USC gerontology school and institute for aging research win prestigious grant
The $4.6 million award from the National Institute on Aging will establish the USC-Buck Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging.
Trojan Anna Cockrell named Academic All-America Team Member Of The Year in track
The 2019 NCAA 400-meter hurdles champion — who has a 4.0 GPA in her public policy graduate program — is USC’s only Team Member of the Year honoree since the College Sports Information Directors of America began the award in 1996.
USC scientist awarded for skeletal stem cell research
Postdoctoral fellow Peter Fabian will use the NIH Pathway to Independence Award to help him transition to full-time faculty.
Grant will promote USC scientist’s research on aging, leukemia and more
Rong Ju plans to use the $6.6 million Emerging Investigator Award to further her research on blood stem cells.
USC Athletics posts all-time high Academic Progress Rate scores for seventh straight year
Fourteen of the university’s teams had an APR score that was above or equal to the national average for their sport.
Award to USC scientist will fund visionary breast cancer research
The grant of nearly $5 million to USC Stem Cell scientist Min Yu recognizes her innovative work with rare circulating tumor cells.
Andrew McMahon elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The decorated USC professor is recognized for his contributions to developmental biology.
Top Trojan scholars rewarded with academic honors
The annual awards recognize graduating students with the highest academic performance, as well as the Class of 2020’s valedictorian and salutatorian.
USC scientist earns fellowship from A.P. Giannini Foundation
Ebony Flowers, a postdoctoral fellow at USC Stem Cell, will use the support from the fellowship to further study the role of free radicals in breast cancer.
USC-educated immunobiologist receives prestigious Soros Fellowship
Eric Hoyeon Song, who graduated from USC Dornsife with a bachelor’s in biochemistry, is one of 30 academics to receive the 2020 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
A system for reusing recyclable plastic trash takes home 2020 sustainability prize
Three teams of entrepreneurial USC students competed for $15,000 in awards during the fourth annual Wrigley Sustainability Prize contest.
Four USC undergraduates named 2020 Goldwater Scholars
The USC Dornsife students — with majors that range from chemistry to linguistics and cognitive science — were chosen from more than 1,300 undergraduates nationwide.
Los Angeles Times Book Prize winners named as USC anticipates annual literary fest in October
In its 25th year, the annual L.A. Times Festival of Books is scheduled to return to USC this fall.
Trojans Get Early Access to Nobel Prize Winners’ Great Minds
Nineteen recipients of USC’s Massry Prize have gone on to win science’s biggest honor.
USC’s Kate Flint earns prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
The Provost Professor of Art History and English at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences received the award for her work drawing connections between Victorian art, fiction and poetry and modern environmental crises.
Carl Kesselman honored for career achievements in computing
The pioneer of grid computing and professor at USC Viterbi and the Keck School of Medicine of USC has been recognized with the 2020 Harry H. Goode Memorial Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Wendi C. Thomas wins 2020 Selden Ring Award for series on predatory healthcare debt-collection
The award, one of the foremost prizes in investigative journalism, has been presented by the USC Annenberg School of Journalism for 31 years.
Pioneering USC chemist named to prestigious engineering academy
USC Dornsife’s Mark Thompson, a leader in organic LED displays and photovoltaic technologies, has been elected by his peers to the National Academy of Engineering.
For eighth year running, USC earns top honors for producing Fulbright students
Fourteen USC students received the prestigious grant to study and conduct research overseas.
Women win the night at USC Libraries Scripter Awards
Greta Gerwig’s film Little Women and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s television series Fleabag were both recognized at the 32nd annual ceremony, as was author Susan Orlean.
Trojans well-represented among nominees, winners at Grammy Awards
Sunday’s ceremony brought two first-time wins for USC Thornton Composition faculty member Andrew Norman and alumna Nadia Shpachenko.
USC Libraries name finalists for 32nd annual Scripter Awards
The awards honor the year’s most accomplished film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based.
Three Trojans receive prestigious Schwarzman scholarship to study in China
The USC trio will explore trends in business, media and culture during a one-year master’s program at Tsinghua University.
5 Things to Know about Poet Robin Coste Lewis
Get to know the award-winning poet laureate, theologian and USC writer in residence.