USC s urban forest project will focus on 3 1/2 square miles northeast of the university s Health Sciences Campus in Boyle Heights, which includes parts of El Sereno, Ramona Gardens and Lincoln Heights. USC researchers noted that the area suffers from poor air quality and little shade, and the median household income is about half of L.A. overall.
L.A. s Green New Deal s tree initiative calls for increasing the forest canopy in specifically low-income heat zones by 50% by 2028. This partnership between the city and USC researchers is taking on global warming by improving sustainability where people live, USC President Carol L. Folt said. It s a good example of how we can enhance the quality of life in our neighborhoods as we face the challenges of climate change.
USC Dornsife historian uncovers the Underground Railroad that ran to Mexico
Mexico played an important role in helping escaped slaves find freedom and in shaping the United States Civil War, argues Alice Baumgartner, a member of the USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities, headquartered at USC Dornsife.
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Thousands of enslaved people escaped U.S. plantations and headed to Mexico to find freedom and opportunity, reveals a new book by USC Dornsife historian Alice Baumgartner. (Image Source: Brooklyn Museum/Eastman Johnson.)
In the winter of 1819, five slaves escaped on horseback from a cotton plantation in Texas and rode to freedom. One bore the branded letter “R” for “runaway” on each of his cheeks, punishment for an earlier, failed escape attempt.
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CSUSB associate vice president appointed vice chair of the board of directors for Leadership California
By CSUSB Office of Strategic Communication
Published January 28, 2021
20-01-29–CSUSB–Kimberly Shiner, University Development Associate Vice President, University Development, California State University, San Bernardino–Representatives from Union Bank will be presenting two checks on campus, one to Michelle Skiljan, Executive Director of the Women’s Business Center Programs, and one to Vincent McCoy, Executive Director of the IE Small Business Development Center California State University, San Bernardino on Wednesday, Jan 29, 2020. Photo by Robert A. Whitehead/CSUSB
Kimberly Shiner, the associate vice president for University Development at Cal State San Bernardino, has been appointed vice chair for the executive board of Leadership California, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the representation and influence of diverse women leaders across
LOS ANGELES (KUSI) – COVID-19 “fatigue” is having a negative effect on some protective measures that people are taking to guard against the coronavirus although mask-wearing is up, according to a new USC survey.
Protective measures such as avoiding close contact with non-household members and staying home are waning as the pandemic drags on, the study reported.
The findings were called worrisome, given the importance of the “Swiss cheese” model of pandemic defense in which multiple layers of protection block the spread of the new coronavirus.
Researchers said that protective behaviors remain important until a large percentage of the population is vaccinated.