
Physical spaces where kids live, play and learn have big impact on obesity, eating behaviors
USC study identifies the strongest environmental predictor of childhood and adolescent obesity.
USC study identifies the strongest environmental predictor of childhood and adolescent obesity.
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.
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.
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.
The movie and TV series are recognized as the year’s best adaptation of the written word.
The seasoned health care executive will lead the longstanding community hospital and recent addition to the Keck Medicine health system.
An Adobe Foundation grant to the USC School of Dramatic Arts’ MFA Acting Program will directly support the production of short films by underrepresented students.
TITLE IX: Since donning the cardinal cape and gold breastplate, USC Thornton alumna India Anderson has performed with Beyoncé at the 2022 Oscars and now leads the brass band Blow.
Marisa Torelli-Pedevska co-founded the Inevitable Foundation, a first-of-its-kind organization dedicated to funding and mentoring professional screenwriters living with disabilities.
Bill Allen will receive the 2023 Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award.
Scientists from USC Dornsife and Cedars-Sinai rally scholars around the country and in diverse fields to find better ways of beating the disease.
The USC-led analysis of genetic data fills an urgent research gap for a population that faces a higher risk of prostate cancer than white men.
“Our client was always unsure if he could make the meetings because he was often in bomb shelters with no electricity or Zoom connection,” says law student Uma Fry Demetria.
The gift was made to three projects that ensure youth will benefit from a more individualized, meaningful and equitable education experience.
Under the leadership of Jacob Vogel, the Trojan Marching Band is creating unforgettable memories and breathing new life into revered Trojan traditions.
The live discussions with USC scholars and other experts — launched early in the pandemic — have become hugely popular.
USC will lead a joint research effort to develop technologies for assessment of soil sustainability and health, tracking impacts of climate change on soils and providing tools for ensuring food security.
Monthlong observance begins with virtual event including President Carol L. Folt and some of the university’s own Trojan trailblazers.
Throughout 2022, 37% of low-income residents of L.A. County lacked access to sufficient food. That’s 10 points more than in 2018, according to research published by USC Dornsife’s Public Exchange.
Mathies, who served as dean from 1975 to 1985, oversaw some of the school’s most significant growth.
The Inclusion List, launched Wednesday by Associate Professor of Communication Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, tracks and celebrates progress in entertainment.
Volunteers in the USC Prison Education Project’s Readers’ Circle program provide typing, copy editing and proofreading services to people in custody across the United States.
Seven thirsty states including California are fighting over the dwindling waters of the Colorado River. USC experts look at how we got here — and why this was inevitable.
The METRANS Transportation Consortium will lead the U.S. Region 9 research, education and technology transfer program.
Events taking place during the yearlong tribute to the 50th anniversary of Title IX include a music festival, a movie screening and conversations featuring trailblazing women.
The celebration — moved indoors at the last minute because of inclement weather — culminates a month of events.
Professor Brent Blair of the USC School of Dramatic Arts heads to India, Rwanda and Israel to find the intersection of theater, healing and justice.
Recent advancements in cryptography have allowed algorithms to do direct computation on encrypted data.