Historic paper trail shows difficulty of governing from half a world away
USC researcher examines the British Empire’s bureaucracy through American and Indian colonial-era archives.
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Tiny shelter built by architecture students could offer a solution to homelessness
Sample house is built with materials from the streets and alleys of L.A., then raffled off to benefit rescue mission.
Josh Adam named USC women’s rowing head coach
He comes to USC after seven seasons at Washington State, during which the Cougars advanced to the NCAA championship six times.
USC to lead project to build super-speedy quantum computers
The goal: machines that are at least 10,000 times faster than the best traditional computers.
Program sets stage for acting teachers, giving them new ways to share their craft
Acting instructors become students again and reconnect with their art as USC hosts national Teacher Development Program.
The Huffington Post
Why successful people never bring smartphones into meetings
You are annoying your boss and colleagues any time you take your phone out during meetings, new USC Marshall research says. And if you work with women and people over 40, they’re even more perturbed by it.
The Washington Post
Doctor on demand: How app culture is reviving the house call
A USC study of a California house call program found that hospitalization rates dropped for patients who were enrolled in the program for six months: Of 1,000 patients, 96 were hospitalized after being enrolled, down from 159 before the program.
The Conversation
What do protests about Harry Potter books teach us?
Harry Potter’s arrival in the world 20 years ago today was not celebrated by everyone. USC’s Trisha Tucker teaches a class on books that have been challenged on moral, political and religious grounds.
The Orange County Register
Rethinking how the legal system treats sexual assault in the military
USC’s Dwight Stirling notes that, because of a little-known policy called the Feres doctrine, service members are banned from filing suits for harm incurred while on duty. No exceptions.
France24.com
The birth of a film industry: Hollywood and World War I
USC’s Steven Ross and William Deverell of the USC Dornsife College discuss the emergence of Hollywood stars in the wake of World War I: After increasing production, the U.S. film industry was able to dominate in Europe.
Cosmopolitan
How two doctors potty-trained their newborn to avoid using diapers
To reduce waste and make the whole diaper-changing thing go away, parents Jeffrey Bender and Rosemary She of the Keck School of Medicine of USC teamed up to potty-train their newborn days after delivery.
Voice of America
A key to lower blood pressure: potassium-rich foods
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found another great reason to eat more fruits and vegetables: Potassium-rich foods like sweet potatoes, avocados, spinach and bananas could help to lower your blood pressure.
Reuters
Air pollution tied to survival odds for liver cancer patients
For people diagnosed with liver cancer, living in an area with heavy air pollution from industry, traffic or smoke is linked to lower odds of survival, a study co-authored by USC’s Sandrah Eckel says.
The New York Times
A superhero power for our time: How to handle the truth
Norbert Schwarz and his colleagues at USC’s Mind and Society Center saw that when people consider whether something is true, they engage in either analytic or intuitive evaluations. And intuitive evaluations, largely based on gut feelings, require less effort.
The Wall Street Journal
Why are prescription drugs so expensive? Look to Major League Baseball for an answer
USC’s Dana P. Goldman and Darius N. Lakdawalla note that for every highly paid ballplayer, hundreds of others’ careers end before they reach the big leagues. The promise of a big payoff must remain strong enough to attract players to a career path with a high rate of failure.
Bloomberg
Communications shake-up could be challenge for Trump: PR execs say they’d stay away
According to a survey by the Center for Public Relations at the USC Annenberg School, only 6 percent of public relations professionals said they would take the post of Trump press secretary if it were offered to them.
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Can we use big data to fight child abuse? The answer is complicated
“We have checklists that help our child welfare workers gather information,” says USC’s Emily Putnam-Hornstein. “But we often fail to assemble and make good use of historical data.”
Patient visits inspire USC scientist’s lab work toward curing rarely diagnosed disease
The development of a crystal structure gives molecular biologist a clear view of how myasthenia graves behaves.
Looking at the blurred lines between political news, reality TV and fake news
USC experts explain how political events become a highly watched spectacle influenced by pop culture and entertainment.
Amazon’s Whole Foods play signals move from click to brick
The move sets up the mammoth online retailer to adopt new technologies that with continue to change how people shop, USC experts say.
Drone video shows USC Village is ready for the finishing touches
Take a look at the latest aerial pictures from our construction team’s eye-in-the-sky.
USC Viterbi researcher uses novel technique to battle cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
USC Viterbi’s Sangpil Yoon uses high-frequency ultrasound to deliver molecules through cells.
Doctor’s orders: How to stay healthy, and maybe find a career, in the age of biotech
Pioneering USC surgeon shares wellness tips and talks about biotech opportunities at East L.A. College health fair.
The possible long-term complications of traumatic brain injury
USC researcher uses sophisticated techniques to understand the effects of such injuries among older adults.
Tiny fossils reveal backstory of the most mysterious amphibian alive today
The discovery fills a significant gap in the evolutionary history of frogs, toads and other amphibians.
Marketing and PR secrets of the internet — he’s teaching them
Social media expert Robert Kozinets shows USC Annenberg students how to analyze data that could identify the Next Big Thing.
USC physical therapists treat soldiers at military bases across the country
Three Trojans find more autonomy in the military, where they are the first line of defense when injuries occur.
The game changers of E3 2017 push boundaries
World’s pre-eminent trade show for computer and video gaming comes to USC and downtown L.A. to spotlight top talent.
Every USC Hybrid High graduate is going to college — again
Supported by family and others, the school’s second class of seniors learns how to be the best version of themselves.
Researchers look for a way to detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms emerge
Cognitive tests in older adults without symptoms could do the job, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study finds.
International team uncovers new approach to combat deadly fungal infection
Researchers from USC and France identify a gene-regulating protein that is critical for the survival of a pathogenic fungus.
New gift ensures hundreds more L.A. children will embrace reading
USC’s Kinder 2 College program helps children from surrounding neighborhoods to become proficient in reading and writing by the end of third grade.
Studying the social factors that influence health outcomes
Reginald Tucker-Seeley looks beyond simple income measures to find out how a person’s finance-related feelings and behaviors affect disparities in physical and mental health.
Barbie’s house is no dream for dolls in wheelchairs
Play spaces can be better designed to include children (and adults) with disabilities.
Happy 10th birthday, iPhone: You’ve changed the world in addictive ways
Our love of smartphones shows no sign of stopping a decade after Apple released its first one.
USC President C. L. Max Nikias named chair of Pac-12 CEO Group
The conference’s governing body includes all 12 university presidents and chancellors.
Residential faculty ready to take on new roles at USC Village
Six faculty members will live among students at new residential colleges.
Shorter strides, faster walking, regular falls: the difficulties of dealing with Parkinson’s
With physical therapy — and weekly boxing classes — one man found the footing to hold off his mental and physical decline because of the neurological disease.
Researchers discover what may be earliest stage of Alzheimer’s
Clusters of a sticky protein — amyloid plaque — found in the brain signal mental decline years before symptoms appear, a new study finds.
Poor diet, plus Alzheimer’s gene, may fuel the disease
Could a healthy diet spare people who have an Alzheimer’s gene from developing the disease? USC researchers suggest the issue deserves more study.
East L.A. biotech park could create ‘explosion of employment’
USC President C. L. Max Nikias calls for swift action as the race for biotech investment accelerates.