Michelle Barton has led major environmental initiatives and will help guide work on shade, heat resilience and the Los angeles River.
Widespread media coverage and critical grant funding help expand Public Exchange’s CLEAN project.
Public-private partnerships push university research beyond theory and into action to help city leaders, nonprofits and public agencies solve real-world problems.
Funding from the nonprofit group FireAid will expand Public Exchange’s soil testing campaign, screening for a wider range of contaminants, speeding up lab results and increasing community outreach.
Led by a former White House senior policy advisor, the new practice provides expert research and project management services to government, industry and nonprofit partners.
USC programs are recognized for student engagement and racial equity from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
