST) to fight tungiasis, a painful, debilitating and disfiguring disease that negatively affects the lives of millions of the world’s poorest inhabitants.

Computer scientist Yao-Yi Chiang is building software to help scholars across various disciplines enrich their research with historical maps.

Administered by USC Dornsife and USC Viterbi, the degree uses engineering, computer science, math and spatial sciences principles to prepare its graduates to solve today’s information challenges.

USC Dornsife professors of economics, history, and American studies and ethnicity offer scholarly opinions on how Los Angeles can tackle its unsustainable traffic problem.

A new interdisciplinary doctoral program launched by the Spatial Sciences Institute jointly with the Department of Sociology and Keck School of Medicine of USC Department of Preventive Medicine addresses modern health-care challenges.

A new book by Nathan Perl-Rosenthal of history and spatial sciences explores how the efforts of American sailors to establish their nationality created the first racially inclusive model of United States citizenship.