The National Officer Involved Homicide Database, developed by researchers at the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, includes data from more than a dozen sources regarding factors that may be associated with officer-involved homicides. [3 min read]
John Wilson is working to improve the well-being of Angelenos through two USC Dornsife Public Exchange projects. [5 min read]
The COVID-19 pandemic upended lives around the world. Where do we go from here? [12¼ min read time]
Cameron Audras learns how to interweave his passion for conservation and his skill with the viola while earning a degree in environmental sciences. [4½ min read]
University scientists, working with the city of Los Angeles, have developed a plan to grow an urban forest in communities vulnerable to heat waves and air pollution. [2 min read]
Undergraduate Alexa Weintraub showed how street and sidewalk space could be repurposed to allow for more outdoor seating, without affecting public transportation. [3 min read]
USC Dornsife researchers will provide sound science to help guide L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s effort to plant 90,000 trees citywide, beginning in Eastside communities near the USC Health Sciences campus. It signals an expanding partnership between the city and the university to advance environmental initiatives under USC President Carol L Folt. [3¼ min read]
Through a three-day “Mapathon,” students help plot out the geography of some of the world’s most remote, unmapped regions to improve humanitarian efforts following disasters. [4¼ min read]
USC researchers studying sibling bereavement in 43 countries note that such deaths raise risk factors for health and social issues in the surviving children. [2 min read]
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