{"id":3974,"date":"2025-08-26T00:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3974"},"modified":"2025-10-16T00:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:22:36","slug":"students-to-reinvent-shade-to-cool-down-la-before-olympics","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/students-to-reinvent-shade-to-cool-down-la-before-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Students to reinvent shade to cool down LA before Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-light-gray has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82641648 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-light-gray--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default tribe-news-single-overline\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><span class=\"is-color-blue\">News<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>KCRW<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>August 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Students to reinvent shade to cool down LA before Olympics<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--2\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">A new competition is asking university students to try and reinvent shade. 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