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Sloane speaks on ‘flora’ trend in urban planning
March 4, 2014
The Sacramento Bee quoted Professor David Sloane of the USC Price School of Public Policy about the Wildflowering L.A. project, which aims to beautify vacant or underused lands. According to Sloane, the project is unusual but also part of a larger trend in urban planning that integrates nature with built elements.
USC Schwarzenegger Institute forum focuses on ‘People Over Politics’
February 26, 2014
In an era of political gridlock and hyper-partisanship, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy on Feb. 24 held a symposium on government and leadership – titled “People over Politics” – that brought together expert faculty, practitioners and news media to discuss what it will take to make the federal government work again. The solution may be as simple as looking to California.
Ginsburg appointed USC Price professor in health policy, management
February 25, 2014
Paul Ginsburg has been appointed Professor of the Practice of Health Policy and Management in the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, announced Dean Jack H. Knott on Feb. 25. Ginsburg will hold the Norman Topping/National Medical Enterprises Chair in Medicine and Public Policy. “The Price School’s expertise in health policy and administration will benefit greatly from Dr. Ginsburg’s significant expertise, and we look forward to his many contributions to the school,” Knott said.
Jeffe weighs in on politics of water use in California
February 25, 2014
The Christian Science Monitor quoted Senior Fellow Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about the politics of water use in California. KPCC-FM also quoted Jeffe about the topic.
Myers pens LA Times op-ed on ‘Why CA needs the young to thrive’
February 25, 2014
The Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed by Professor Dowell Myers of the USC Price School about why California needs its young in order to thrive. “It is generational shifts, not racial or ethnic ones, that will weigh most heavily on California in the decades to come. And stronger connections between generations will be our salvation,” Myers wrote.
Moore on why many students avoid careers in nuclear engineering
February 24, 2014
U.S. News & World Report quoted Professor James Moore of the USC Price School of Public Policy and Viterbi School of Engineering about why nuclear engineering is a controversial area of study and how many stray away from the study as a career path.
Schwarzenegger Institute hosts symposium on government, leadership
February 24, 2014
KPCC highlighted a forum on government and leadership held at the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy and headlined by former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Downey Professor of State and Global Policy at USC. Fox & Hounds and the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted research presented at the forum by Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College about Democrats’ power in the California legislature. The story was also covered by LA Observed and the Los Angeles Daily News.
Melnick comments on high demand for doctors as more enroll in Medi-Cal
February 23, 2014
The San Jose Mercury News quoted Professor Glenn Melnick of the USC Price School about the demand for doctors as more people sign up for Medi-Cal.
Jeffe discusses LA mayor Garcetti’s leadership style
February 19, 2014
NPR News quoted USC Price Senior Fellow Sherry Bebitch Jeffe about Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s leadership style.
LA Times quotes Green regarding gentrification of Hollywood
February 19, 2014
The Los Angeles Times quoted Richard Green, USC Price professor and director of the Lusk Center for Real Estate, about gentrification in Hollywood.
USC Price students apply urban planning lessons in Brazil
February 18, 2014
Master’s students from the USC Price School of Public Policy traveled to São Paulo in January to explore the housing provisions and make recommendations based on experiences of other major metropolitan areas as part of the 2014 Brazil International Lab. The trip was an outgrowth of the MOU signed by USC Price and the State of São Paulo last year to promote joint research and educational opportunities between the two institutions.
‘Tackling climate change protects our SoCal way of life,’ Blanco writes
February 14, 2014
The Los Angeles Daily News ran an op-ed by Research Professor Hilda Blanco, interim director of the USC Center for Sustainable Cities, about how the current California drought affects the Southern California way of life and how Californians need to keep leading the way in climate change. “Much of what we do here is eventually adopted by other states or by the country as a whole, and is even echoed in the actions of other nations. If we do things right, California can steer the world in ways that blunt the worst impacts of climate change,” Blanco wrote.
Gioia discusses new National Endowment of the Arts chair nominee
February 14, 2014
The Los Angeles Times quoted USC Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture Dana Gioia about the newly nominated chair of the National Endowment of the Arts. Gioia was also quoted in a second Los Angeles Times story.
Giuliano on the road to improve freight transport
February 13, 2014
Genevieve Giuliano, senior associate dean at the USC Price School of Public Policy and director of the METRANS Transportation Center, was among officials who recently accompanied U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on a visit to a construction project aimed at improving the movement of freight at the largest and busiest port in the nation.
Price alumna turns up heat on climate change in Vietnam
February 12, 2014
By the end of the century, Vietnam’s average temperature is predicted to rise by as much as six degrees Fahrenheit and its sea level by up to three feet compared to the 1980-1999 period. Mylinh Ngo Huang, a candidate in the professional doctorate program at the USC Price School of Public Policy, is taking steps toward finding a solution.
USC Price hosts West Regional of Policy Solutions Challenge Feb. 23
February 12, 2014
Policy Solutions Challenge USA is pleased to announce that the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California will be the site of the West Region of the Challenge on Feb. 22-23. The five students who will represent USC Price in this year’s challenge are Paul Chung, Hovanes Gasparian, Emily Ghan, Elizabeth Newman and Nick Perry, under the supervision of Assistant Professor T.J. McCarthy.
Gioia’s past appointment as NEA chair highlighted in LA Times
February 12, 2014
The Los Angeles Times mentioned that USC Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture Dana Gioia had been appointed as chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts by President George W. Bush.
NYC’s garment district economically vital for the city
February 12, 2014
Racked featured research by Associate Professor Elizabeth Currid-Halkett of the USC Price School and a colleague about the economic importance of New York City’s garment district. “All designers need the same basic materials and labor to make a dress. But how they individually pursue and use those resources, and how they respond to the changing demands of realizing their conceptions, is a key component of their creative process,” their study stated.
Jeffe explains how prison overcrowding issue may shape CA governor’s race
February 10, 2014
The New York Times quoted Senior Fellow Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School of Public Policy about the role of prison crowding in the upcoming California governor’s race.
Currid-Halkett op-ed: ‘NYC fashion industry reveals new truth about economic clusters’
February 10, 2014
Harvard Business Review featured research by Professor Elizabeth Currid-Halkett of the USC Price School and a colleague about the economic importance of New York’s garment district. “The Garment District’s agglomeration economies foster the freedom necessary for creativity to thrive, which is part and parcel of how great dresses are made in the first place,” Currid-Halkett said.