Now, he hopes protecting the ocean will go from a passion to his life’s work.
“For policy decisions I think you want the best numbers you can get, so that’s why we try to make them more precise.”. A retired Noosaville banker-turned-philanthropist is donating a six-figure endowment to extend her annual USC scholarship that encourages regional and rural women to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees. USC Wrigley Institute introduces aquaponics to local K-12 studentsby Laura Paisley, USC Dornsife News, 04/21/2016The Food for Thought educational outreach program enriches education in Los Angeles public schools using aquaponics as an active-learning platform for themes related to STEM as well as food and environmental justice.• Learn more about our Food for Thought program on our webpage. The inaugural class of the IMPACT-AD program, which is co-directed by a USC professor, will educate 35 professionals at various career stages on conducting more diverse clinical trials. A Day in the Life: Gordon Boivin - Wrigley Institute Marine Operations Manager (Video)10/13/2013Gordon Boivin spends his days piloting USC's boat the Miss Christi back and forth between San Pedro and the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies on Catalina Island, as well as managing and maintaining all of Wrigley's marine operations.

Students gain important career experience working on a high-profile case involving suspended driver licenses. Student researchers dive into the deepby Stephen Koenig, USC Dornsife News, 9/16/2020USC students conduct marine research through virtual internships with leading environmental scientists. Microbes and Climateby Richard Hoops, USC Dornsife News, 01/06/2015Naomi Levine of biological sciences and earth sciences digs up information on climate by studying oceanic phytoplankton and bacteria. Can they be saved?

Beneath the Seaby Robert Perkins, USC Dornsife News, 01/15/2015A new species discovered beneath the ocean’s crust may play important role in the global carbon cycle.

Issues and Interventionsby Susan Bell, USC Dornsife News, 01/13/2015A member of the USC Dornsife Sustainability Task Force, Jonathan Lawhead works across the disciplines of philosophy and earth science to research climate change solutions.
Researchers aim to challenge the oil industry — by growing tons of giant kelpby Jasper McEvoy, USC Annenberg Media, 10/12/2017A team of researchers at the USC Wrigley Institute is testing the ability to grow giant kelp to use as a renewable fuel source. “I have strived to best prepare students with global, real-world and applied examples and illustrations to make the class content come alive and bring diverse voices, situations and experiences into the classroom.”. Juan Carlos Aguilar is a certified scientific diver and relief captain for the USC vessel Miss Christi at USC Dornsife’s Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island. ), and participated in a news conference on September 25, 2012.

Off the coast of California, a team of researchers is working on what they hope will become an energy source of the future — macroalgae, otherwise known as kelp. Big Wave Surfer to Paddle Seven Crossings of California's 8 Channel IslandsMENAFN, 7/20/2019WSL Big Wave Surfer, 10-time Molokai to Oahu Paddle Champion, and sustainability advocate Jamie Mitchell will speak at the USC Delta Murphy Lecture Series at the Aquarium of the Pacific on July 31st about his new project "Seven Crossings."

Ancient Volcanoes Could Be Key to Predicting Impact of Climate Changeby Andrew Good, USC News, 04/13/2016A new study strengthens the case that a prehistoric disaster is a good model for studying the potential effect of rising carbon dioxide levels. Catalina Underwater Beach Cleanup Raises Money for USC’s Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studiesby Hawken Miller, The Daily Breeze, 02/24/2018. Study stress can be a good thing, and technology is creating a generation of students ‘wired for distraction’, according to a new book co-written by a USC expert in children’s brain development and one of his USC graduates. A team from USC Viterbi won for their work optimizing the design of ionic electrospray thrusters. The founders behind Marine BioEnergy hope so.

Jess designs a … His final stop in the paddle will be Catalina where he'll bring awareness to climate change and ocean health solutions created and implemented by USC's Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies.