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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NOAA Issues an El Niño Advisory & Expects Conditions to Grow This Winter
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Just last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that El Niño weather conditions are here and expected to "gradually strengthen" in the winter. NOAA shares that this could mean a risk for heavy rainfall and also, on the other end of the spectrum, droughts in other areas of the world. Zhi-Yong Yin, Professor of Environmental and Ocean Sciences, can share what causes El Niño conditions, what this could mean for our weather conditions this winter and why we see El Niño some years but not others.
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South Bay Beaches Closed Due to Water Quality
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As we gear up for summer, South Bay residents continue to be impacted by beach closures from Border Field State Park to Coronado due to sewage contamination spilling over from Tijuana. Some beaches have been closed for most of May, according to the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality. Emily Young, Executive Director of USD’s Nonprofit Institute, is available to speak about the research being done by the institute which looks into the quality of life for residents in San Diego County and how these beach closures are impacting not only what access some residents have to our oceans, but also how the economy in the area can be affected.
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Teen Innovation Challenge
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Winners have been announced for the 2023 Teen Innovation Challenge, a program run by The Jacobs Institute for Innovations in Education at USD. Students and educators from around the world who participated in the 4th annual challenge worked together to build a better world by creating innovative solutions to local and global problems. The winning project was created by three eighth-grade students from Mt. Everest Academy in San Diego. The students, with the support of educator Eric Nielsen, created a product called FIREfly, a practical and safe cooking device that minimizes household smoke pollution. As part of the prize, a $1,000 donation was made to a charity of their choice, in this case Doctors without Borders. Eric Nielsen and his students as well as Jessica Husson from the Jacobs Institute can be made available to speak about this incredible opportunity.
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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: "At the Edge of it All" - Passion for STEM
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Odesma Dalrymple, associate professor of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of San Diego, joined the "At the Edge of it All" podcast to discuss how she got interested in engineering, how she's inspiring younger generations to get connected to STEM and how she's working with students to develop a biofuel using waste products. Listen here.
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