The Price Review

USC Price Professor Elizabeth Currid-Halkett Wins a Guggenheim Fellowship

The prestigious fellowship will support Currid-Halkett’s research into the evolution of American cities. Read more >

USC Price School alumna keeps her head in the game as she advocates for equity in youth sports President and CEO of the LA84 Foundation Renata Simril, an advocate for equity in youth sports, has carried USC Price School’s core values throughout her career. Read more >

The next battleground in U.S. politics? School boards USC Price School experts explain what’s driving the politicization of local school boards, from backlash to COVID-19 policies to more involvement from national political parties. Read more >

Food for thought: Michael Pollan reflects on Americans’ complicated relationship with food   Journalist Michael Pollan spoke about the “public health crisis” stemming from ultra-processed food when he was the featured guest at the annua George Washington Leadership Lecture Series. Read more >

With the help of a Broadway actor, USC Price professor offers leadership lessons Groundhog Day actor Vishal Vaidya spoke to Professor Deborah Natoli’s leadership class, which incorporates lessons from the arts and science. Read more >

What can post-pandemic cities learn from Ho Chi Minh City?  Annette Kim, director of SLAB at the USC Price School, shares lessons learned from the Vietnamese city’s handling of contested public spaces. Read more >

USC Price in the News

New York Times, Yahoo News and Seattle Times quoted Geraldine Knatz about the ongoing labor fight between longshoremen and West Coast port operators.   The Associated Press, PBS Newshour and Chicago Tribune quoted Paul Ginsburg about the need for federal lawmakers to address looming financial shortfalls in Social Security and Medicare. New York Times quoted him about struggling rural hospitals.   The Washington Post published an op-ed co-authored by Karen Van Nuys arguing that ending insurance coverage for low-cost generic drugs could save patients money.   CNBC spoke to Darius Lakdawalla in a story explaining how court orders blocking the FDA’s approval of an abortion pill could stifle innovation in the biopharma industry.   Los Angeles Times interviewed Richard Green and Dowell Myers about population declines in L.A. County. The Times and Yahoo News also quoted Green in another story about falling home prices.   Los Angeles Times and CalMatters talked to Glenn Melnick about the financial challenges facing California hospitals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Times also quoted Melnick in a story about the possibility of rising healthcare costs.   Bloomberg cited a study from the Sol Price Center for Social Innovation showing that almost half of Los Angeles renters devote more than half of their income toward housing and utilities.   The Sacramento Bee and Yahoo News featured Mindy Romero’s research showing that California's “Motor Voter” program increased voter registrations, but didn’t boost turnout.   The Sacramento Bee quoted Christian Grose about U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee’s candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat in California. The Fresno Bee spoke with him about possible successors in the U.S. Senate if Diane Feinstein resigns before her term expires.   Phys.org and The Eastern Herald in India covered a study co-authored by Adam Rose and Dan Wei quantifying the economic costs of grain export disruptions from the war in Ukraine.   Blue Ridge Public Radio spoke to Wändi Bruine de Bruin about how jargon and technical terms can cause confusion and misunderstanding of climate change. This represents only a portion of recent USC Price faculty media.

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