Are baby boomers returning to religion?
Many are increasingly turning to houses of worship to find meaning as they age.
Medical student brings Homelessness Awareness Week to USC
Through Homelessness Awareness Week, students, faculty and staff can grasp the social, psychological and environmental factors at play.
Lifeguard travels the world while earning USC Master of Public Health online
Aspiring physician pursuing a public health degree volunteers as a youth program director and CPR instructor.
Young people press ahead, testing their journalistic skills at USC event
Trojans advise young people eager to learn about health, medicine, energy, technology and more.
Student-organized USC Own It aims to empower and unite women
The all-day summit attracts entertainers, executives and Olympians who inspire, advise and connect with USC undergrads.
Seattle Times reporters win USC Annenberg’s Selden Ring Award for patient care series
The dogged investigation hows how a respected medical center and one its surgeons put profits ahead of patient care and safety.
Cultural treasures in your own neighborhood? They’re all over L.A.
USC Price students use their camera skills to create media featuring everything from mariachi music to street vendors.
USC wins Pac-12 Zero Waste Competition for second year
The competition recognizes the university that diverted the most waste from the landfill at select games, as well as innovation in sustainability education.
LGBTQ homeless youth need attention from policymakers, USC scholars say
Increased training, more comprehensive outreach and more inclusivity are proposed as part of team’s research agenda.
How many homeless are there in Los Angeles? USC helps city, county find out
Students collect critical data in the second year of the university’s partnership with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
USC volunteers help rebuild Hurricane Harvey-torn Texas coast
Women train in “mucking and gutting,” work with nonprofit to remove debris, tear out drywall and clear fallen trees for families
USC 2017 | Five Trojans who inspired us this year
✌ Year in review: These USC alumni, faculty and students will give you some good vibes for the new year.
USC’s black cultural center marks 40 years as a valued venue for candid conversation
A national movement for ethnicity-based student services led to its creation four decades ago.
Exhibit lets visitors ‘talk’ with Nanjing Massacre survivor in Mandarin
USC Shoah Foundation develops technology that allows audiences to interact with the recorded image of a genocide survivor.
Las Vegas begins to heal after mass shooting with help from USC social work experts
David Schonfeld and Marleen Wong offer school officials training and guidance as they begin to develop counseling and support programs for children and community members.
Understanding the causes of stress on health of gay or lesbian adolescents
USC researchers to recruit 1,500 teens in all 50 states and then follow them for three years.
USC poll — the one that said Trump could win — looks beyond politics
Pundits and polling experts praise the Understanding America Study for an unusual move — providing publicly available data.
High schoolers get early glimpse of a career in science
USC grad students give juniors and seniors hands-on research experience and a taste of what a career in STEM fields could bring.
USC Annenberg to offer course based on the TV documentary series Woman
The class will examine how media can expose violence against women.
Two USC schools help develop LAPD training in community policing
Officers will learn techniques on how to deal with the homeless, mentally ill and domestic abuse survivors.
Teens who vape higher doses of nicotine are more likely to become regular smokers
Nicotine is extremely harmful to the developing adolescent brain, USC study finds.
Domestic violence survivors get help from USC faculty member
Benita Walton-Moss teaches a health assessment course that covers signs of abuse.
Environmental activist at USC heads a global group focusing on climate change
Kayla Soren’s International Student Environmental Coalition includes young people from 30 countries who raise awareness about our planet.
Students map out ways to make L.A. a friendly place for the elderly
City officials, professors and seniors address housing, transportation, engagement and other issues that affect the quality of life for older adults.