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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California Gets Approval from EPA to Get More Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks on the Road. What's Next?
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The U.S. EPA recently granted California a waiver to meet the State's standard of reducing heavy-duty truck emissions and requiring all trucks to be electric by 2045. Jae Kim, associate professor and chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering, can discuss what this new initiative means for California, what steps need to be taken to make this goal and if this could set a precedent for other states.
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Recent Research Finds Climate Change is a Top Concern for Locals But Only 2% of San Diego Nonprofits are Environmentally-Focused
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The Nonprofit Institute at USD and San Diego Foundation teamed up to release a report on the strengths and needs of San Diego’s environmental nonprofits. The research found that while climate change ranked #3 for San Diego’s top concerns, behind housing and wildfires, there's not a lot of funding for environmental nonprofits doing this work. The small but mighty group of local environmental nonprofits are working in areas like climate mitigation (reducing carbon pollution), resilience (ability to prepare, respond, and adapt), environmental education and advocacy and half of them are operating on a small budget of $250,000 or less. Emily Young, Executive Director of The Nonprofit Institute, can discuss the report and the ambitious climate action these groups have helped to advance in our community. Young can also discuss how people can help our region make positive strides against climate change.
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Professor’s Project Highlighting Border Writers Continues to Grow
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What started as a project to document literature and culture on both sides of the border has taken on a life its own. In 2016, USD professor Alejandro Meter set off on a journey to photograph writers living along the U.S.-Mexico corridor. His work has been exhibited in the U.S., Mexico, and Argentina. When the pandemic derailed his travels, he was forced to adapt and continued making portraits remotely. These photographs are now being turned into a book called "Postcards from Confinement." His other border project is a film called "Border Noir." Meter can talk about the writers he’s worked with and the experiences they relayed throughout the project, and why – years after it began – it’s getting attention from publishers and producers.
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* Please note that times of availability will vary according to professors' schedules.
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USD Media Relations Podcast Episode - Neurodivergence and Meeting the Needs of All Students
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"At the Edge of It All" talked to Dr. Kimberly White-Smith, Dean of USD's School of Leadership and Education Sciences, about how her past experiences pushed her to pursue change from within the world of education. She talks about that, and how the classroom is changing to meet the needs of students who are fully capable, but may be facing unseen challenges, or may not fit into traditional ways of teaching. Listen here.
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