EARTH WEEK: The medical community’s mission is to improve health, but that can also contribute to climate change.

The event, held at Town and Gown on the University Park Campus, recognizes that USC is above all else a community of scholars.

The gift — the largest single contribution in the law school’s 122-year history — will support the school’s building fund endowment.

EARTH WEEK: Installing low-flow shower heads and LED lightbulbs and adjusting the thermostat are just a few things you can do to live more sustainably. Find out how USC experts are making a difference where they live.

EARTH WEEK: The president — an environmental scientist — shares her love of the national treasures that sparked her love of science and discovery during the runup to USC’s Earth Week observance.

Installation of tents and other structures across much of the campus is underway as this weekend’s event approaches.

EARTH WEEK: Trojan Jennifer Wheeler Kahn transforms theatrical leftovers, including the curtain from USC’s Bing Theatre, into sustainable fashion goods.

EARTH WEEK: Finley has been showing people how to rebuild communities through gardening for more than a decade.

EARTH WEEK: Students are transforming giant globes to communicate abstract ideas about the climate crisis.

The problem is especially prevalent among the underrepresented, USC Price research finds.