By implementing impactful sustainability initiatives across USC’s campuses, these awardees have not only enhanced our research strengths but also paved the way for a more sustainable future.
Author: Evan Morris
![Microbes under a microscope.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NEWS_May2024_KylaKelly_1200x800.png)
New study sheds light on how a coastal, microscopic creature may become deadlier in our changing climate.
![Side by side photos of a busy city street and a suburban street lined with trees.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Extreme_Temp_Top.png)
New USC Dornsife research reveals that the nation’s marginalized groups face greater health risks from daily temperature variations than wealthier white populations.
![JOSÉ P. FERREIRA PRESENTS AT THE EUROPEAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY SPACE CONFERENCE IN VIENNA. PHOTO: PARLAMENTSDIREKTION / ANNA RAUCHENBERGER](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jose-header.png)
José P. Ferreira, a doctoral candidate in astronautical engineering, has received the prestigious Space for Sustainability Award from the European Space Agency (ESA).
![Aerial view of a desert.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/thumbnail_DJI_0464.png)
Airborne sounding radars can perform comprehensive mapping within a few hours compared to existing in-situ methods that would take a few years.
![Headshot of Nina Weithorn, Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) 2024 National Olmsted Scholar recipient.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2f2a4b73-d97f-44ae-aa48-abcd6d9fdc07.jpg)
The financial award will fund Nina Weithorn’s project on the Allensworth Agricultural Experiment Station, which deals with food justice, soil remediation, and cultural resilience.
![USC Dornsife alumnus David Livingston speaks at the Climate Forward conference. Photo by Nick Neumann/USC Dornsife Wrigley Institute.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/David_Livingston_Top.png)
With extensive experience that includes service in the U.S. Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, David Livingston ’10 gives students a new take on environmentalism in his role as USC Dornsife’s inaugural innovation and sustainability practitioner in residence.
![Environmental studies majors Munachiso “Muna” Obiefule and Jack Chen interning with the Garden School Foundation. Photo by Nick Neumann/USC Wrigley Institute.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DSC05163-Edit.png)
Undergraduate students intern with the Garden School Foundation to provide nature-based education to elementary schoolers.
![Aerial photo of a cargo ship on the ocean.](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cargo-Ship.png)
New technology from USC and Caltech could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the global shipping industry.
![Environmental geopolitics expert David Livingston (L) and former Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee (center) spoke with moderator and Wrigley Institute Director Joe Árvai (R) about climate communications. (Nick Neumann/USC Wrigley Institute)](https://sustainability.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Climate-Forward-2024.png)
This April, we collaborated with USC Dornsife College, USC Office of Sustainability, USC Center for the Political Future, the Environmental Student Assembly, and more.