An internationally recognized leader in Alzheimer’s for over 30 years, Aisen was recognized for his work in accelerating the search for treatment.
Wade Zeno, an expert in proteins, has received the Early-Stage Investigator’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award.
The clinical professor of communication was a scholar, teacher and mentor at the school for more than 20 years.
TITLE IX: Leader seeks to create environments that ensure that people of all identities feel included and valued.
TITLE IX: The USC Gould School of Law professor is the founder and faculty director of the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy and Ethics.
The Distinguished Professor of English is the fourth USC faculty member elected to the academy.
The USC Dornsife professor (research) of quantitative and computational biology is recognized for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
COMMENCEMENT: Hers is an honorary degree; his is a doctorate of musical arts. The conferral is a prelude to an operatic interpretation of Huerta’s remarkable life, which the composer calls “a microcosm of loss and perseverance.”
COMMENCEMENT: Natalia Molina, keynote speaker at USC Rossier’s doctoral hooding, discusses crafting a commencement address, the importance of the humanities and writing history from the bottom up.
In celebration of Mother’s Day, USC faculty members reflect on the ways their moms encouraged and inspired their academic careers.
TITLE IX: “If we can continue moving forward, the future is very bright,” says Associate Dean Nickey Woods.
TITLE IX: The international acclaimed playwright is a gender equity and racial equity trailblazer in her work at USC and beyond.
USC Price’s Liz Falletta explains the proliferation of “podium” apartments — and considers whether that matters given the ongoing housing shortage.
The professor emeritus was instrumental in the founding of the USC Dornsife Center for Religion and Civic Culture, the USC Family of Schools and the Thematic Option program.
TITLE IX: “Sports gave me the confidence to question barriers that are out there and think about ways to overcome them,” says USC Marshall Professor Jill Kickul.
Maja Matarić and James Van Cleve join the prestigious organization, which recognizes excellence in academia, the arts, industry, policy, research and science.
New USC research offers a radical new way to think about agriculture and the potential of using computer science to help guide the growing of food.
The event, held at Town and Gown on the University Park Campus, is a reminder that USC is above all else a community of scholars.
The actress is teaching “Performance for Camera” to graduating MFA students at the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
TITLE IX: “In my early career, there were just so few of us. I didn’t know that many women doctors,” says Roberta Williams.
USC Viterbi Professor Bora Gencturk to Turkey to investigate the resilience of buildings impacted by the recent earthquakes.
The fellowship will support Currid-Halkett’s research into the evolution of American cities.
Social work researchers believe it is within our reach to eliminate homelessness in the United States. Learn how it can be done.
EARTH MONTH: USC Viterbi’s Shaama Sharada is working to remove emissions from the atmosphere and convert it into products such as paint, adhesives, detergents and wastewater treatment chemicals.