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The Big Story: Global sustainability pioneer named dean of USC Price |
Sustainability pioneer Christopher Boone has been named dean of the USC Price School of Public Policy.
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About Boone: He’s an international expert in urban sustainability, global environmental change, and urbanization. Previously a professor at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability, the environmental justice leader joins USC after decades of impactful work supporting the growth of sustainability programs in colleges and universities across the country.
What they’re saying: “Chris Boone brings great depth of experience and expertise in areas of vital importance to the Price School and to USC, including sustainability, national policy and global challenges,” USC President Carol Folt said.
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What’s next: His ambitions are in line with Folt’s sustainability “moonshot,” which aims to ensure the university remains at the forefront of sustainability operations, research and education through interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative approaches to complex challenges.
Read more about the Price School’s newest dean.
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Experts weigh in on the L.A. wildfires |
We spoke to Adam Rose, a USC Price School Professor and an expert in energy and environmental economics, about the link between climate change and the fires that ravaged Los Angeles County this month. Read more
Price alumna Jennifer Gray Thompson, founder and CEO of the wildfire disaster nonprofit After The Fire USA, explains what policymakers can do to help survivors in L.A. Read more
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Long before the L.A. fires, America’s housing crisis displaced millions |
A new USC study reveals how decades of policy missteps fueled today’s housing crisis, pushing the dream of homeownership out of reach for millions, including the largest generation in U.S. history: millennials.
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What the study found: The researchers argue that the roots of the crisis began in the early 2000s when easy access to credit for young adults fueled a historic housing bubble. When the bubble burst in 2008 and led to the Great Recession, policymakers overcorrected by tightening mortgage lending standards and limiting funds for new construction.
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In his words: “These measures came at the worst possible time — just as millennials, the largest generation in 30 years, entered the housing market,” said Professor Dowell Myers, who directs the Population Dynamics Research Group at USC Price. “Young home seekers were welcomed with the lowest construction in more than 60 years.”
Read more about the study.
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USC Price ranked No. 1 in urban planning research citations |
USC Price is the top-ranked school in urban planning research citations, according to new data from ScholarMetrics.
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What they found: Research from the USC Price School’s Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis had the highest number of median citations, or the middle number of citations among individual faculty members. Price had 3,799 citations among 15 full-time faculty members, according to ScholarMetrics, a website that tracks urban planning scholarship.
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What they’re saying: “We strive to be a great planning department,” said David C. Sloane, Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis. “This ranking, like all rankings, should be taken with a grain of salt, but the ranking demonstrates the reach and success of our faculty members, which makes me proud as Chair.”
Read more about our prolific urban planning research.
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Electricity from offshore wind is more promising than ever – except for the politics |
A new study co-authored by a USC Price professor finds that generating electricity with wind turbines off the coast of California is an even more attractive option than it was at the beginning of the decade.
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That was until the Trump Administration put a temporary halt this week to new leases for offshore wind on all areas of the continental shelf, including California.
What the study found: The study, which was published in the journal Energies, concludes that offshore wind (OSW) generation is on the verge of becoming cost-competitive with most other energy sources.
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It can also improve the reliability of electricity and provide substantial co-benefits, reducing ordinary air pollution as well as greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
Read more about the study.
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Associated Press quoted
Christian Grose about Mayor Karen Bass’s leadership during Los Angeles’s devastating wildfires. CalMatters spoke to Grose about how California lawmakers have handled the disaster.
TIME, Yahoo News and ABC News featured Shaun Harper in stories debunking claims that DEI is to blame for the wildfires.
Los Angeles Times spoke to Liz Falletta for a story about how L.A. should be rebuilt to make the city more resilient to wildfires and address housing affordability.
Vox, Spectrum News 1 and CalMatters talked to Dowell Myers about how the wildfires could exacerbate California’s housing crisis.
Los Angeles Times interviewed Adam Rose in a story about what L.A. can learn from other historic disasters. A Vancouver radio station and the LA Daily News also featured Rose.
Modesto Bee, Merced Sun-Star, Fresno Bee and others quoted Mindy Romero discussing the social criticisms targeting leaders in Los Angeles and Sacramento due to the wildfires.
Los Angeles Times, AOL, Yahoo and others spoke to Richard Green in stories about how the wildfires could affect rent prices.
Responsible US featured Geoff Boeing in a story about how traffic bottlenecks in L.A.
This represents only a portion of recent USC Price faculty media.
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