@USC
Sol Price School of Public Policy -- shaping the world since 1929. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for people and their communities.
ICYMI:
@llewisphd
joins William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen to discuss their award-winning book, From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century.
Watch the full event:
@USC
Amazing news! The Price School is ranked No. 2 in U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools rankings. "It is deeply gratifying that our peers have ranked us one of the very best in the nation," said Dean Jack Knott.
#PriceProud
See the rankings:
On guns, candidate
@DelaineEastin
: "There is no excuse to have an assault weapon. What we need are better gun laws ... no one should have a gun under (age) 21"
#DebateforCA
BREAKING NEWS: Dana P. Goldman named dean of USC Price. During his service as interim dean, Goldman prioritized social justice, diverse scholarship, American democracy, student organizations, faculty growth and more. Read more:
@USC
Congrats to USC Price Associate Professor
@pjclousermccann
who has just been granted tenure by
@USC
! Her research examines the influence of states and state-level political institutions on national political maneuvering and policy choices.
"I support the concept behind SB 827. The fact is we need density behind transit hubs ... If we build more housing next to transit we wouldn't be reading about three-hour commutes ... Not all homes can have a front yard and a backyard."
#DebateforCA
@DelaineEastin
Terrific news! Lisa Schweitzer has been promoted by
@USC
to Professor of Public Policy. Such a well-deserved achievement for this award-winning researcher, dedicated educator & tireless advocate for just and equitable communities. Please join us in congratulating her!
#PriceProud
We are very pleased to announce that
@SantinaContrer
will join the Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis next fall as an Assistant Professor. Welcome to the Price community! ✌️
@Marlon_Boarnet
@USC
Calif. gubernatorial candidate
@DelaineEastin
: "Our state used to be number one in the nation in so many aspects of education ... today we are 41st in per pupil spending and first in prison expenditures."
#DebateforCA
As the new president of the
@The_ACSP
,
@Marlon_Boarnet
will have the opportunity to influence planning education and the role of programs across the nation. Read more to learn about his 3 priorities to help steer the focus of ACSP over the next 2 years:
USC Price is continuing its tradition of being one of the nation's top-ranked public affairs schools. According to
@usnews
,
@USC
Price ranks No. 3 out of 264 master's programs. Several of our specialty programs are also top-ranked:
@uscprovost
They've performed at the Academy Awards, the Grammy Awards, in movies, on television, at international events like the Olympics, making the scene wherever they go in their distinctive shades - the Spirit of Troy!
@USC
#uscgrad
#pricegrad
Congratulations to the USC Price Class of 2020 Valedictorian, Dani Morales! 🎓 Learn more about Dani and why she embodies the mission of the Price School here:
#PriceGrad
#USCGrad
#2020Trojan
@USC
Congratulations to Associate Professor
@billresh
on being chosen for this year's
@ASPANational
H. George Frederickson PA TIMES Best Article Award for his article, “Developing Civic Leadership for the Next Generation.”
#PriceProud
Read the article:
@USC
Congrats to
@BryanOsorioT
, a current 2nd-year MPP student, on being appointed mayor of Delano, CA in Kern County! Bryan has served on the Delano City Council since 2018. We are so
#PriceProud
of Bryan's commitment to his community!
Read more:
@USC
"California is in deep trouble. California is now rated 50 out of 50 in quality of life." Candidate
@TheRealJohnHCox
makes his opening statement at
#DebateforCA
This week Dr. Neeraj Sood launched a study in partnership with
@GovArnoldUSC
and
@lapublichealth
that aims to uncover how many people have
#COVID19
in order to determine a true mortality rate. Tests were offered to a representative sample of L.A. residents.
@USC
@Schwarzenegger
Today is our actual birthday! A Birthday message from Dean Jack Knott on behalf of all of us! Happy Birthday to the entire USC Price Community!
#PriceProud
#Price90
#HappyBirthday
Did you know there was a
@USC
mascot before Traveler? Yep, this furry fellow in jaunty attire filled the bill way back in the day. And speaking of days, we're down to 6 before Commencement!
#pricegrad
#uscgrad
Congratulations to Erroll Southers (
@esouthersHVE
), for being appointed as Associate Senior Vice President of Safety & Risk Assurance at
@USC
. Dr. Southers will work to ensure USC has best-in-class safety services programs to support our Trojan community.
Congrats to Alice Chen, Emma Aguila, and
@NicDuquette
who have all been promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure) effective immediately! These three faculty members have worked incredibly hard to reach this point and we are so
#PriceProud
of what they have achieved.
After losing his father to COVID-19,
@USC
Price School student Samuel Roberts created an organization dedicated to increasing vaccinations and reducing health disparities in the Inland Empire:
.
@USC
Price PhD grad Jocelyn Poe won a prestigious Robert Woods Johnson Foundation grant. Now she’s on her way to Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (
@CornellAAP
) as a tenure-track faculty member in social justice and equity:
.
@TheRealJohnHCox
on guns: "Let's ask the media not to disclose the name or picture of these (shooters) ... We need to create a culture of life. They're doing this for one reason, to terrorize ... I'm a huge proponent of the Second Amendment"
#DebateforCA
A new $10 million gift from alum Wil Smith establishes the USC Price Wilbur H. Smith III Department of Real Estate Development. Smith’s generous donation funds undergraduates and graduate scholarships and creates a summer research fund for faculty.
@USC
We’re the No. 4 best public affairs school by the 2022 U.S. News & World Report list, remaining in the top five out of 285 programs!
#PriceProud
To see the full list of rankings, visit:
@usnews
@USC
Terry Cooper, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, was congratulated by the LA Board of Supervisors for his "many years of community leadership & dedicated service & extends sincere best wishes for a long & successful retirement." We couldn't have said it better
#PriceProud
@USC
.
@esouthersHVE
spoke with
@kcrw
on his recommendations for law enforcement reform, highlighting the CA Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, which makes it really difficult for researchers and journalists to document and analyze misconduct.
Professor
@esouthersHVE
appeared on
@CBSLA
to speak on the inner workings of police forces and advocate for a Framework of Healthy Policing.
Watch more here:
Congratulations to Professor Lisa Schweitzer for being named a member of the Planning Theory Editorial Board! She was selected for her contributions to the international peer-reviewed journal.
Learn more about Lisa Schweitzer's work:
@BedrosianCenter
Welcome to our new Interim Dean, Dana Goldman! Today is his first day in this new role, in addition to his positions as a Distinguished Professor and
@SchaefferCenter
Director and Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair. Read more about his expertise and leadership:
Our ascent in the U.S. News & World Report rankings (
#2
for public affairs schools &
#1
for urban policy) is an incredible honor that extends to all of you, our USC Price community. Thank you for being part of our legacy and making us
#PriceProud
.
#DayofSCupport
#FightOn
Congratulations to
@jevaygrooms
on becoming a
@nberpubs
research fellow! Dr. Grooms is a visiting Scholar at
@USC
Price and an Assistant Professor at
@HowardU
.
Check out Dr. Groom's faculty page to learn more about her resaerch:
Congratulations to
@TamJamme
, a fifth-year doctoral student, who has recently accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment from
@ASU_SGSUP
beginning Fall 2020. We are so
#PriceProud
!
.
@LBPD
adopts the Lewis Registry, a database developed at
@USC
that shares info about officers who have been terminated due to misconduct.
@SCI_USC_Price
's
@esouthersHVE
was featured on
@NBCLA
to discuss the importance of the database. Watch the interview:
Today
@PresidentFolt
announced that starting with the incoming class of fall 2020, families with an annual income of $80,000 or less will attend USC tuition-free, and owning a home will not be counted in the calculation used to determine a student’s financial need.
Please join us in congratulating Professor
@danyao_li
on winning
@PMRA1991
's 2023 Best Dissertation Award for “Bureaucratic Representation, Individual Decision Making and Organizational Performance in Law Enforcement!”
Learn more about Professor Li:
Dean Jack Knott introducing the televised portion of
#DebateforCA
: "Today’s debate comes at a very pivotal moment in time. While there are challenges, there are also great opportunities. Our next leaders will have the opportunity to implement lasting policy solutions"
"We don't waste money in the private sector... Calif. spends $4.50 for every dollar Texas spends to build a road ... This is waste. There's almost no control going on in Sacramento." Candidate
@TheRealJohnHCox
U.S. News and World Report just released the 2021 rankings for Best Graduate Schools in Public Affairs. The Price School is
#PriceProud
to maintain our rank of No. 3 among the nation's 275 public affairs schools. ✌️
#FightOn
@usnews
@USC
.
@washingtonpost
featured Neeraj Sood and his push for large-scale randomized testing for
#COVID19
. "We want to know how many people in L.A. County were ever infected. The number is critical for figuring out how deadly or contagious this disease is.”
Introducing the Center for Inclusive Democracy (
@CID_USC
). Led by
@MindySRomero
, CID will host a range of national & multi-state initiatives exploring voting behavior, civic engagement, electoral and economic research, the intersection of social justice and democracy, and more.
Welcome to your first official day on the job and to the Trojan Family, President Folt! We look forward to Fighting On under your leadership. ✌✌✌️️️
@USC
Price Real Estate undergrad Winston Alfieri started NextPace Ventures with fellow
@USC
student Troy Bonde and created a high-tech sanitizer dispenser that takes your temperature. It is now being sold and distributed across the greater LA area!
#PriceProud
Congratulations to Professor
@Marlon_Boarnet
for being voted in as
@The_ACSP
President! ACSP connects students, educators, and researchers to breakthrough information about planning and research.
Please join us in congratulating Professor Lois Takahashi on receiving the
@The_ACSP
’s Jay Chatterjee Award for Distinguished Service for her leadership of the ACSP and lasting impact on the field of planning!
Read more about the award here:
Congratulations to
@USC
Price alum
@drmattkenyatta
on his appointment as the
@usachp
's inaugural 21st Century Preservation Leaders Fellow, designed to promote diversity in the leadership ranks of the national historic preservation movement. |
@USCAlumni
USC Price staff and faculty celebrated the achievements of their fellow colleagues. Staff and faculty reaching milestones at USC from 5 to 30 years of service were recognized as well as various faculty and staff members for their outstanding contributions.
USC Price is proud to welcome Dr. Santina Contreras (
@SantinaContrer
) as its newest faculty member. One of her biggest objectives? Ensuring the most vulnerable communities are prepared for disasters.
Vote By Mail Ballot Drop Boxes are available at
@USC
. You can drop off your mail-in ballot at the USC Village, HSC Conference Center, or any drop box in LA County before 8 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, June 7.
#LAVotes
@LACountyRRCC
.
@HollyJMitchell
says we have to consider the kind of facilities we're asking people to go to and address the reasons why they may not want to. "But we also have to build temporary housing to meet the needs of those who need it."
@GovArnoldUSC
@USCPriceCSI
#EndHomelessness
Congratulations to PhD student Jose Scott who has been selected to be the student member of the
@APPAM_DC
Policy Council! We are so
#PriceProud
!
Read more here:
@USC
Message to the Price Community from Dean Jack H. Knott: "I have watched the recent news... with dismay, alarm, and deep sadness.... the need for stronger, more comprehensive, commonsense, evidence-based gun regulations has never been more apparent."
Congratulations to Madison Swayne, a fifth-year doctoral student who has recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor of City Planning at
@sdpublicaffairs
beginning Fall 2020. We are so
#PriceProud
!
"You have the privilege of studying public policy at one of the finest universities, but with that opportunity comes a great obligation to build a better society ... You're being trained to be problem solvers and I think that means to be listeners."
@MariaEDurazo
at
#Price90
We’re
#PriceProud
of Victor Qiu, who graduated in four years with two
@USC
degrees: a bachelor’s from
@USCDornsife
and an MPA from Price. He also just completed an internship with
@RepBera
. Learn why he's dedicating his career to public service:
A 55-year career - that's amazing! And that's Price's own Connie Rodgers, executive assistant to the Dean, celebrating this incredible milestone recently with
@USC
President C. L. Max Nikias. We are extraordinarily
#PriceProud
of Connie, who is a pleasure to work with every day!
MPA Student Christina Ruiz was featured in
@NBCNews
on traveling between two contrasting communities daily. "I go to school with a very elite level of community and then I ride my bike a mile away ... and I'm back in the 'hood.'"
Congratulations to Professor
@Marlon_Boarnet
, Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and
@USC_SLAB
, for receiving the Robert Biller Outstanding Faculty Award!
#PriceProud