USC Dornsife News

On Catalina Island — and the University Park campus — the legendary Wrigley family has created a kingdom of scientific researchers.

During a Maymester course, 26 mostly environmental studies students in USC Dornsife who completed a Spring class teaching them how to dive are now headed to Guam and Palau.

Santa Monica High School’s team won first place in the ninth annual QuikSCience Challenge. More than 400 middle and high school students from around the world submitted 74 science project entries.

Catalina Island serves as a training ground for students from USC Dornsife's online graduate degree programs in geographic information science and technology.

Students get hands-on field training in Catalina Island ecology.

Sycamore Canyon Middle School placed first for a project involving recycling batteries. The environmental science contest is a partnership with USC College’s Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies.