USC Dornsife News

Faculty from USC Dornsife’s Environmental Studies program and USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies spotlight major news stories of the year. [3 min read]

USC and UCLA leaders pledge to find sustainable solutions to regional and global issues together as they celebrate Women in Science and Engineering. [2 ¾ min read]

By exploring the work of artists and poets, we can understand how the smallest changes to the environment can signal large-scale damage. [6 min read]

Energy policy expert S. Julio Friedmann, who graduated from USC Dornsife in 1995 with a Ph.D. in geology, describes the steps needed to create a successful future in terms of climate and energy. [3¾ min read]

Wildland blazes like last year’s Woolsey fire and Camp fire are the result of global warming, which in turn is a product of society’s inability to address inequity. [2¾ min read]

George H.W. Bush, who pledged to be 'the environmental president,' took a market-based approach to pollution control that helped clear the air. That method could work on climate change, writes Matthew Kahn of economics in The Conversation. [5 1/2 min read]

USC Dornsife researchers, including primate expert Craig Stanford, are working to understand how to better protect these animals, who could be extinct in just 100 years.

USC Dornsife researchers say mass-produced dwellings and home expansion have reduced residential green cover as much as 55 percent.

Residents in low-income communities in Los Angeles County are benefiting from the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. By producing critical research, the program is becoming a statewide model for environmental justice.