Rachel B. Levin
Rachel B. Levin is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and editor. Levin has written on everything from quirky personalities to food and wellness. She graduated with honors from Stanford University in psychology and earned masters’ degrees in both English and creative nonfiction writing at the University of Southern California.
Stories by Rachel B. Levin:

USC Viterbi team to participate in multi-university study on quantum computing
The Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Award will allow Daniel Lidar’s team to investigate techniques that may unlock quantum computing’s full potential.

6 weeks to Mars? USC alums are building powerful, versatile rocket engines
Ursa Major, a company with 13 USC Viterbi alumni, seeks to democratize access to space.

4 USC researchers named AAAS fellows
Carolyn C. Meltzer, Massoud Pedram, Remo Rohs and Richard M. Watanabe join more than 40 USC faculty as fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science.

USC’s Petros Ioannou, Gérard Medioni and J. Joshua Yang elected as National Academy of Inventors fellows
The trio joins a distinguished class of 169 new inductees whose innovations have tangibly impacted society.

Making smarter stoplights to get traffic moving
Gridlock warrior Ketan Savla is designing computational solutions to improve the flow of traffic in congested cities. Learn how his work soon could shorten your commute.

What does it take to succeed as a military leader?
After two decades as a Navy pilot, Trojan Will Pressley can tell you this: The answer’s not in Top Gun: Maverick.

Air purification strategy might reduce risk of COVID transmission in classrooms, indoor spaces
The strategy developed by USC Viterbi researchers might reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in classrooms and other indoor spaces by as much as tenfold.