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  • EH&S Wins the 2025 CSHEMA Marketing Single Media Award!
    In an email to USC EH&S, the CSHEMA Awards Committee and the Board of Trustees “recognize[d] the University of Southern California for their notable work, USC EH&S Annual Summary for 2024 with the 2025 Marketing Single Media Award for a Large School.” EH&S is very proud to have received this…
  • Heat Illness Prevention during Summertime
    Happy Pre-Summer, Everyone! Summer is just around the corner (Summer Solstice is June 21, 2025) and our time for vacations and fun in the sun. It’s also a time when temperatures can reach triple digits. For anyone working during the summer months, increased temperatures (both indoor and outdoor) put them…
  • Join Us for A Town Hall Session to Learn About the Revised DURC Policy
    IMPORTANT UPDATE A new executive order released last week (May 5, 2025) requires federal agencies to develop a new policy on DURC-related research. Therefore, we will cancel the town hall originally scheduled for May 13, 2025, and reschedule when we have the updated policy in place. Also, we have updated…
  • ATTN: New PPE Maintenance Web Page Available
    Proper PPE maintenance is commonplace and necessary in an active lab setting to assure adequate protection against exposure to chemical, biological, and radioactive hazards. The PPE Maintenance web page offers best practices and useful tips for keeping PPE in good condition and long-lasting….
  • 5 Tips to Green Your Lab at USC
    USC has partnered with USC Sustainability to design 5 Tips to Green Your Lab – manage freezer efficiency, shut the sash on your fume hood, optimize autoclave use, reduce plastic waste, and practice green chemistry!…
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