SAN DIEGO [CBS 8] Homeland security officials are hosting a workshop at San Diego State Friday to prepare for a potential shooting or hostage situation. Officials say thousands of students and staff become victims of on-campus violence every year, including [...]
A map became much more than just a map this week at San Diego State’s Visualization Center. According to Eric Frost, the interactive map he is helping to create for the new Cali-Baja Bi-National Mega Region will identify opportunities and [...]
Eight SDSU Homeland Security Program graduate students, led by professors Jeffrey McIllwain and Cezar Ornatowski, depart for Poland for a travel-study course, “From Totalitarianism to Democracy: The Case of Poland.” The group will travel for sixteen days and provide real-time [...]
Homeland Security Program students James W. Dovine III, Marilu Ramirez, and John Williams took 3rd place in the DHS Science Conference – Fifth Annual University Network Summit’s annual Student Day Poster competition, held March 30 – April 1, 2011. This [...]
San Diego Channel 6 News interviews Dr. George Bressler of SDSU VizCenter and discusses Exercise 24 Europe and social media.
During the past 18 months, SDSU’s VizCenter UAV Project in conjunction with its technology partner, RP FlightSystems has been deploying to assess various payloads for invasive species monitoring, trail assessment, and reforestation projects following the Cedar Fire. Through the partnership [...]
With all eyes on the tragedy unfolding in Japan, many people are taking the opportunity to better prepare for future natural disasters. New technologies developed during the Haiti earthquake led to the creation of Exercise 24 (X24), an international operation [...]
The nuclear crisis in Japan is the worst the world has seen since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Yet fears of harmful radiation traveling to the California coast are unwarranted — so far. According to Murray Jennex, San Diego State University [...]
No change from normal background radiation levels has been detected. Levels are are being checked daily and any anomalies will be posted. Measurements depicted in this study have an accuracy of plus or minus 10%, according to instrument manufacturer. Small [...]
Cases: 300,000 Hospitalizations: 142,870 Deaths: 4,749 Updated Maps by: Dawn Rittiner, SDSU VizCenter haiti-cholera-map-032211 haiti-hospitalizations-032211
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