National Law Journal

USC is the latest top law school to embrace the GRE

With the USC Gould School of Law now accepting GRE scores from applicants, nearly half of the country’s top 20 law schools have embraced the alternative to the LSAT.

Forbes

How AI could tackle city problems like graffiti, trash and fires

Putting artificial intelligence to work on real-world problems is the vision for the Intelligent Internet of Things Integration Consortium (I3), a new initiative launched by USC, the City of Los Angeles and a number of stakeholders including researchers and industry.

The Nation

‘Call me a refugee, not an immigrant’

USC Dornsife’s Viet Thanh Nguyen, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer, reflects on refugee literature and how it plays in our “nation of immigrants.”

People's Daily

China’s economic growth over 40 years

An op-ed by USC Dornsife’s Robert Dekle reflects on China’s economic growth since opening its markets up to other countries.

San Francisco Chronicle

Carol Muske-Dukes’ poem describes a difficult birth

In “Blue Rose,” the USC Dornsife poet tells of a child who survives her journey into the world.

Los Angeles Business Journal

Keck Medicine of USC to open outpatient clinic in Arcadia

The Atlantic

Satellite images can harm the poorest citizens

Computer analysis of satellite images for developing cities will often overlook urban communities and harm a city’s poorest residents by inadequately distributing public services, according to a study by Annette Kim of the USC Price School of Public Policy.

Reuters

Many people with mild brain injuries don’t get follow-up care

Many adults treated at U.S. emergency rooms for mild brain injuries fail to get follow-up care within three months even when they have moderate to severe concussion symptoms, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study suggests.

America

50 years later, what can Americans learn from Robert Kennedy?

USC Dornsife Professor Bob Shrum weighs in on a Netflix documentary about Sen. Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1968. Shrum calls Kennedy’s victory speech after the Democratic presidential primary in California a shining moment of hope.

The Guardian

Fitbit could help doctors predict how patients will react to chemotherapy

Wearable fitness trackers like Fitbit could help doctors predict how well cancer patients will tolerate chemotherapy. Doctors might also use them to intervene before patients end up in the hospital. That’s the finding of USC’s Jorge Nieva and other researchers.

Salon

A new bond between the public and universities could brighten America’s future

USC Dornsife Dean Amber D. Miller writes that today’s way of life would not exist without breakthroughs made at American research universities.

The Conversation

For many South Korean Christians, reunification with the North is a religious goal

During a visit to South Korea, USC Annenberg’s Diane Winston and students find many Korean Christians are wary of Kim Jong-un’s talk of reconciliation. Their preference is reunification: one democratic country where Christianity is openly practiced.

Desert Sun

What the Inland Empire’s past says about its future

Inland Shift: Race, Space and Capital in Southern California by USC American Studies Professor Juan De Lara explores the economic and social upheaval brought on by the region’s booming ”logistics economy.”

BigThink

The one thing A.I. needs is the one thing we likely cannot program

USC Dornsife’s Antonio Damasio argues that feelings are the basis for consciousness and lead to the development of cultures. If this is the case, the consciousness pursued for artificial intelligence is not the same as human consciousness.

The Hill

Effects of historically low birth rate will reverberate for years to come

An op-ed by USC’s Dana Goldman and colleagues argues that a 30-year low in the birth rate could have devastating impacts on Social Security and Medicare, and is well below the level needed to maintain existing population levels.

Inside Higher Education

Teaching evaluation shake-up

USC eliminated student evaluations of teaching this spring. Students will still evaluate their professors, with some adjustments, including a new focus on students’ own engagement in a course. But those ratings will not be used in high-stakes personnel decisions.

The Washington Post

The demise of the white majority is a myth

Rumors of white America’s demise over lost status have been greatly exaggerated, according to an opinion piece by USC’s Dowell Myers and Morris Levy. That’s because the prevailing definition of whiteness is stubbornly stuck in the past.

NPR

As 13 Reasons Why returns, high schools try to help pupils who are thinking of suicide

A study by Ron Avi Astor of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and colleagues that found 1 in 5 teens surveyed said they had seriously considered suicide.

The Hollywood Reporter

Pulitzer finalist Hitler in Los Angeles optioned as feature film

The true story by USC history Professor Steven J. Ross details how an amateur spy ring foiled Nazi plots in Hollywood, including one to assassinate Charlie Chaplin and other stars.

The Washington Post

The U.S. is losing the most important tech contest since the space race

Quantum systems promise to upend just about everything, writes USC President C. L. Max Nikias — but, like in the days after the Soviets launched Sputnik, America has some catching up to do.

Geek.com

Are video games really better when you play as yourself?

Apparently not: Research by Gale Lucas of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and colleagues found that photorealistic avatars — ones that look like the players — have little effect on players’ performance.

The Conversation

Regulating social platforms has dangers, like punishing content creators

USC Annenberg’s David Craig and a colleague argue that regulation of content on social platforms must not stifle new voices and perspectives.

VentureBeat

USC Games Expo shows off more than 80 games

The USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Interactive Media & Games Division and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science join together for the first-ever event, which drew more than 1,000 visitors.

Pacific Standard

Air pollution linked to delinquent behavior among children

Underprivileged kids growing up in congested cities must overcome many handicaps. A new USC study suggests one of them is the very air they breathe.