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Sustainability News Highlights
- Price student’s big idea to cut auto emissions: mini EVs
Dylan Qichen Di, a Master of Urban Planning student from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, has a big idea to solve the electric car cost problem: mini EVs. - Slippery situation: Microbes in oil spills could shed light on ecosystem recovery
Earth sciences researcher hopes a long-term study of a 2021 oil spill in Southern California will help guide future decisions about how to repair affected ecosystems. - From wood fossils to plant-based burgers with an Earth sciences degree
Alumna Hyejung “Hazel” Lee honed her lab skills at USC Dornsife, and now she uses them at Beyond Meat, a maker of meat substitutes.