Can USC researchers solve an aging issue in Cuba?
USC experts in social support hope to help the country with its demographic dilemma.
USC Fisher Museum exhibit asks visitors to board ‘the beast’
Artists explore the price of migration and the toll it takes on lives in the Americas.
Housing clinic at USC helps renters find affordable homes
The community resource serves as translator, legal adviser and advocate at no charge for people with housing issues.
Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton named a Presidential Professor
The distinguished economist has been described as an ‘optimistic defender of globalization.’
A future with robots as companions could be closer than you think
A USC professor studies how robots can assist emotional, physical and social rehabilitation. Will the next two decades see them become the best managers of our well-being?
USC’s economic impact on California estimated at $8 billion a year
Report comes as the university nears the opening of USC Village, the largest economic development project in the history of South Los Angeles.
Ramping up for August opening, USC Village recruits local jobseekers
Attendees line up around the block for Wednesday’s job fair, and more than 1,000 resumes were submitted beforehand.
USC partners on countywide homeless count for the first time
Social workers approach thousands of homeless for a demographic survey that will inform local policy decisions.
Alumna urges Palestinian girls to rise above
Social work graduate helps to educate young women beset by war and poverty in Bethlehem — and she hopes to bring her Girls Rise program to L.A.
County voters consider homelessness measure March 7
USC experts weigh in on the proposal, which would provide $373 million a year for social services.
Houston Chronicle reporter wins Selden Ring Award for investigative series on special ed
Brian M. Rosenthal’s seven-part series revealed that Texas educators denied services to children with developmental needs.
Who’s on the move? How mobility may affect future transit use
Gary Painter of USC Price hopes transportation planners pay attention to what the U.S. population looks like.
Couple raises money to feed 25,000 children instead of throwing a lavish wedding
USC Marshall alum and sweetheart gather funds for the campaign, but the deadline is Valentine’s Day.
Attack on an airline or airport could cost the economy billions in losses
The costs, measured in terms of U.S. Gross Domestic Product, begin with less airline travel.
Men are from Clash of Clans, women are from Candy Crush
Who spends hundreds of real dollars on their phone for power-ups and virtual coins? USC researchers analyzed millions of app purchases to find out.
Loss, grief and crisis: Meet the man who offers solace in the face of tragedy
David Schonfeld created the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, which became part of USC in 2015.
Trojan turns temporary paralysis into innovation for older adults
$20,000 award from alumni supporters enables student to develop product that will help aging and disabled people stand.
Investigative journalism at USC gets boost from Ring Foundation pledge
The gift will help USC Annenberg master’s students tell stories about ethics and accountability.
Students find solutions for USC campus sustainability
Trojans think creatively about the environment, presenting their ideas in an annual contest as part of a political science course.
USC spatial sciences students analyze crime patterns in L.A.
Using location-based data, researchers show where violent crimes are concentrated and how that information can lead to positive results.
Growth-stunting gene may spare people from dementia
USC study indicates that a genetic mutation in a subset of South Americans may help them avoid Alzheimer’s disease.
How people with schizophrenia stay productive and manage symptoms
USC, UCLA researchers examine coping strategies for individuals with high-level careers.
USC undergrads take new approach to building refugee camps
Turkish natives envision a sustainable camp with a school, clinic, pharmacy and religious center in their home country.
Millennials (and more) turn to business to make social change
People with business acumen strive to make lives better through USC’s Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab.