USC Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability

07/10/2025

Meet Bradley Mackett, a 2025 Graduate Fellow and USC Dornsife Biological Sciences PhD student who studies harmful algal blooms:

Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it

07/09/2025

Graduate Fellow Priyanka Soni organized an iNaturalist BioBlitz on Catalina Island to engage our cohort of REU students with the island’s rich biodiversity!

With this hands-on experience, students learned about local species, sharpened their field observation skills, and contributed meaningful data to community science. They successfully recorded over 250 observations, identifying more than 100 species!

View the iNaturalist Project here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/catalina-island-wrigley-institute

06/27/2025

Did you know that rainwater harvesting systems can help address water scarcity challenges? 🌧️

Episode 2 of our video series features Paulina Oliva, Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences at USC Dornsife. Her research, supported by the Wrigley Institute, explores a rainwater harvesting system developed in Mexico City as a response to water shortages.

Watch the video:

Episode 2 of our video series features Paulina Oliva, Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences at USC Dornsife, who is a recipient of a 2024-...

06/25/2025

We're bringing back with a few snapshots of animals you'd typically see around Catalina Island and near the Wrigley Marine Science Center! ➡️

📸: Anya Jiménez, 2025 Wrigley Environmental Communications Intern

06/19/2025

What a special place!

📸: Anya Jiménez, 2025 Wrigley Environmental Communications Intern

06/18/2025

This , we're applauding the work of University of Southern California Sea Grant Director Karla Heidelberg, whose love for the ocean has inspired a decades-long career in environmental policy and research.

As USC Sea Grant director, Heidelberg leads Wrigley Institute outreach on the unique challenges of Southern California's heavily urbanized coastline, with the goal of promoting resilience in ocean and coastal communities.

Meet Karla Heidelberg:

USC Sea Grant director Karla Heidelberg is a scientist, educator in ocean research, education, policy and public engagement.

06/17/2025

And with that, the 2025 Maymester season comes to an end!

For a whole month, University of Southern California undergraduate students from different disciplines immerse themselves in environmental and sustainability education at the Wrigley Marine Science Center. We're proud to host such a phenomenal group of environmental changemakers every summer!

06/11/2025

USC Wrigley Institute students spend the a month on Catalina Island learning about our urban oceans!

USC Wrigley Institute students spend the a month on Catalina Island learning about our urban oceans. Learn more: https://dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/...

06/04/2025

Each year, we proudly support a new cohort of USC Dornsife Ph.D. students dedicated to tackling urgent environmental and sustainability challenges. Our fellows come from across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities—because solving these issues takes all of us.⁠

In 2024, we funded 16 outstanding graduate fellows whose work spans a wide range of topics and locations. Swipe to learn about some of this research, as well as how you can help us continue supporting the next generation of scholars.⁠

🌎💛⁠ Support the Wrigley Institute: bit.ly/wiesdos2025fb

🌱 Every dollar donated to the USC Wrigley Institute today will be matched 2:1 up to $80,000! A special thanks to Dr. Robert J. Kolesnik for providing this generous matching opportunity. ⁠

06/04/2025

We need your help. Funding for environmental research is more critical than ever.

As we face the intensifying environmental challenges, science-based solutions are urgently needed. Every day, Wrigley Institute researchers uncover new insights about the Earth’s ecosystems, find ways to protect and restore the natural world, and seek out opportunities to share this knowledge in creative and impactful ways.

This important work cannot continue without you. With your help, we can accelerate the pace of change toward a more sustainable future.

Today is Day of SCupport, USC's primary giving day, and this year, every dollar donated to the USC Wrigley Institute will be matched 2:1 up to $80,000!

Consider giving at bit.ly/wiesdos2025fb 🌎💛

06/02/2025

Whether it’s gathering water samples for lab work or diving into humankind’s history with our coasts, our students are exploring the many ways we connect with our oceans.

📸: Anya Jiménez, 2025 Wrigley Environmental Communications Intern

05/27/2025

Some places you'll find the typical Maymester student: ⁠

🌊 Exploring the coastal environment with their classmates⁠
🏝️ Out and about for fieldwork on Catalina Island⁠
🔬 In the lab building⁠
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There's so much learning to be done here outside the lecture hall! ⁠
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📸: Anya Jiménez, 2025 Wrigley Environmental Communications Intern