Students celebrating at commencement with the text "Celebrate Sustainably at Commencement".
Photo of Earth from space next to Assignment: Earth logo.

Explore Assignment: Earth, USC’s sustainability framework for creating a healthy, just and thriving campus and world. And visit the home of Assignment: Earth, the USC Sustainability Hub.

Storymakers fellows often gather around the Wrigley Marine Science Center fire pit at night to share ideas, stories, and encouragement. In 2023, fellow Madhur Anand captivated the group with a reading from her recently published poetry. (Photo: Nick Neumann/USC Wrigley Institute)

Established researchers from the UK and across North America will complete a weeklong intensive in environmental storytelling.

A California poppy growing on a hillside overlooking the Los Angeles skyline.

Read stories of engineering resilience in the midst of fires, drought and climate change.

Michael Markus

USC Viterbi alumnus Michael Markus oversaw the facility’s design and construction, ensuring a reliable water supply to a parched county.