Architizer named several USC Architecture alumni and faculty projects among the winners of the world’s most innovative and impactful contemporary designs.
Category: Earth Week Recap
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Iovine and Young Academy alumni discuss how they help combat climate change with a website that calculates your carbon footprint so you can easily fund climate solutions that offset your lifestyle’s output.
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Foxes inhabiting six of Southern California’s Channel Islands were saved from extinction by the Endangered Species Act. Now, a new study shows they face a different threat: their own lack of genetic diversity.
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Students are conducting a research project to prove that holistically-raised food yields more nutritional benefits than traditionally-produced food while also benefiting the environment.
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New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC shows that air pollution particles activate a cellular defense mechanism known as autophagy, which may reduce the ability of cells to fight off other harms.
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Undergraduate students in the EH MATTERS fellowship program are committed to improving the health and wellness of communities here in Los Angeles.
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In commemoration of Earth Day, students enrolled in the Health Promotion 448: Global Environmental Changes and Health course, wrote op-eds about the intersectionality of various public health issues in relation to climate change.
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President Folt announces the last Friday of April Arbor Day at USC. Learn how you can help support our efforts to protect our trees.
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Leah Thomas, the founder of Intersectional Environmentalist, shared her journey from academia to activism and answered questions with students.
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Chief Sustainability Officer Mick Dalrymple highlights both visible and invisible reductions in waste in the latest annual report for sustainability.