December 23, 2012
The San Jose Mercury News quoted Senior Fellow Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about the issue of gun control after the Newtown, Conn., shootings.
November 28, 2012
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV interviewed Erroll Southers, USC Price adjunct professor and associate director of the USC CREATE Homeland Security Center, about a group of "homegrown terrorism."
November 15, 2012
The Desert Sun highlighted an upcoming talk by Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on counter-terrorism. Southers is associate director of the USC's Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, the story noted.
August 13, 2012
NBC Nightly News interviewed Erroll Southers, USC Price adjunct professor and associate director of the USC CREATE Homeland Security Center, about a security breach at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
July 20, 2012
The Chicago Tribune quoted Erroll Southers, USC Price adjunct professor and associate director of USC's CREATE Homeland Security Center, about the mass shootings at a Colorado movie theater.
July 19, 2012
The San Francisco Chronicle ran an Associated Press story that quoted Erroll Southers, USC Price adjunct professor and associate director of USC's CREATE Homeland Security Center, about the security surrounding airport food delivery.
May 7, 2012
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV interviewed Erroll Southers, USC Price adjunct professor and associate director of the USC CREATE Homeland Security Center, about airport security procedures.
March 29, 2012
California Watch quoted Erroll Southers, USC Price adjunct professor and associate director of USC's CREATE Homeland Security Center, about free military surplus gear in use by Californian law enforcement.
March 21, 2012
CNN's John Vause interviewed Erroll Southers, USC Price adjunct professor and associate director of USC's CREATE Homeland Security Center, about Toulouse Killings Suspect Mohammed Merah.
March 14, 2012
U.S. News & World Report featured several USC schools and programs in its 2013 edition of "Best Graduate Schools." The USC Price School was ranked No. 4 for Health Policy and Management; No. 6 in Public Affairs, up from No. 7 last year; No. 6 for Public Management Administration; No. 7 for City Management and Urban Policy; No. 7 for Nonprofit Management; No. 9 in Social Policy; No. 12 for Public Policy Analysis; and No. 21 for Public Finance and Budgeting.
March 3, 2012
The Philadelphia Inquirer quoted Erroll Southers, USC Price adjunct professor and associate director of USC's CREATE Homeland Security Center, about security at Philadelphia International Airport.
February 7, 2012
Perceptions of Al Qaeda as a highly organized, rigidly centralized group that spanned the globe and exercised a precise strategy to defeat the West have proven to be untrue, Mitchell Silber said on Jan. 17 at the first of an ongoing lecture forum offered by the USC National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE). Silber, director of intelligence analysis for the New York City Police Department's Analytical and Cyber Units, offered an operational perspective to go along with the usual academic viewpoint on terrorism that has been presented in the CREATE Distinguished Speaker Series.
February 1, 2012
Cyber crime drains about $1 trillion a year from the global economy -- more than what's spent fighting drug trafficking around the world. But while there's plenty of debate over how to fight the war on drugs, the issue of our nation's vulnerability on the Web gets far less attention. That's why USC brought together its top counterterrorism and computer security researchers with officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, local law enforcement, and defense and aerospace corporations on Jan. 24 to assess the threat of cyber crime. "Cyberspace sounds like another dimension," said Erroll Southers, associate director of USC CREATE and adjunct professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. "But cyberspace is your desktop, your kid's laptop or even the conduit running under the street. It is everywhere."
January 5, 2012
Longtime journalist Maria Ressa discussed how social network theory applies to terrorism as part of USC's Distinguished Speaker Series offered by the USC Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE). In a November lecture titled "From Bin Laden to Facebook," Ressa explained how the "jihadi virus" has spread through different societies and geographic locations.
November 9, 2011
The Daily Breeze quoted Erroll Southers, USC Price adjunct professor and associate director of USC's CREATE Homeland Security Center, about the benefits to frequent fliers of a trusted traveler program at LAX.
September 9, 2011
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV interviewed Erroll Southers, SPPD adjunct professor and associate director of the USC CREATE Homeland Security Center, about law enforcement agencies doing a better job of sharing information post-9/11.
September 9, 2011
The Pasadena Star-News quoted Erroll Southers, SPPD adjunct professor and associate director of USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, about airport security in the post-9/11 era.
September 8, 2011
The New York Times noted that data for a graphic on the costs of 9/11 was provided by the USC National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events.
September 7, 2011
KCET-TV's "SoCal Connected" interviewed Erroll Southers of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development and Judy Muller of the USC Annenberg School about the legacy of September 11.
September 4, 2011
Voice of America interviewed Erroll Southers, SPPD adjunct professor and associate director of USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, on educating the public about terrorist threats.
September 2, 2011
The Newark Star-Ledger ran an op-ed by Erroll Southers of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development. "Overall, the system is working," he wrote. "Shared intelligence, hard work and luck have yielded positive results. Government threat advisories still tell us to 'remain vigilant,' but about what? This is another pointless sound bite unless the public is armed with relevant information and direction." Southers is associate director of the USC National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) and adjunct professor of homeland security and public policy at USC, the story noted.
August 31, 2011
The Los Angeles Times highlighted the USC National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, one of the U.S. Homeland Security Department's 12 university-based research units. The story noted that the federal funding allows USC researchers to investigate a host of terrorism-related issues, such as the economic impact of an attack's aftermath.
August 30, 2011
Agence France-Presse quoted SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers, associate director of the USC Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), about the growth of the private security sector post-9/11.
August 3, 2011
The Daily quoted Erroll Southers, SPPD adjunct professor and associate director of USC's cREATE Homeland Security Center, about the Transportation Security Administration's plan to start questioning passengers at airports.
June 28, 2011
NBC Nightly News interviewed Errol Southers of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development about Transportation Security Administration procedures at airports. Southers is associate director of the CREATE Homeland Security Center at USC.
June 9, 2011
NBC News Los Angeles interviewed SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers to discuss whether airports are spending wisely on security and counter-terrorism. Southers is a transportation security expert and the associate director at the USC CREATE Homeland Security Center, NBC noted.
June 7, 2011
NPR Seattle affiliate KUOW-FM interviewed SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers about a possible fast track security option at airports for frequent flyers.
May 12, 2011
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quoted Erroll Southers of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development about succession within al Qaeda following the death of Osama bin Laden.
May 12, 2011
Federal News Radio interviewed Erroll Southers of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development about a proposed two-year extension of FBI Director Robert Mueller's 10-year term.
May 7, 2011
The Whittier Daily News quoted SPPD Adjunct Professor Errol Southers about the impact of Osama bin Laden's death on his followers in al Qaeda.
May 7, 2011
CW News Los Angeles affiliate KTLA-TV interviewed SPPD Adjunct Professor Errol Southers about al Qaeda plans to target train systems in the United States. Southers is the associate director of the USC CREATE Homeland Security Center.
May 5, 2011
The Kommersant (Russia) cited USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development Research Professor Adam Rose regarding the economic cost of the September 11 attacks.
May 1, 2011
CNN interviewed SPPD Adjunct Professor Errol Southers about the implications of Osama bin Laden's death for al Qaeda. Southers is associate director of USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
February 22, 2011
A delegation of USC leaders led by president C. L. Max Nikias is visiting India to build relationships with civic, academic and corporate leaders. In New Delhi on Feb. 24, counter-terrorism expert and SPPD research professor Stephen Hora will lecture on "Science as the Ultimate Weapon in the War on Terror." A noted researcher with more than two decades of experience in risk analysis, Hora directs the Homeland Security National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE).
January 19, 2011
Erroll Southers, associate director of USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, delivered the keynote speech at the fifth annual Global Security Leadership Summit in New Delhi, India. Speaking before an audience that included academics and government officials from Asia, Europe and Africa, Southers addressed the topics of terrorism and global security. Southers, MPA '98, is an adjunct professor at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development.
November 18, 2010
CNN's "CNN Newsroom" interviewed SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers, associate director of USC's Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, as to whether in-flight Wi-Fi represents a security risk.
November 15, 2010
The Daily Breeze ran an op-ed by SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers, associate director of USC's Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, about terrorists returning to their original targets, despite unsuccessful attempts.
November 11, 2010
KPCC-FM's "AirTalk" interviewed SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers about new security procedures instituted by the Transportation Security Administration, including full-body scanners and more rigorous pat-downs.
November 11, 2010
The failed Al Qaeda attempt to blow up U.S.-bound cargo planes in October could be part of a terrorist strategy to move to more small-scale attacks, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said Sept. 4 as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series offered by USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE).
September 28, 2010
The National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) was awarded a new $15.3 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. CREATE, established in 2004 at USC as the first DHS Center of Excellence, will continue to improve the nation's security by evaluating the risks, costs and consequences of terrorism, and by helping to guide cost-effective investments in homeland security. The center is affiliated with the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development and the Viterbi School of Engineering.
September 11, 2010
CNN interviewed SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers about the impact of 9/11 on everyday life, business and travel. Southers, a counterterrorism expert, is associate director of special programs at USC's CREATE Homeland Security Center.
September 6, 2010
The Pasadena Star-News quoted SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers about the importance of local law enforcement having military-style equipment in case of terror attacks. Southers is associate director of special programs at USC's CREATE Homeland Security Center.
July 26, 2010
Members of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development's class of 2010 are ascending the ranks at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, thanks to the Presidential Management Fellowship program. The PMF program, administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, is designed to groom future government leaders.
May 10, 2010
ABC Radio (Australia) interviewed Erroll Southers of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development about the Pakistani Taliban. Southers is the associate director of the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) at USC, the story noted.
April 30, 2010
At the fourth annual Department of Homeland Security University Network Summit, USC experts from the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) impressed the homeland security community with what director Stephen Hora called "academic research that produces boots on the ground solutions." Hora is a research professor at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development.
April 28, 2010
Voice of America noted that Erroll Southers of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development participated in a panel at the Milken Institute's global conference.
February 8, 2010
CNN cited research conducted by SPPD's Adam Rose for USC's Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE). Rose's study found that the standard economic costs of the 9/11 attacks, estimated at $25 billion, were exceeded by the costs of behavioral reactions far from the site of the attack (for example, an additional $85 billion due to a decrease in demand for air travel).
January 20, 2010
USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development Dean Jack H. Knott spoke to a packed audience about his firsthand experiences in Guantanamo Bay and Central and South America while participating in the 78th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, last fall. The week-long conference focused on the Southern Command, which is responsible for all U.S. military activities in Central and South America in addition to participating in disaster response in these areas, including Haiti.
October 1, 2009
The Wall Street Journal mentioned SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers in a story about efforts to revive a national Registered Traveler program. According to the story, the resurrection of such a program could depend on Southers, who was recently nominated to head the Transportation Security Administration. Southers would have to support the decision to implement such a program, the story noted.
September 16, 2009
Erroll Southers MPA '98 has been nominated by the Obama administration to run the Transportation Security Administration. Southers is an adjunct professor at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development, and he also serves as associate director of the USC Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events.
August 10, 2009
The Daily Breeze reported that the Obama administration plans to appoint SPPD Adjunct Professor Erroll Southers as head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). In the position, Southers, MPA '98, would oversee a workforce of 50,000 airport screeners. Southers is a former FBI agent and previously served as deputy director of the California Department of Homeland Security, the story noted.
July 27, 2009
A comprehensive study spearheaded by the USC-based Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) has determined that the economic impacts of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack were actually less severe than previously estimated.
July 9, 2009
City News Service featured a new report from USC's Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events. The study found that the economic impact of the September 11 attacks was far less than original estimates, at $35 billion to $109 billion, rather than $500 billion. "This is the most comprehensive study to date on the economic impacts of 9/11, and it can be applied towards future planning and preparation in the event of future terrorist attempts," said SPPD Research Professor Adam Rose, the center's coordinator for economics. "It shows that Osama bin Laden's policy strategy to damage the U.S. economy was short-lived in its effects due to the resiliency of the U.S. economy."
March 15, 2008
SPPD Research Professor Adam Rose and Garrett Asay of the USC Viterbi School are part of a four-man team that has been awarded a $750,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the public's response to disasters, a North County Times story reported. Using public surveys as a starting point, the team will then use mathematical modeling to identify everything from the pace at which fear spreads through a community after a disaster, to the likelihood that people will cut back on spending so severely that it affects the economy. Rose and Asay both work at USC's Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), the article noted.
Complacency poses the greatest threat to the United States a decade after 9/11, former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Frances Townsend said during a recent lecture that was part of the Distinguished Speaker Series presented by USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE). The center is based at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and the Viterbi School of Engineering.
David Bennett '12, this year's USC Sol Price School of Public Policy valedictorian, was always a man with a plan. "It's very impressive the way that he actually constructed his USC education," said David Sloane, professor and director of undergraduate programs at USC Price. "He got himself a mentor; he got himself internships. He had a very clear plan and was able to implement that, which is nice. And then to end up where he ended up is really quite amazing."
As a counterterrorism expert and senior adviser to the president at RAND Corp., Brian Michael Jenkins can separate fact from fiction better than most when it comes to homeland security. His expertise was demonstrated on April 26 for the USC CREATE Homeland Security Center's Distinguished Speakers Series held at the USC Sol Price School of Policy. The talk was titled "The Long Campaign: What Have We Learned about War and Ourselves since 9/11."
A dirty bomb attack on downtown Los Angeles' financial district could impact severely the region's economy to the tune of nearly $16 billion, fueled primarily by psychological effects that could persist for a decade, according to a study by USC researchers and others. The study monetized the effects of fear and risk perception, incorporating them into a state-of-the-art macroeconomic model. "Terrorism can have a much larger impact than first believed," said study co-author Adam Rose, research professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.
The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy advanced its work of "shaping the world" during Dean Jack H. Knott's recent trip to Israel. Knott traveled in the company of USC leaders, including President C. L. Max Nikias. During the trip, Knott forged relationships with policymakers, as well as representatives from top educational institutions, to create new opportunities for collaboration. He signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel's first private college.
The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy was among several USC schools and programs that ascended in the latest national rankings released by U.S. News & World Report . The Price School climbed to sixth place (from seventh in 2008) in the newest edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools" for public affairs.
The USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development brought its international expertise to the table at the 2011 USC Global Conference, held Oct. 13-15 in Hong Kong. SPPD faculty joined business experts to discuss issues of worldwide significance at the three-day event. "Most of the issues we deal with -- from health care to urban development to the environment -- don't occur just in the United States but around the world," said SPPD Jack Knott. "We incorporate that global perspective as an integral fabric into everything we do at the school."
Osama bin Laden is dead, but the former al Qaeda leader's strategy for defeating the United States survives and - contrary to popular belief - continues to be effective, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross warned. He is the fourth expert to be featured by the Distinguished Speaker Series offered by the USC CREATE Homeland Security Center, jointly housed at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD) and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
From the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina to this year's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the last decade has shown that disasters -- whether natural or man-made -- are inevitable and that the next one is coming soon. USC hosted the second annual International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) conference, "Reframing Disasters and Reflecting on Risk Governance Deficits," which was co-sponsored by the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development and CREATE Homeland Security Center.