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The Big Story: Price Professor wins Nobel Sustainability Trust Award
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A global research initiative co-led by Assistant Professor Geoff Boeing has won a prestigious Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST) Sustainability Award.
- Why it matters: The NST’s Sustainability Awards honor individuals, organizations, and companies whose achievements advance the innovation, promotion, and implementation of sustainable solutions.
About the winning project: The Global Observatory for Healthy and Sustainable Cities (GOHSC) – which helps cities around the world measure their progress toward becoming healthier and more sustainable – received the award for “Outstanding Research and Development for Intelligent and Sustainable Urban Solutions.”
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The GOHSC’s flagship initiative – the 1,000 Cities Challenge – provides open access tools that help local policymakers generate reports and scorecards to assess whether their cities are moving in the right direction to improve health and reduce factors contributing to climate change.
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For example, the tools can measure a city’s walkability, access to healthy food, public transportation, and urban heat vulnerability, among other factors.
In his words: “It’s thrilling to win this award because it amplifies our message of how evidence-informed planning can make our cities healthier, happier, more sustainable places to live,” Boeing said.
Read more about the award-winning project
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How can we fix U.S. democracy? USC-led initiative aims to find solutions
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The United States is one of history’s most enduring democracies, but the system is now under strain, with reduced public trust, low levels of voter turnout and increased polarization.
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A new initiative, co-led by Professor Mindy Romero, Director of the USC Price Center for Inclusive Democracy, is among those spearheading By the People, for the People, a nationwide initiative that seeks to rebuild trust in U.S. democracy.
- Ultimately, the campaign plans to convene a national “People’s Assembly” in Washington, D.C., where citizens from each state would produce a roadmap of reforms to our democratic system.
Read more about the initiative
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Gov. Newsom appoints two Price alums to key California posts
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently appointed two Price School alums to key positions overseeing the state’s parks and taxation.
David Galaviz, a Master of Public Administration alum who serves as USC’s Associate Vice President for Community & Local Government Partnerships, was added to the California Parks and Recreation Commission.
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In the new role, he will help oversee the management of California’s 280 state parks, including more than 340 miles of coastline and 5,200 miles of trails.
Gentian Droboniku, a Master of Public Policy alum and Adjunct Professor at the Price School, was named Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
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Droboniku helps lead a department that collects and distributes close to $100 billion every year to California’s state government, cities, and counties.
Read more about Galaviz and Droboniku
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Why California’s shifting population trends require a new 'social contract'
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California has a shortage of young people to support the state’s aging population, an urgent problem that requires California to invest in education and enact policies that make life more affordable for young adults, Professor Dowell Myers said in a recent speech.
- Myers, the keynote speaker at a conference hosted by the Southern California Association of Governments, argued that a new social contract between generations is needed to address the state’s shifting demographic trends.
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Those trends include falling birth rates and rising emigration that reduce the number of young people. Meanwhile, older residents age in place, creating a “top heavy” age imbalance that will be twice as heavy in 2030 as it was 20 years ago, Myers said.
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In his words: “Millennials are the most supremely important group right now because they’re in the key age where they do everything: They are the new workers, the new parents, the new taxpayers, the new voters, the new home buyers,” said Myers, who is Director of the Price School’s Population Dynamics Research Group. “We better treat them right or we’re all going to suffer.”
Read more about the demographic challenge
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⚕️ New National Academy member: Professor Darius Lakdawalla was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, recognizing his contributions to the medical sciences, healthcare and public health. Congratulations, Darius!
🤝 Building trust: Policymakers seeking to improve health outcomes for Black Angelenos need to build trust – and that starts by listening, according to LaVonna Lewis, Vice Dean for Student Success. Read more
💊 Evolution of the opioid crisis: Professor Rosalie Pacula discusses how the opioid epidemic changed from a crisis driven by prescription opioids to one fueled by illicit fentanyl. Take a listen
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One last thing: What students say about their professors
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Every semester, Price students are asked to write evaluations of their professors.
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In a heartwarming video, Price faculty members read some of the reviews written by their students, who describe how professors provided knowledge and fostered comfortable environments for open discussion.
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What they’re saying: “You’ve taught me that good teaching begins with seeing the student as a person worthy of patience, dignity and care,” wrote one student about Professor Deborah Natoli. “I will take this with me everywhere I go. Thank you so much for a wonderful class.”
See what else students have to say
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