Neighbors get a closer look at USC Village open house — and say ‘thanks’
The new development brings much-needed stores and restaurants to the neighborhood, along with hundreds of new jobs.
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L.A. will see a partial solar eclipse Monday, but experts see a total opportunity for rare research
Scientists eagerly await “The Great American Eclipse” — and remind us to be sure to view it safely.
USC Village opens to the Trojan Family with fanfare, streamers and a new campus icon
The largest development in the history of South L.A. — with restaurants, retailers and residential colleges — leaves quite an impression as it officially debuts.
Say hello to USC Village
The $700 million project will forever change the way generations of Trojans live and learn.
Meet Hecuba, queen of Troy and centerpiece of USC Village’s Central Piazza
USC President C. L. Max Nikias unveils iconic statue that serves as a counterpart to Tommy Trojan.
USC Village makes its official debut; take an all-new video tour of the impressive project
Students are settling in at the groundbreaking retail-and-residential development, a centerpiece of the ambitious Campaign for USC.
Our favorite pictures from USC Village’s long-awaited opening day
Our team of photographers captured some amazing images of a day full of drama and excitement.
The Hollywood Reporter
USC named top film school for fifth straight year
The magazine’s annual ranking cites the school’s top-notch faculty and facilities, along with a location that puts it right in Hollywood’s backyard.
Los Angeles Times
What UVa did wrong when white supremacists came to campus
USC’s Shaun R. Harper and Charles H.F. Davis III note that the statement by UVa’s president, and subsequent university postings Saturday, failed to explicitly name white supremacy as the motive of the protesters and made no mention of race.
The New York Times
Google doesn’t want what’s best for us
“We have an obligation to care about the values of the people who run Google,” writes USC’s Jonathan Taplin, “because we’ve given Google enormous control over our lives and the lives of our children.”
Fast Company
Twitter bots are thriving, and they’re more lethal than ever
A paper published earlier this year by researchers including USC’s Emilio Ferrara estimates that between 9 and 15 percent of active Twitter accounts are actually bots.
Politico
The consent dilemma: It’s hard to keep mental-health patients on their medications
USC’s Elyn Saks argues, “The best way to increase the number of mental patients who consent to treatment is to make it easier for them to refuse.”
Sports Illustrated
Sam Darnold’s rise to the top of college football
USC’s star quarterback ambushed college football with nine straight wins and an unflappable cool a year ago. Now he’s set up to be the top pick in next year’s NFL draft.
La Cañada Valley Sun
‘Healing Arts Exhibit’ at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital aims to shatter bland hospital art stereotypes
The facility debuts the first in a series of rotating displays featuring works by Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge-area artists intended to welcome, uplift and inspire all who behold them.
The Conversation
Can transgender TV characters help bridge an ideological divide?
Research by USC’s Erica L. Rosenthal and Traci Gillig suggests that nuanced portrayals of transgender individuals — particularly in mainstream entertainment — can break down barriers in a way that news stories may not.
Citylab
There’s new research behind the contention that Airbnb raises rents
Using rental and home price data from Zillow, researchers including USC’s Davide Proserpio found that for every 10 percent growth in Airbnb listings, a ZIP code’s average rent increased by 0.4 percent.
The New York Times
The debt-ceiling crisis is real, and could push the U.S. into default
If the country default on its obligation to pay its bills, USC’s Edward D. Kleinbard writes, it will cost the Treasury tens of billions of dollars in higher interest charges and probably trigger a severe recession. But it can be avoided.
L.A. Weekly
L.A.’s lack of high-speed internet options hinders students, study shows
South L.A. schoolchildren are 26 percent less likely to have high-speed internet at home than their peers around the county, according to a USC Annenberg policy brief. That’s creating a “digital underclass” of low-income Angelenos who are mostly African-American or Latino.
Glendale News-Press
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital reports better health under new chief executive
Keith Hobbs, a 23-year employee at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, joined USC Verdugo Hills Hospital last year as its chief executive with an eye on leveraging both his time as a La Crescenta resident and USC’s resources to help steer the hospital in the right direction.
The Alaskan tsunami that created waves as high as Seattle’s Space Needle
By studying the aftermath of a 2015 event, a member of the USC Tsunami Research Center plans to apply his findings closer to home.
What’s in store: Introducing the restaurants, services and shops at USC Village
The new development has been planned with both the USC community and the neighborhood in mind.
Emotional moments as parents pen bittersweet letters to their Trojans
It’s a moment of pride and more than a few tears — and a tradition during Welcome Week at USC.
It’s more than unpacking: USC Move-in Day features smiles and selfies with the Nikiases
The president and Niki C. Nikias take time out to welcome new and returning Trojans — including the first to live at USC Village.
Spanish-language forum sheds light on mental health services — and how they can help
USC professor leads community event advising people how they can assist loved ones.
Occupational therapy shown to improve lives of people in chronic pain
New study finds that treatment helps increase everyday function and confidence for patients with lumbar back pain and myalgia.
Wax on: How wheat plants shield themselves during drought
As water supplies decline in major agricultural states, scientists explore how to generate plants that are more drought-resistant.
New job, heady assignment: Trojan volunteers to have her brain examined
Employee offers a first-person account of two brain scans taken at the USC Mary and Mark Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute.
From paparazzi shots to fan mags, film-industry archive provides glittering glimpses of Hollywood history
Changing technology makes the collection more important than ever — and lucky students get to hold film history in their own hands.
USC Village is complete, and our drone has the first look at this campus game-changer
The largest development in the history of South Los Angeles welcomes its first students this week.
Inspired by his grandfather, a USC student takes on the fight against Alzheimer’s
USC’s Bridging the Gaps program gives Chris Im the chance to study neuroscience and the immune system at the Keck School of Medicine.
Teen entrepreneur gets down to business, with help from USC neighborhood programs
Ximena Salas’ clothing company Mis Raíces is making a statement in the Latino community — just like its founder, who one day hopes to be a Trojan.
Are U.S. and North Korea in a stalemate or on the cusp of confrontation?
USC experts react to the week’s escalating war of words from President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Drilling, filling and X-rays: Undergrads learn what it’s like to be a first-year dental student
USC’s Dental Explorers program introduces minority students to dentistry and its specialties, including orthodontics and pediatrics.
Why didn’t Macron leaks carry more clout in the French presidential election?
USC researcher finds disinformation campaign was spread and consumed on social media mostly by English-speaking audiences.
Warrior-Scholar Project guides Marine — a USC DPS officer — to success in school
The weeklong bootcamp prepares vets for an academically rigorous environment, and USC is the only California school that participates.
U.S. News & World Report names Keck Medicine of USC hospitals among nation’s best
The magazine’s annual “Best Hospitals” rankings place Keck Medical Center of USC in California’s top 10 with five top 50 specialty rankings.
To save on prescriptions, buy at independent pharmacies and use coupons
USC experts say cash prices for medication can vary widely in the same neighborhood. But few comparison shop for health care.
New head of student health named at USC
Sarah Van Orman will manage health services on the University Park and Health Sciences campuses and oversee clinical services at two student health centers.
USC University Park Campus parking structures, entrances get new names
Forget three-letter abbreviations and numbered gates: The new names are based on locations you already know.
USC’s Bovard Scholars program gives low-income high schoolers a chance at a top-tier university
Students come to campus for three weeks, then guidance counselors help them through the application and admission processes at any school, not just USC.
USC ‘rock stars’ of Alzheimer’s research share latest developments
Paul Aisen, Laura Mosqueda, Arthur Toga and Berislav Zlokovic captivate Hollywood movers and shakers with update on USC’s efforts to battle the disease.
USC Annenberg class focuses on creating news for people who have never read a newspaper
Why the next generation of news consumers — the “future audience,” as a USC professor puts it — has no attachment to the way news organizations have always worked.
As a kid in Cuba, he watched his dad perform surgery — now he’s a resident at USC
Alejandro Pita settles into the Keck School of Medicine, where camaraderie and community support count.