USC’s James Dolan notes that lessons learned from Ridgecrest, which occurred in an area of many small faults that criss-cross one another, could help scientists determine how future earthquakes might behave.
USC’s Todd Schroeder explains that it’s not just your workout that makes a difference, but things like what you eat , how you rest and even where your body stores fat. And don’t forget about genetics.
There’s one big reason the company is going all-in on the streaming service, according to USC Annenberg’s Jeffrey Cole: Disney needs to adapt to the rapidly changing media world.
The state is on the front lines grappling with income inequality, housing affordability and climate change. “The sheer difficulty, if not intractability, of these challenges seem of a scale that frightens me,” says historian and USC Professor William Deverell.
USC’s Jeffery Jenkins and a colleague look at the politics behind why Americans love/hate turning back the clock, and what it would take to bring and end to the practice.
USC’s Mark Humayun discusses his lifelong quest to find a cure for blindness: “This idea of putting a computer chip in the eye to restore sight was truly science fiction, but we made it science fact.”
In an op-ed, USC’s Greg Autry and a colleague argue that colonizing space is more than just an academic or scientific exercise: Humanity, they write, needs a backup plan to our home planet.
In an op-ed, USC’s Paul Irving observes that the continent — home to a majority of the world’s population — is ground zero for the age shift that is impacting societies across the globe.
USC’s Neeraj Mood notes the difference between what manufacturers receive and what consumers and insurers pay is shrouded in mystery. That makes it difficult for legislators to figure out how to make prescription drugs more affordable.
USC’s Leigh Tost notes that when people ask for advice, they’re agreeing to be influenced by them. So when people don’t take advice, they’re essentially rejecting the idea of being controlled by the advice-giver.
As robots take on bigger service roles, it’s crucial that users both trust and like them. As USC’s Maja Matarić notes, that can be tricky.
A study by co-authors including USC’s Jeffrey Weaver found that if a judge opts to sentence a criminal defendant to jail or prison, it could actually decrease the likelihood the defendant’s child turns to crime.
A report from the USC Price School of Public Publicy found that the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has generated more than $641 million in state and local revenue as well as more than $726 million in federal tax revenue.
Of the directors behind the 100 top-grossing movies of 2018, less than 4% were women — fewer than the year before. This year, though, Stacy L. Smith of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative sees a different picture: an all-time high with women at the helm of at least 12 of this year’s top films.
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has partnered with Walt Disney Studios to deploy a USC-developed digital tool that uses AI technology to examine film and television scripts.
“Why is it important for [women] to attend the conferences for the first few years after they have a child?” asks USC Viterbi’s Yan Liu. “Because this is the critical time not only for childbearing, but also a critical time for career development, and the women miss important opportunities if they don’t participate in the conference[s].”
The magazine, which again ranked USC among its top 25 national universities, makes a stop in L.A. on its California College Road Trip.
In an op-ed, USC Annenberg’s Nicholas Cull notes that international expositions — sometimes called world’s fairs — remain an important image-maker on the global stage. With the next expo opening in Dubai in fall 2020, he argues that plans for a U.S. pavilion are overdue.
USC Annenberg students questioned 2020 presidential candidates about their climate change proposals as part of MSNBC’s two-day Climate Forum at Georgetown University. USC one of three satellite locations from which students across the country participated in the live event.
More and more academic medical centers making groundbreaking changes to address burnout and stress. At the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Dean Laura Mosqueda chose to tie wellness and leadership into an associate dean role.
Leinart, who led the Trojans to a pair of Rose Bowls and was MVP of the 2004 Rose Bowl, is the 25th Trojan player, coach or administrator elected to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.
The keyboardist, vocalist, composer and USC Thornton faculty member returns to the Monterey Jazz Festival on Friday. This time, she’s a featured member of the Christian McBride Situation, a funk-powered group that delivers a kaleidoscopic array of African American musical idioms.
Judy Pa is part of a USC team studying the effects of virtual reality on the brain and cognition related to aging. She explained that, unlike 2D games, VR provides a first-person, 3D immersive experience that is critical to spatial memory training.
A study by researchers at USC’s Information Sciences Institute bots and fake accounts enabled by artificial intelligence have become even more skipped at copying human behaviors — and avoidindg detection.