USC campus and community news on sustainability and climate change.
- USC researcher Douglas Noble discusses the impact of climate change on Old Faithful, shrinking glaciers and desert oases.
- Learn how USC researchers identified a new treatment for harmful chemicals in wastewater.
- The university, which prioritizes sustainability, also was named overall winner for Pac-12 Zero Waste Challenge for the 2021 football season. USC has now earned the overall recognition four times.
- USC Viterbi researcher Dan McCurry discusses recycling sewage, how golf courses are watered and his personal water usage.
- COMMENCEMENT 2022: USC Viterbi graduate Saket Venkatesh is harnessing his industrial and systems engineering skills to develop badminton shuttlecocks that avoid animal cruelty and cut waste.
- The president — a biologist — notes that diverse perspectives are key to creating a more sustainable future, whether students come from backgrounds in business, engineering or the arts.
- USC experts predict wildfire threat to grow in coming years, but see hope in new mitigation methods.
- COMMENCEMENT 2022: The goal for commencement ceremony venues is to be zero-waste — or as close to zero-waste as possible.
- COMMENCEMENT 2022: J.D. Barba spent five years as an active-duty Marine. His new mission: building modular housing in the Crenshaw District for homeless people.
- The research helped establish clean-air norms and inspired dozens of spinoff studies on air quality.