Here's your USD News Connect — where each week the University of San Diego media relations team offers expert voices to speak on stories impacting our community. If you're interested in the stories below, or need experts for any other topic you might be working on, don't hesitate to reach out to us at press@sandiego.edu.*
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The Role of Inequity in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
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Russia is considered to be one of the most unequal of the world's major economies. This can remove levels of accountability and also raises the specter of total control over areas like the economy, media and, in this most recent case, sovereign nations like Ukraine. Rachel Locke, director of the Violence, Inequality and Power Lab (VIP Lab) at USD, can provide insight on how Russia's use of power inequality has been a longtime strategy by its leaders and is playing a role in the situation in Ukraine.
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Women's History Month Highlight: USD’s Brink Small Business Development Center Helps 61% More Women-Owned Businesses than Prior Years
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The Brink Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at The Knauss School of Business at USD saw a 61% increase in women-owned business clients looking for help with their business between 2020 to 2021. Rachel Lozano Castro, director of the Brink SBDC at USD, can share how The Brink SBDC is supporting women entrepreneurs, the needs of women-owned businesses in 2022 and how women-led companies are creating an economic impact on local economies. *Spanish Interview Available
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California Energy Commission Releases New Data, Finds California Ahead of Clean Electricity Goals
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) released new data which found that nearly 60% of California's electricity "came from renewable and zero-carbon sources in 2020." Scott Anders, director of the Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC) at USD, can discuss what this report means for the San Diego region, overall electric prices and reliability, how the report will impact local climate action planning efforts, and the role of rooftop solar, given potential reforms to how rooftop solar is compensated.
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* Please note that times of availability will vary according to professors' schedules.
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