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USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
The USC Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability is an environmental research and education academic unit within the University of Southern California. It encompasses a wide range of faculty and topics across the university as well as operating a marine laboratory at the edge of Two Harbors, California on Catalina Island approximately 22 miles (35 km) south-southwest of Los Angeles.
The USC Wrigley Institute has specialized programs in environmental and sustainability topics across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The Institute also grants academic degrees through the USC Dornsife Environmental Studies Program and is home to the USC Sea Grant Program, part of the National Sea Grant Program through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
USC established the Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island at Big Fisherman Cove following a grant of more than 14 acres of land from the families of Philip Wrigley and Paxson Offield in 1965. In 1995, William and Julie Wrigley continued their family legacy by providing USC with the capital to initiate the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies. Their gift provided for an endowed faculty chair and the renovation of the Wrigley Marine Science Center. The institute was renamed to the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability in 2023, to reflect the expansion of its research and academic activities. Today, the USC research complex on Catalina Island is the centerpiece of the Wrigley Institute, with additional staff and offices on the University of Southern California's University Park Campus in downtown Los Angeles.[citation needed]
The Wrigley Institute of Environmental Studies is currently led by Director Joe Árvai, the first social scientist to lead the institute. Árvai’s research focuses on the psychology of decision-making around the environment and sustainability, including how companies and governments make decisions and how people deal with climate misinformation and incorporate their values into their environmental choices.
The institute also has a senior leadership team consisting of an executive director, three directors (of the Wrigley Marine Science Center, Environmental Studies Program, and USC Sea Grant), and three associate directors (of WMSC operations, business strategy and finance, and public communications).
Under Árvai’s leadership, the Wrigley Institute has expanded from a focus on marine science, chemistry, and Earth sciences to also studying environmental and sustainability issues in economics, psychology, sociology, English, history, and a variety of other fields. The institute has major initiatives to fund USC faculty research, internships for undergraduate students, and public events.
Since the founding of the Wrigley Institute in 1995, past leadership has included:
The Wrigley Institute manages the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center, which is located near Two Harbors on Catalina Island, and borders the Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Area.
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USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
The USC Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability is an environmental research and education academic unit within the University of Southern California. It encompasses a wide range of faculty and topics across the university as well as operating a marine laboratory at the edge of Two Harbors, California on Catalina Island approximately 22 miles (35 km) south-southwest of Los Angeles.
The USC Wrigley Institute has specialized programs in environmental and sustainability topics across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The Institute also grants academic degrees through the USC Dornsife Environmental Studies Program and is home to the USC Sea Grant Program, part of the National Sea Grant Program through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
USC established the Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island at Big Fisherman Cove following a grant of more than 14 acres of land from the families of Philip Wrigley and Paxson Offield in 1965. In 1995, William and Julie Wrigley continued their family legacy by providing USC with the capital to initiate the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies. Their gift provided for an endowed faculty chair and the renovation of the Wrigley Marine Science Center. The institute was renamed to the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability in 2023, to reflect the expansion of its research and academic activities. Today, the USC research complex on Catalina Island is the centerpiece of the Wrigley Institute, with additional staff and offices on the University of Southern California's University Park Campus in downtown Los Angeles.[citation needed]
The Wrigley Institute of Environmental Studies is currently led by Director Joe Árvai, the first social scientist to lead the institute. Árvai’s research focuses on the psychology of decision-making around the environment and sustainability, including how companies and governments make decisions and how people deal with climate misinformation and incorporate their values into their environmental choices.
The institute also has a senior leadership team consisting of an executive director, three directors (of the Wrigley Marine Science Center, Environmental Studies Program, and USC Sea Grant), and three associate directors (of WMSC operations, business strategy and finance, and public communications).
Under Árvai’s leadership, the Wrigley Institute has expanded from a focus on marine science, chemistry, and Earth sciences to also studying environmental and sustainability issues in economics, psychology, sociology, English, history, and a variety of other fields. The institute has major initiatives to fund USC faculty research, internships for undergraduate students, and public events.
Since the founding of the Wrigley Institute in 1995, past leadership has included:
The Wrigley Institute manages the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center, which is located near Two Harbors on Catalina Island, and borders the Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Area.