{"id":4011,"date":"2025-08-13T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&p=4011"},"modified":"2025-10-16T04:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:48:55","slug":"cool-ideas-wanted-usc-launches-shade-zones-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/cool-ideas-wanted-usc-launches-shade-zones-design-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool ideas wanted. USC launches Shade Zones Design Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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News<\/span> | <\/span>NBC 4 L.A.<\/span> | <\/span>August 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Cool ideas wanted. USC launches Shade Zones Design Competition<\/h1>\n\n\n

USC is launching a first-of-its-kind student design competition to tackle one of the region’s growing threats\u2014extreme heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Shade Zones Design Competition<\/a>\u00a0kicks off in the fall and will run annually through 2027, officials said Wednesday. This year’s competition is part of ShadeLA, a regional campaign led by USC Dornsife Public Exchange in collaboration with the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, and with participation from LA Metro, the city and county of Los Angeles and LA28, the local organizing committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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