EARTH WEEK: Installing low-flow shower heads and LED lightbulbs and adjusting the thermostat are just a few things you can do to live more sustainably. Find out how USC experts are making a difference where they live.
EARTH WEEK: The president — an environmental scientist — shares her love of the national treasures that sparked her love of science and discovery during the runup to USC’s Earth Week observance.
EARTH WEEK: Trojan Jennifer Wheeler Kahn transforms theatrical leftovers, including the curtain from USC’s Bing Theatre, into sustainable fashion goods.
EARTH WEEK: Finley has been showing people how to rebuild communities through gardening for more than a decade.
EARTH WEEK: Students are transforming giant globes to communicate abstract ideas about the climate crisis.
EARTH WEEK: Progress in Earth-friendly practices under USC President Carol L. Folt is evident on university’s campuses.
EARTH WEEK: Little things can make a big difference — especially when they’re done on a grand scale. Check out these ways USC is working toward a sustainable tomorrow.
Tiny organisms that go deep are key to a natural cycle that helps mitigate global warming. A USC-led team of scientists has discovered why and built a computer model that predicts the rate of carbon transfer.
Climate change isn’t an inevitable death sentence, but the latest news often makes people as though it is. A task force led by USC’s Gale Sinatra finds that psychologists can make a big difference.
Volunteers from USC Dornsife’s Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies help pull tons of damaging garbage from Santa Catalina Island’s historic tourist location.
The 6,000-square-foot Sustainable Seaweed Aquaculture Lab will pursue groundbreaking research on regenerative aquaculture.
USC celebrates a new lab with research accelerator AltaSea — a project that may one day help California grow stronger, healthier mussels, oysters and kelp that can withstand the effects of global warming.
It’s the university’s third victory in the leaguewide competition focused on diverting the waste generated at home football games from landfills to recycling or composting.
The film school is making sustainability a requirement for student productions — and is joining other schools in spreading the word on green filmmaking.
Small changes — from baking and eating Brussels sprouts to installing a bidet — can make us feel good about helping shift the trajectory toward a greener future.
What if surplus renewable energy could be stored as computation instead? That’s the thinking behind “information batteries,” a new system proposed by USC’s Barath Raghavan and a colleague.
The USC Dornsife professor explains how market capitalism will help us adapt to the growing challenges unleashed by a warming planet.
The familiar tents are back after nearly two years because of the pandemic. For hungry students and staff, they’re a welcome sight.
Those single-use bottles are on their way out as water refill stations proliferate on USC’s University Park and Health Sciences campuses.
Year in review: The year marked a number of milestones as USC continues its efforts to fight climate change starting at home.
In a move taken by only a handful of universities, USC aims for carbon neutrality. By 2025, USC will have improved its energy efficiency and expanded the use of solar power. USC also has made sustainability a core part of its curriculum, fostering global citizens who will fight climate change.
The second annual USC Dornsife-Union Bank LABarometer survey regarding sustainability and resilience examines how Los Angeles County residents experience and interact with their natural environment in the midst of a warming climate.
A diverse team of undergraduate and graduate students is designing and building USC’s first-ever solar-powered race vehicle.
$10 milk. Electricity six times the national average. USC students partner with Alaska’s Tlingit indigenous community to find new answers.