Undergraduate students intern with the Garden School Foundation to provide nature-based education to elementary schoolers ..read more

The global shipping industry alone contributes roughly 3% of global CO2 emissions. (Photo/iStock) Share University Ocean-inspired tech could speed up carbon capture from ships New technology from USC and Caltech could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the global shipping industry. May 28, 2024 By Nina Raffio The ocean has a hidden talent, honed over millennia: the ability to capture and store vast quantities of carbon dioxide, a key driver of climate change. However, the ocean’s natural carbon capture cycles, which take hundreds of thousands of years, cannot keep pace wit ..read more

USC’s health sciences schools and Keck Medicine of USC aim to heal the planet. (Photo/iStock) Share Health Keck Medicine of USC and USC’s health sciences schools make sustainability a priority By upcycling ocean plastics, reducing harmful anesthesia gases and transforming medical supply chains, the USC health system and medical research schools hope to curb pollution. May 21, 2024 By Leigh Hopper Anyone who has spent time in a hospital or doctor’s office can see the enormous amount of waste generated in patient care. But at Keck Medicine of USC and within USC’s health sciences schoo ..read more

COMMENCEMENT: Ana Luiza Behisnelian is using her environmental engineering degree to take on the mission of protecting one of our planet’s most important resources ..read more

COMMENCEMENT: Laurel Rankin, a master of science in social entrepreneurship graduate, follows her entrepreneurial spirit to create impact ..read more

EARTH MONTH: Removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could go a long way towards slowing global warming, experts tell USC Dornsife event ..read more

EARTH MONTH: USC Dornsife’s Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability will use the Ballmer Group gift to study decarbonization strategies ..read more

(Illustration/iStock) Share University ‘Be leaders in your community’: Students engage with university officials at sustainability town hall EARTH MONTH: Representatives of the USC Office of Sustainability spoke with students about what’s been done, what’s in the works and what needs to happen to create a greener university. April 23, 2024 By Grayson Schmidt Several months after opening, the USC Sustainability Hub on the University Park Campus was filled with students, all with a similar question: How can they learn about and get involved in more sustainability efforts across USC ca ..read more

EARTH MONTH: The increase in climate-related disasters and pollution disproportionately affecting marginalized communities makes climate change a core social justice issue ..read more

More than 100 million Americans live in communities where ozone levels exceed the current health standard. (Photo/iStock) Share Policy/Law Supreme Court to consider ‘good neighbor’ rules that limit cross-state air pollution EARTH MONTH: The nation’s highest court is considering putting a hold on a clean air rule that requires upwind states to reduce pollution affecting their downwind neighbors. USC environmental law expert Robin Craig weighs in. April 23, 2024 By Nina Raffio The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide how states must act as “good neighbors” when it comes to air pollutio ..read more