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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.
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.
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.
Salon
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.”
Zocalo Public Square
Historian Kevin Starr was an affectionate connoisseur of California’s contradictions
The longtime state librarian and USC professor, who passed away in January, told the Golden State’s story with a novelist’s touch.
Education Week
Pro-accountability USC dean to take on bigger role in teacher-accreditation group
Karen Symms Gallagher of the USC Rossier School of Education will lead the board of directors of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation starting July 1.
The Hindu
What is consciousness, after all? USC neuroscientist looks at cultural connections
USC Dornsife’s Antonio Damasio says consciousness is a collective creation of peoples, and its understanding will help in treating mental illnesses.
Forbes
Alzheimer’s affects twice as many people as estimated, says new study
New research at USC into the biomarkers that predict the onset of Alzheimer’s suggests that more than twice as many people are in some stage of the disease than the official numbers indicate.
USA Today
Toxic dust and asthma plague Salton Sea communities
Two USC researchers are carrying out the first study of its kind to discover what’s in the makeup of the dust. They’ve scooped up soil samples and sent them to the University of Iowa, where the dust is analyzed for heavy metals, pesticides, bacteria and fungi.
USC Today College
Only 3 percent of foster care youth graduate college. Felicitas Reyes is one of them
Felicitous Reyes just graduated from USC, where she finished magna cum laude — no small feat for someone who beat the very long odds.
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.
Using virtual reality — and mom’s sewing machine — for stroke rehab
Sook-Lei Liew builds a prototype with a laptop, an off-the-shelf VR rig, a $9 swim cap and a brain-computer interface system.
Flawed fish jaws shed light on hearing loss in humans
Scientists believe that a zebrafish with a malformed jaw offers revealing findings for colleagues in radiology, audiology and genetics.
Smiling during victory could hurt your future chances of cooperation, USC researchers find
On the other hand, smiling during a loss tends to boost the odds of success going forward.
Hard work and dedication leads to USC for a student with special needs
A USC Hybrid High senior with cerebral palsy is thankful for the chance to study at his favorite university.
W. M. Keck Foundation names health care center at USC with $10 million gift
Generous support expands on prior $150 million gift for Keck Medicine of USC.
Alison Swain named USC women’s tennis head coach
She built a dynasty at Massachusetts’ Williams College, leading the school to eight NCAA championships.
Overweight children are excluded from friendships and disliked by peers, USC study finds
Negative social interactions can increase the kids’ risk of loneliness, depression, poor eating habits and illness.