A recent discovery of nearly 800,000 pounds of the banned toxic pesticide near Santa Catalina Island sparks new research for an institution that has spent five decades helping Southern California manage its coasts.
USC Price alum Renata Simril leads the LA84 Foundation, which supports youth sports programs and public education about the importance of sports to kids.
As Women’s History Month continues, ophthalmologists Jesse Berry and Linda Lam talk about their roads to becoming physicians.
The co-founders of Relativity Space eye their next big steps: investing in space startups and reaching Earth orbit.
Academy Award-winning filmmakers Grazer and Howard will deliver the school’s commencement address, and Oliver — writer, producer and director of films including Girls Trip and Little — will receive the Mary Pickford Alumni Award.
Some people can’t take statins because of side effects. “If they go home and don’t take it, it’s not doing any benefit,” said cardiologist Eugene DePasquale of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “It’s really important to have an alternative.”
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A study from the climate change storytelling consultancy Good Energy and USC Annenberg’s Norman Lear Center found less than 3% of the more than 37,000 analyzed movie and TV scripts written between 2016 and 2020 made any reference to climate change. But scenes featuring discussions about climate change or fire control methods, such as raking leaves off a lawn, don’t exactly make for scintillating screen time.
USC Marshall’s Rodney Ramcharan dismissed criticism that the bank reportedly donated millions to Black Lives Matter and similar groups as “trivial and irrelevant,” given the bank had more than $200 billion in assets before it failed. (Los Angeles Times; may require subscription)
The movie and TV series are recognized as the year’s best adaptation of the written word.
USC Annenberg’s Robin Stevens is working with Instagram’s Well-being Creator Collective, a pilot program that trains and educates influencers and content creators on how to create responsible mental health content.
Research conducted by USC’s Matthew Kahn found that L.A. was the fifth-greenest large metropolitan area in the country as measured by carbon emitted by an average household — almost entirely because of relatively mild weather. If L.A. built more housing, there would be less building in areas such as Atlanta or Houston, which have higher greenhouse gas emissions.
An annual report from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative also found that half of the women over 45 who led or co-led a movie were women of color.
“If you go back 30, 40 years, women went on the education committee, or maybe dealt with health care — whatever little bone was thrown their way,” says Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a retired USC political science professor. “Dianne didn’t follow the typical path. … She didn’t let herself get pigeonholed as a ‘woman’ senator.”
The entertainer is now part of an elite sorority of Black women who’ve been featured on Super Bowl stages. Shaun Harper of the USC Race and Equity Center explains why that’s important: Rihanna and other Black women work in an industry dominated by white executives and by men, few of whom are Black.
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.
Victor Castro and Richard DiNinni are creating educational programs at West Point that blend VR and game-based training technologies with research-based concepts.
USC Annenberg Professor Josh Kun hopes to create a collaborative arts vision across the university’s campuses.
TITLE IX: Hanna Reisler, who arrived at USC Dornsife the year the groundbreaking legislation became law, worked to help women succeed in science and engineering.
John Armistead is using the tech and design skills he’s acquiring at the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy to improve the lives — and minds — of athletes.
A USC Viterbi study shows how on-site construction can go remote.
A new study from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Rong Lu explores this paradox.
The USC School of Dramatic Arts professor has thrived as an actor-writer.
Study examines if an outpatient, nonsurgical endoscopic procedure can help patients stabilize blood glucose levels without the need for medication or insulin.
Daniel Prince will receive the 2023 Black Alum of the Year Award. Miki Turner and Kiesha Nix also will be recognized.
A USC study identifies the strongest environmental predictor of childhood and adolescent obesity.
The super-size snowpack created unprecedented opportunities for the student-run organization (yes, USC has a ski team), but it nearly shut down the sport’s national competition.
TITLE IX: The USC Annenberg pair are integral to the continuing success of the school’s #WeAreListening LIVE series.
USC research finds that the daily lives of people in the Indigenous Tsimané and Mosetén communities resemble those of pre-industrial societies and may provide clues for preventing heart disease and cognitive decline.
Ursa Major, a company with 13 USC Viterbi alumni, seeks to democratize access to space.
A new USC study examines how the fish evade danger. For the fish, it’s a big deal: The direction it takes to escape from a predator is a matter of life and death.
USC Dornsife experts are using the concept of taste as a teaching tool — think diverse dishes, fusion food and even sautéed grasshoppers.
The concept of putting a processor near where data is being generated and then processing the data before it’s distributed is common — but not in space.
Mental health professionals are assigned within USC Dornsife’s academic departments.
The campus will serve as a coast-to-coast bridge for interdisciplinary study where students and faculty will collaborate with global opinion leaders.
Often obscure and largely nonpartisan, school boards have become increasingly politicized in recent years. USC experts look at what might be ahead.
Priscilla Hung has been a vital force for positive social change for nearly 25 years.
An expert in developmental psychology and neuroscience, she joins the foremost organization in education policy and practice.
The Trojans described unexpected career trajectories and encouraged the audience to take risks, balance work and family, and seek joy in a demanding but rewarding career in real estate.
Actor, producer and television personality Brady and playwright, screenwriter and producer Shekar will speak during two commencement ceremonies on May 12.