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Monday, January 31, 2022
On Wednesday, November 3, METRANS and the USC Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter hosted Stephanie N. Wiggins, CEO of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), to share her professional experience in the transportation sector and to discuss the current state of and future plans for Metro. Metro is a public transportation agency which serves as the transportation planner and coordinator, designer, builder, and operator for the county of Los Angeles. ...
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Julene Paul is this year’s PSR student of the year. Julene is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning and Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Studies from Harvard University and a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from Rutgers.
Julene’s initial interest in transportation began while studying urban policy as an undergraduate. In her coursework, she found transportation to be ...
Monday, January 24, 2022
USC Price Alum Justine Johnson was recently promoted to Head of Mobility Engagement in Southern California and Southwest US at Ford Motor Company. We congratulate her, highlight her achievements to date, and look forward to the new contributions she will make to the transportation industry. We also take this opportunity to thank her for all she does for METRANS PSR students, as a mentor, speaker, and friend.
Justine Johnson, Head of Mobility Engagement in Southern ...
Monday, January 24, 2022
We are pleased to congratulate the PSR students who received Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Graduate Fellowship awards for academic year 2021 – 2022. Students were notified of their awards in December.
Each year, DDETFP awards numerous merit-based fellowships in several categories to students in transportation-related degree programs. This year, 15 PSR university students were awarded DDETFP Graduate Fellowships, which provide ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
On December 2, 2021, the University of California, Davis-led National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) hosted a webinar, Optimizing Opportunities for Housing from Failing Shopping Malls, featuring the research of Dr. Hilda Blanco, with guests Casey Kempenaar and Meghan Huber. Dr. Blanco is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington’s Department of Urban Design and Planning and a researcher with METRANS Transportation Consortium at USC. Casey Kempenaar is the Community Development ...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Each year the Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) University Transportation Center (UTC) selects students of the year in the categories of doctoral, master’s, undergraduate, and non-degree/community college students. These are in addition to the PSR US DOT Outstanding Student of the Year Award.
Katherine Riffle, Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Northern Arizona University
We are pleased to congratulate Katherine Riffle for being awarded PSR UTC Master’s ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Isidoro “Issy” Serna discovered his interest in urban planning at a USC Price School of Public Policy information session, and his passion for the field has only grown since then. Not only is Issy a first generation college student but he is taking it one step further; he is now pursuing the prestigious progressive degree - concurrent studies in the Bachelor in Science in Urban Studies and Planning and Masters in Urban Planning. Until recently, he did all of this while also ...
