USC’s Gary Painter notes that California cities are experiencing an exodus of workers who can’t afford to live close to available jobs. “Newly-graduated college graduates who are looking to work in growing sectors are actually making decisions, now, to live elsewhere,” he says.
A Keck School of Medicine of USC study of more than 11,000 people suggests an association between feeling burned out, and having an irregular heartbeat — which could lead to blood clots, stroke, heart attack and other potentially fatal cardiac complications.
It’s not just a modern problem: Airborne toxins may have shaped our DNA over millions of years. But USC’s Caleb Finch and a colleague speculate that our evolutionary legacy may have increased our vulnerability to diseases linked to air pollution.
USC Dornsife international relations expert Ben Graham discusses why Immigrants could be the key to staying ahead of China.
“Adaptive therapy” uses principles of evolution to try to manage cancer as a chronic condition. “It really is a radically different way of approaching things,” says USC’s David Agus.
After a 41-year career with the Los Angeles Police Department, Paysinger joined the university as its vice president of civic engagement, strengthening community outreach and involvement in USC’s neighborhoods.
USC’s Diane Winston says it’s no surprise that young people have lost trust in religious institutions: “Their scandals, the sexuality improprieties, these problems of … pedophilia, of sexism, of misogyny. Why would you want to give your time and money to an institution that countenances or protects people who do these kinds of things?”
USC’s Norman Lear Center for Media found female immigrants in every racial group are underrepresented, immigrants are often overrepresented as criminals and immigrant characters are frequently portrayed as less educated on TV than they are in reality.
Baby boomers are already entering retirement. USC’s Dowell Myers explains what will happen as they pass away in large numbers and their homes flood the housing market. Could be too many people selling homes and not enough buyers?
“People often consider walking and running to be activities that the body is able to perform on autopilot,” write USC’s David Raichlen and a colleague. “Instead, exercise seems to be as much a cognitive activity as a physical one.”
USC musicologist Nate Sloan discusses the surprising science behind why songs by Rihanna, Drake and others have become breakout hits.
Mike Chinoy of USC’s U.S.-China Institute says he expects China to aggressively make use of social media — perhaps even drawing inspiration from President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter.
They prance, dance, high-knee march and spin on college fields nationwide. As traditions change, so do the faces in these high-profile campus roles. Just ask India Anderson, USC’s first female drum major.
The Christian movement Independent Network Charismatic is changing America’s religious and political landscape, says USC Dornsife sociologist Richard Flory.
USC seismologist John Vidale notes the value of giving the public advance warning of a quake. But it’s still unknown how the public will react to the inevitable false alarms and too-late warnings.
The debut comes during a semester where mental well-being is a particular concern on the university’s campuses.
USC, winner of four of its last five games and now back home after a victorious two-game road trip, hosts UCLA this Saturday for the 89th version of the nation’s most famous crosstown rivalry.
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.