After helping her children get into college, a 58-year-old freshman aims at USC degree
Transfer student Margarita Lopez home-schooled eight kids and helped them find elite universities. Now she sets her sights on a psychology degree at USC Dornsife.
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USC Arts in Action puts music to work, with social change in mind
Inaugural event, focusing on homelessness, brings USC musicians together with artists and performers from Skid Row.
Young adults’ cancer survival rates jump in surprising new study
USC analysis shows that 15- to 39-year-olds had the best survival of any age group for many years after HIV/AIDS-related cancers are taken into account.
The Dallas Morning News
Presidents of War looks at a long history of lines being crossed
In an op-ed, USC Annenberg’s Philip Seib comments on the book by Michael Beschloss, which makes the case that from 1807 until today, presidents have routinely abused their authority when they assume the role of warrior-in-chief.
Forbes
How much does alcohol affect your risk of liver cancer?
Yuri Genyk, professor of clinical surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and surgeon at the USC Transplant Institute, discusses the causes of liver cancer and what to do if you’re at risk.
Forbes
The best online MBAs of 2019: USC tops list
The USC Marshall School of Business tops Forbes’ 2019 ranking, thanks largely to overwhelmingly positive alumni satisfaction rates.
Newsweek
Time travel illusions trick the brain into seeing things that aren’t there
Scientists have created two time travel illusions that show how the brain processes information to make sense of conflicting stimuli. Take a look.
The Conversation
Columbus thought he’d find monsters – not people – in the New World
USC’s Peter C. Mancall find that Columbus’s views were far from abnormal: For centuries, European intellectuals had imagined a world beyond their borders populated by “monstrous races” — dog-headed people, cyclops and more.
Fast Company
How free Lyft rides can dramatically improve life for senior citizens
USC researchers discuss a pilot project in which participating senior citizens received unlimited free Lyft rides. The impact on the participants’ lives was significant.
The Guardian
Mary Kelly: ‘All borders are anathema to art’
The conceptual artist and USC professor shares her thoughts on protest movements of the moment, inequality in the art world and where she finds hope.
Inc.
Why you should apply entrepreneurial thinking to every big decision
The eye-opening moment for USC’s Noam Wasserman: seeing business students successfully apply the tenets of entrepreneurial thinking to all manner of career decisions and even to their marriages.
The New York Times
A bubbling caldron of witches, demons and vampires
The All Souls trilogy — USC Professor of History Deborah Harkness’ historical fantasy about a vampire scientist, a history professor who discovers she’s a witch and an enchanted manuscript — were sparked by an odd vacation moment.
KCET
The changing ecology of one of L.A.’s most notable pieces of land
USC’s Travis Longcore visits the ”Bowtie Parcel,” once one of Southern California’s most important railroad yards, and finds the unexpected: nature.
KTTV
USC interim president: ‘We’re learning’
In her first television interview since taking over as interim USC president, Wanda M. Austin said the university is “making some course corrections.”
Los Angeles Times
USC Gould lecturer nominated to the Los Angeles Police Commission
Eileen Decker, a former U.S. attorney and deputy mayor, has been nominated by Mayor Eric Garcetti. Decker was the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, which includes Los Angeles and several surrounding counties.
Yang Chai elected to National Academy of Medicine
The distinction honoring the associate dean of research at USC’s dentistry school is considered one of the nation’s highest in the health and medicine field.
From refugee to researcher, chemist Jahan Dawlaty is a catalyst in the lab and classroom
The scientist’s path to USC was paved with challenges, beginning with his childhood in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan.
Trojans visit Greek camp, seeking solutions to global refugee crisis
Moria, the infamous refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, is home to an estimated 9,000 refugees seeking asylum from places like Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.
USC expert dispels diabetes myths for Latino audience
Tom Buchanan offers clarity on proper steps to prevent the disease and how to seek proper treatment after it is diagnosed.
In memoriam: former USC basketball and track star Fred ‘Tex’ Winter, 96
The longtime college and NBA coach refined and popularized the famed “Triangle Offense” with the Lakers and Chicago Bulls.
How to help the environment: Turn cooking oil into renewable fuels
Chemistry startup founded at USC takes on two of the world’s biggest environmental challenges — greenhouse gases in the air and plastic waste in oceans.
In memoriam: former USC quarterback Dean Schneider, 89
The left-handed signal caller led Troy to a 1949 win over UCLA as a fourth-string sophomore.
Real estate executive Stephanie Argyros named USC trustee
The philanthropist and Trojan alumna brings her business acumen and passion for community service to the university’s governing board.
New wellness programs help USC medical students find balance
The Keck School of Medicine of USC emphasizes health and well-being among its aspiring doctors, countering the discipline’s grueling training experience of years past.
For USC professor, improving how kids learn math starts with how teachers learn math
The ways to teach the subject form the crux of a USC Rossier faculty member’s research.
Asthma may contribute to childhood obesity epidemic
USC-led international study shows asthma can make young people more susceptible to other health problems later in life.
First Man screening, panel open world of opportunities for young scholars
The youngsters — participants in the signature USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative program — hang on every word from the panel of Trojan aerospace experts.
USC’s space connections in full force at First Man preview, discussion
Trojan Neil Armstrong’s historic moon landing is discussed by USC’s interim president (a former aerospace executive), a USC trustee who once led NASA and a former astronaut who’s now a USC Viterbi faculty member.
USC scientists map brain region linked to Alzheimer’s and other diseases
Researchers show structures, nerve connections and functions in vivid detail as part of the most detailed atlas yet of the brain’s memory bank.
Can exercise stop the recurrence of breast cancer?
USC’s Christina Dieli-Conwright awarded $4 million grant to see if activity improves prognosis for survivors of the disease.
138 years old, and still fighting on
From a modest start, the university marks its 138th birthday as one of the nation’s leading research institutions.
Democrats gain in generic congressional race amid shifts in GOP base support
The latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll indicates significant shifts among women and older voters are steering support toward Democrats ahead of the midterm election.
Treating psoriasis in the future could be as easy as going online
Keck School of Medicine of USC study finds that online and in-person care were equally effective at improving symptoms.
Mobile device use: Calling all British parents and teens
Study by USC Annenberg and colleagues compares responses with recent data gathered from Japan and the U.S.
Next president should embody university’s core values, USC community says
More than 500 students and staff and faculty members shared their thoughts and concerns during a recent series of listening sessions tied to the presidential search.
USC students start their own support network: TrojanSupport
Peer support group started by students for students lifts those who want a conversation with someone their own age.
Transfer student Ethan Ward finds home (literally) at USC
A new Trojan at 36, he endured homelessness and more before settling in as a USC Annenberg student. Among private universities, USC ranks No. 1 for transfer students.
Another year of high school contributes to weight loss despite genetics
Genes and years of education can influence whether someone becomes obese, according to USC Dornsife research.
Prime minister of Spain gives inspiring speech at USC during historic state visit
Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón gives a President’s Distinguished Lecture and meets with USC Dornsife dean and faculty.