The Landscape Justice Initiative unites USC students and faculty with community organizations to tackle big social and environmental challenges in Los Angeles and beyond.
The USC-led study examined the shoulder assembly of Little Foot, an Australopithecus that lived more than 3 million years ago, and may have confirmed how our human ancestors used their arms.
New habits developed during lockdown are likely to continue, a USC study finds, which means less driving to work or medical appointments. That said, access to these opportunities still varies by race and income.
Garry will study laws to enforce refugees’ rights and Giaquinta will teach cross-cultural communication and business.
Complaints sparked a change from noisy landscaping equipment to clean technologies on the University Park Campus, part of a major investment that’s earned the university green accolades.
USC’s Jessica Ho blames a combination of behavioral and structural factors, like poor health behaviors and patchwork access to health care.
Two exceptions: YouTube and Reddit, which USC Annenberg’s Karen North notes “has evolved into a really powerful set of communities where important conversations are happening.”
Jeffrey Klausner of the Keck School of Medicine of USC looks at the push for and against them: “The idea of vaccine passports is not new. You need vaccinations to go to school, to go to college, to travel certain places.”
The technology to effectively treat strokes exists, provided it’s delivered properly and quickly. But William Mack of the Keck School of Medicine of USC notes that nearly 20% of stroke patients die from their condition and many more are left permanently disabled.
“We thought we’d have a story of a more representative electorate,” says Mindy Romero of the USC Price School’s Center for Inclusive Democracy.
Grappling with diversity issues, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has turned to USC’s Shaun Harper for help. The executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center will serve as the association’s strategic diversity adviser for five years.
The increase during the pandemic is forcing the U.S. to reckon with a racism that goes back centuries, USC Dornsife’s Adrian De Leon explains.
If you’re a smoker, quitting is the No. 1 thing you can do, says Elizabeth Zelinski of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology: “Smoking is probably the No. 1 risk factor. It affects your nervous system and vascular system.”
The popular podcast’s cohosts — Nate Sloan of the USC Thornton School of Music and his friend, songwriter Charlie Harding —were inspired by their own deep analysis of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.” They decided to record their conversations — and the rest is podcast history.
California has made a dent in new COVID-19 cases after the winter surge, but people need to remain cautious. “This does not mean that we can throw our masks away and start attending large parties,” says Rita Burke of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “We still have to be vigilant and practice what our public health experts have told us.”
Holding considerable economic and strategic clout, Saudi Arabia is still considered an ally of the United States despite a track record of human rights violations, USC Dornsife’s Jeffrey Fields explains.
When USC Viterbi’s Barath Raghavan sees housing developments up against the wilderness, he envisions banana orchards between the two — orchards that could be an effective fire deterrent.
The new study builds on previous work in Andy McMahon’s laboratory at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
The Trojan Pandemic Research Initiative will follow 8,000 people over a year to better understand attitudes and behaviors related to COVID-19 and the vaccine.
No matter where they’re from or how they found out, these potential future USC students all shared the thrill of getting their acceptance notices.
The Women in Science and Engineering program aims to expand opportunities for women in STEM, both within the university and beyond.
The Sandy Reed Endowed Professional Development Fund, created in honor of the late alum, will endow professional development programming at the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
Diversity and academic achievement distinguish the newest Trojans, including a record number of first-generation college students.
Amid the pandemic, a survey from USC and the California Emerging Technology Fund reveals regional and financial inequities that fuel the state’s digital divide.
While film productions paused and movie theaters shuttered entirely, streaming services grew by leaps and bounds. USC experts examine what this means for all things entertainment.
In the epic battle between the giant reptile and the giant primate, each would have relative biological advantages and disadvantages.
The associate dean for community initiatives at the Keck School of Medicine of USC recently shared local vaccination strategies with national leaders in the hope of potentially implementing them across the country.
The founding chair of the Department of Translational Genomics in the Keck School of Medicine of USC has been named a fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research’s AACR Academy.
The new center will be a home for reimagining how communication can address issues like health care, data privacy, cultural and demographic change, and media literacy.
Laurie Barge, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, investigates the origins of life on Earth to make sense of how life could form on other planets.
An algorithm developed at USC Viterbi could comb through millions of electronic medical records, suggesting diagnoses and tests to improve patient outcomes and lower costs.
Sparked by a paralyzing car accident and a passion for computing, the USC Viterbi doctoral student seeks to reimagine technology for people with disabilities.
USC experts discuss how COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on the Black community connects to a long history of upending Black families in America, from slavery to incarceration.
While Kelani Dungca started out as an HR recruiter, employers quickly picked up on her inquisitiveness and tenacity — skills she’s strengthening through USC’s online program.
As pandemic statistics shift and students trickle back to campus, they can’t miss the new social health campaign created by USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy scholars.
The suggestions will help create the Solutions Exchange, a public repository of solutions to support school communities.
The effort could achieve dramatic reductions in greenhouse gases without significant disruption to the economy or people’s lifestyles, according to USC research.
A 30-year USC/Purdue study finds that television news and ESPN’s SportsCenter continue to ignore women’s sports — and online media coverage isn’t much better.
Laura Mosqueda knows that many of her older patients can’t make the trek to mass vaccination sites. That’s why she’s administering at-home COVID-19 vaccines.
Meredith Franklin of the Keck School of Medicine has developed a tool that uses satellite data to help characterize the toxins veterans are exposed to when deployed.
What were once tears of disappointment have become tears of gratitude as COVID-19 vaccine stockpiles finally begin to swell. USC’s student pharmacists describe how it feels to help restore much-needed optimism.