Groundwater provides nearly 40% of water used in California in normal years and up to 60% in drought years like this one. The state needs to prevent overdraft, when groundwater is repeatedly pumped at a faster rate than it can be replaced.
USC social work professor will lead the RAND-USC Epstein Family Foundation Center for Veterans Policy Research.
Robert English of USC Dornsife’s School of International Relations, a former policy analyst with the U.S. Department of Defense and an expert on Russia, shares his assessment of the U.S.-Russia relationship and Biden’s recent meeting with Putin.
$10 milk. Electricity six times the national average. USC students partner with Alaska’s Tlingit indigenous community to find new answers.
Expanding Medicaid may result in an overall drop in adult deaths of nearly 4% each year, a study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC finds.
When in-person therapy became too dangerous, every state adopted at least one policy related to treatment access for patients suffering from opioid addiction. But no state did everything that was necessary, the USC study found.
Using big data, a new industry is assessing the risks of flooding and wildfire to an area due to climate change and government standards should be put in place to ensure reliable and accurate information.
USC researchers dig deep into America’s polarization problem: a data-driven tool measures discord on controversial topics; computer scientists study who spreads fake news; and policy experts examine why polarization is different today.
Zakhary Mallett used local transportation as a child, then set policy as the youngest-ever member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit board. Now he’s doing doctoral research on whether all transit users pay their fair share.
To address vaccine hesitancy, many governments, employers and health systems turned to public messages and financial incentives — from gift cards and savings bonds to $1 million lotteries. They didn’t work.
Congress finally recognizes that broadband access “is essential to full participation in modern life in the United States,” a USC researcher who studies internet policy and digital inequality notes.
USC/RAND study tracks obstacles for military veterans searching for housing. Los Angeles is home to 10% of the nation’s unhoused veterans.
Henna Pithia discusses her work with the International Human Rights Clinic, representing survivors of human rights abuses and returning to her alma mater.
Physical touch is a simple form of connecting to another person and holds significance for many cultures, especially at a person’s final moments.
USC researchers say increased transparency and more robust benefits for low-income families are needed — particularly when it comes to housing — even after their wages go up to help avoid “plateaus” and “cliffs.”
Two longtime friends pair up to create a scholarship for future lawyers following their dreams at the USC Gould School of Law.
“I want to see them change the world for the better,” says Dana Goldman, who on Tuesday will be installed as head of the public policy school.
The move could be a meaningful step toward reducing child poverty, USC Price research finds.
Expensive, militarized fire suppression led the U.S. down a forest management path that neglected more nuanced approaches, two USC experts note.
Franita Tolson testified before Congress on voting rights and access twice in July — and it wasn’t her first time at the Capitol.
Life-years lost from premature mortality were distributed almost equally across elderly and younger adult populations in the first year of the pandemic.
Congress designates Sept. 17 as a day to recognize the value and history of the guiding document.
Fear of polarization and distrust in the electoral system continues to proliferate, three USC Price professors note.
Nickey Woods brings a background in educational psychology to the new position.