
Abandoned rail yard becomes a blank slate of creativity for urban planning students
Students’ capstone projects focus on transforming a downtown property to meet community needs.
Students’ capstone projects focus on transforming a downtown property to meet community needs.
Elizabeth Van Hunnick’s endowment gift, one of the largest to a university history department, is intended to support the development of more informed leaders.
USC Viterbi researchers are working to develop “forever implants,” thanks to a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health.
As they prepare to deal with tomorrow’s threats, USC Dornsife global security students will combine international relations, spatial sciences and environmental studies as well as drawing on the resources of USC Shoah Foundation.
The former Major League Baseball player comes to USC from Grand Canyon University, where he won five regular-season Western Athletic Conference titles.
“When supply and demand are not in alignment, you get these opportunities where clever people can take advantage,” says USC Marshall’s Larry Harris, former Securities and Exchange Commission chief economist. “We’ve seen this in all kinds of markets.” (Los Angeles Times)
A rare collection of photos from the 1930s provides insight into the neighborhood that was torn down for the construction of Union Station.
A study co-authored by USC’s Michelle Livings notes that more than 4 million children and adolescents in the United States have lost a grandparent to COVID-19. That’s on top of the 10 million to 12 million kids who typically lose a grandparent each year.
“People are reporting slightly different motives for wanting to be active,” compared with before the pandemic, says Genevieve Dunton of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “The reasons are certainly more about stress reduction, anxiety release and improved sleep.”
Private universities are increasingly looking to the community college transfer pipeline to broaden access and diversify the student body. For USC President Carol L. Folt — herself a community college transfer student — it’s personal.
Caitlin Mcauley of the Keck School of Medicine of USC recommends a neuropsychological exam. “Plenty of older patients who’ve had COVID feel like they now have dementia. But when they do the testing, all their higher-level cognitive functioning is intact, and it’s things like attention or cognitive fluency that are impaired,” she says.
Most dementias hit after 65 years of age; all have proved to be stubbornly incurable. But Paul Aisen of USC’s Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute foresees a future — maybe just a decade or so down the line — in which much of the burden of Alzheimer’s disease might be prevented by screening people from middle age on.
Depp had a “stronger team in his corner in a lot of different respects,” including public opinion and internet support, says Fred Cook, director of the USC Center for Public Relations. He notes that Heard dropped her P.R. team when the trial prompted backlash and a number of “bad headlines.”
Lucy Westlake, who started climbing mountains with her father when she was just 7 years old, reached the summit early Thursday morning.
But Hollywoodland is also a hot spot for tourists, setting the stage for conflict between residents and visitors, notes USC Dornsife’s Leo Braudy. He’s the author of The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon.
It’s not just a privacy issue: Being monitored lowers your sense of perceived autonomy, which can increase stress and anxiety, says USC Marshall Associate Professor Nathanael Fast.
Saving our planet may depend on communicating with people 10,000 years from now. USC Dornsife visiting scholar Vincent Ialenti says that the speed at which language evolves will make such communication difficult. The word “internet,” he notes, would mean little to someone living in the 1970s.
Research shows that Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Coordination Disorder have their own distinct patterns of social and motor skills.
A USC-led team of researchers releases expanded data set of brain scans from stroke patients in the hopes of speeding up large-scale stroke recovery research.
Adam Novak spent 100 hours in meditative silence. From that, Shift SC was born.
The university will take the historic step of joining the Big Ten Conference in 2024, a move that will position USC and its student-athletes for long-term success in both athletics and academics.
🏳️🌈 PRIDE MONTH: No standard statistics exist to record the number of deaths each year for those who identify as LGBTQ+. Their lives — and deaths — are literally not counted.
The president discusses the decision to join the Big Ten Conference.
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers used a new analytic approach to study more than 1.5 million deaths across California.
Air Force veteran’s business partner — his daughter — suggested he go back to school. USC was the right fit.
In her first in-person State of the University speech, she lays out her blueprint for the university’s future.
University Professor Caleb Finch discusses the wide spectrum of aging rates in the animal kingdom and what it could mean for humans.
In a new pair of studies, scientists reveal clues about the origin of this evolutionary innovation.
🏳️🌈 PRIDE MONTH: First-of-its-kind Proud & Empowered offers prevention and reduction approach for traumatic adolescent experiences.
USC researchers model how new metamaterials behave, opening the door for applications in soft robotics and even space.
🏳️🌈 PRIDE MONTH: A Trojan’s new documentary tells the story of a USC Dornsife professor who took a public stand against gay conversion therapy.
TITLE IX: On the 50th anniversary of the landmark legislation, women of Troy and allies look back — and ahead.
Health experts see abortion as a public health issue — but in politics, it’s a campaign issue and this is a critical election year.
The USC alumnus looks back at 60 years of defying expectations and serving his community.
Researchers will study optimized symbiotic vehicles for use in warehouses and for robot deliveries.
Tiffany Chum knew the USC Price online Master of Public Administration program was right for her, but she wasn’t expecting to make so many great friendships with professors and her peers.
🏳️🌈 PRIDE MONTH: Actor JP Karliak launched Queer Vox, a nonprofit training academy and community for LGBTQ+ voiceover actors.
A Maymester course heavy on exercise and meditation is part of a new minor aimed at helping students take control of their health.
As an instructor at L.A.’s Roosevelt High School, Rekha Prakash works two short miles from USC’s Health Sciences Campus, where she earned her master of science degree in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.
As the war in Ukraine underscores the need for a multidisciplinary approach to defense, the Executive Global Space and Defense Program couldn’t be more timely.