On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, USC Shoah Foundation’s Robert Williams discusses the co-opting of historic events and how we — and social media companies — have a part in stopping the spread of lies about the atrocities.
The joint laboratory on the USC Health Sciences Campus is designed to advance early-stage research into lifesaving, commercially viable therapies.
People say they know what their blood pressure is — but two-thirds of adults don’t know the upper thresholds for normal or healthy blood pressure, according to a new USC study.
Student-driven campaign is part of the university’s ONE USC Safety Vision, which aims to create a safe and inclusive environment for all members of the USC community.
The Media, Entertainment and Technology (MET) Law program lets students explore a range of topics including sports, music, traditional entertainment and even video games.
USC’s Robert Kozinets and a colleague describe how to bring transparency and accountability to social media.
One challenge: the absence of uplifting hormones. “There are a lot of endorphins and chemical changes that happen in our body when we exercise,” says Jared Vagy, USC assistant professor of physical therapy. “If that’s the only method that some people have to release those chemicals, then you’ve just lost a large part of what makes you complete as a human or satisfied.”
Most community gardens in L.A. are “hobby gardens” for more affluent demographics, says USC Dornsife’s Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo. But this one, she says, is a “healing spot, homeland and economic generator” for a diverse group of immigrants — Indigenous, mestizo and Central American.
Tests for multiple viruses are “the way of the future” and would help more people get treatment, says Susan Butler-Wu of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. But the United States has historically fallen behind Europe in terms of authorizing new diagnostics, she says: “It takes time to go through the process and get approval.”
One challenge: the absence of uplifting hormones. “There are a lot of endorphins and chemical changes that happen in our body when we exercise,” says Jared Vagy, USC assistant professor of physical therapy. “If that’s the only method that some people have to release those chemicals, then you’ve just lost a large part of what makes you complete as a human or satisfied.” (The New York Times; may require subscription)
A USC study found participants felt happier and enjoyed physical activity more when they worked out alongside a friend or partner rather than solo.
Why it matters: “Criminals have become savvier about ways to avoid detection through the internet,” warns Mellissa Withers of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “It is much easier to exploit children today than even 20 years ago.”
A graduate of Occidental College, Heitman worked at Brown University and University of California, Irvine, before joining USC in 1982.
The problem: An analysis by the USC Equity Research Institute shows the state’s most prevalent languages after English and Spanish are Chinese, Filipino and Vietnamese, which are spoken by roughly 600,000 workers who speak little or no English.
Factors including an emphasis on learning through memorization, helicopter parenting and social media are stifling teenagers, USC Rossier’s Mary Helen Immordino-Yang says.
Telling the history of underdocumented communities is at the heart of Natalia Molina’s work, which earned her a MacArthur Fellowship in 2020.
USC Dornsife’s Michael Messner notes that World War I and subsequent wars incubated generations of veterans committed to preventing such future horrors for their children.
The independent student production company, which connects Trojans from different majors and schools, has been producing original works since 1996.
USC study finds that personal voluntary behaviors to avoid infection also played a role in the downturn.
The USC alumnus — the creative force behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe — earned a Best Picture Oscar nomination in 2019 for producing Black Panther, the first superhero film nominated in that category.
Deporting immigrants to countries where they never lived is causing mental and physical health disparities for individuals and families.
The multihyphenate musician and scholar comes to USC from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
TITLE IX: The USC Rossier professor — the first woman of color to lead the university’s Academic Senate — mulls the impact of the groundbreaking legislation that prohibited sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding.
“As the news unfolded over the weekend, our community of Trojans – here and across the world – united in grief and shock over the shootings in Monterey Park.”
The exhibit at the USC Fisher Museum of Art spotlights civil rights leader’s words, while historic images, audio and video recordings chronicle his visits to L.A. and USC.
“They found stuff they thought would help to destroy his career,” says the film’s director, Sam Pollard, during USC visit. “But it didn’t.”
Ifunanya Nweke launched Jazz Hands for Autism, which has provided music training, vocational development and job placement for more than 150 musicians with autism.
Who could have predicted that gas stoves would be the latest hot topic to ignite the nation’s culture wars?
USC Kaufman alums Jordan Powell and Jake Tribus are the newest member of the dance group, which performs at Bovard Auditorium on Friday.
The trio joins a distinguished class of 169 new inductees whose innovations have tangibly impacted society.
If we think of our senses as limited to only five, we might be missing out.
The award honors the year’s most accomplished film and episodic series adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based.
Results highlight areas for state legislators and school leaders to consider as they expand music education programs across California.
Felix, the most decorated U.S. track and field athlete in Olympic history, is a frequent collaborator with the university and a women’s rights advocate.
The USC-led study of more than 2,400 Facebook users suggests that platforms — more than individual users — have a larger role to play in stopping the spread of misinformation online.
Scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Rong Lu share new discoveries about the influence of multipotent progenitor cells (MPPs) that are co-transplanted along with stem cells during bone marrow transplants.
Jackie’s Pain — the 11th book in a popular health literacy series created by USC Mann faculty member Mel Baron and producer Gregory B. Molina — combines health information with dramatic storytelling and illustrations.
A growing network of Trojans is working with USC Dornsife students to ready them for interviews, help them forge career connections and provide helpful coaching.
A key protein, called Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3), might turn back the clock on aging cartilage that leads to osteoarthritis.
In 1861-62, a series of deadly winter storms caused widespread devastation and flooding in the West — and it could happen again. Learn why in this piece that first published in 2020.
USC Dornsife’s Hajar Yazdiha writes that politicians have a long history of contorting the civil rights leader’s words to further their own goals, which often are at odds with King’s vision of a colorblind society.