Can Policy Reforms Get Young Voters and People of Color to the Polls?
To encourage civic engagement among young adults and minorities, USC’s Mindy Romero aims to make it easier to cast a ballot.
USC stem cell scientist named to newly endowed professorship
Justin Ichida has been named the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Associate Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at USC.
USC’s Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic
They disinfect hospital rooms and feed neighbors in need. These members of the Trojan Family take action in times of crisis.
Hands-on Topics Can’t Be Taught Online? Think Again
How do you teach drama without a stage? Jam together as a jazz band online? Dissect a frog without the frog? You get creative.
Esteemed tax scholar and USC Gould Professor Edward Kleinbard, 68
The committed educator and influential author passed away June 28.
USC Stem Cell scientist Ya-Wen Chen grows miniature lungs with maximum potential
She came to USC to start a lab — one that today holds a key resource in the fight against COVID-19 — and to be herself.
How Dad inspired me: Professors reflect on their fathers’ influence
With Father’s Day on our minds, seven USC faculty members share touching stories of how their dads helped shape who they are today.
From the research lab to your doctor’s office: Here’s what happens in phase 1, 2, 3 drug trials
The process for drug and treatment approval is long, USC neurologist Mindy Aisen notes, but is designed to guarantee that what a physician gives you will help — not hurt — you.
Why cellphone videos of black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs
A USC Annenberg scholar explains why these easily accessed images should viewed with solemn reserve — and careful circulation.
How to potentially restore hearing? USC Stem Cell study offers clues
Research indicates how an important protein sends signals to the hearing organ to attain its correct size during embryonic development.
Feeling lonely? A friendly USC retiree would love to be your pen pal
A new matching system from USC’s Emeriti Center brings together Trojans from all walks of life who may feel isolated due to COVID-19 social distancing.
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.
Can you teach ceramics and theater on Zoom? Yes, and here’s how
Architecture, drama and other hands-on courses may be tough to teach remotely, but these USC professors are making it work.
Andrew McMahon elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The decorated USC professor is recognized for his contributions to developmental biology.
USC Viterbi engineers heed industry call to action amid COVID-19
The school has close ties to the National Academy of Engineering, which asked students and professionals nationwide to offer solutions to the pandemic.
Prominent sociologist Pedro Noguera named as USC Rossier School of Education dean
One of the nation’s top experts in urban education and social inequality will lead USC’s education school beginning July 1.
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.
USC’s creative makers mobilize garages and shops to protect doctors and nurses through 3D printing
Hundreds of faculty and staff members, students and volunteers are building face shields and respirator masks to answer the call from USC’s medical leaders.
The long history of U.S. racism against Asian Americans, from ‘yellow peril’ to the ‘Chinese virus’
Adrian De Leon, a USC assistant professor of American Studies and ethnicity, notes that the prevailing narrative about Asian Americans was one of the “model minority.”
Artificial intelligence gets multimillion-dollar boost at USC Viterbi
Three electrical and computer engineers will use $2 million from DARPA to address the challenge of training AI.
USC music professors learn how to teach from a distance
Faculty at the USC Thornton School of Music are rethinking their curriculum to maximize opportunities for musicians practicing social distancing.
Richard Reeves, longtime USC Annenberg faculty member and presidential chronicler, 83
He was an award-winning author and a prolific political journalist for The New York Times, New York magazine and Esquire.
USC Viterbi puts distance education experience to use during COVID-19
Watch how DEN@Viterbi, one of the top online engineering programs in the nation, is stepping up to help the whole engineering school go online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A monumental behind-the-scenes effort is helping USC move classes online in response to coronavirus
Experts in information technology and teaching are assisting USC’s faculty and students in temporarily shifting to an online learning environment with tools like Blackboard and Zoom.