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.
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.
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.
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.
USC Dornsife Dean Amber D. Miller writes that today’s way of life would not exist without breakthroughs made at American research universities.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
USC Annenberg’s David Craig and a colleague argue that regulation of content on social platforms must not stifle new voices and perspectives.
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.
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.
Dean Andrew Guzman attributes the results in part to enhanced investment in career services and a strategic effort to expand the geographic reach for students seeking work.
Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and a colleague find that a higher number of college graduates in an area raises incomes for everyone — but a 1 percent increase in college grads leads to a roughly 2.5 percent increase in the cost of rent.
At USC, researchers have been working to create 3-D human images with a variety of systems for more than a decade.
Turns out that a lot of what you see in Avengers: Infinity War and other Marvel films is based on real science. Clifford Johnson — USC professor of physics and a Marvel adviser — makes sure of it.
The Long Beach Health and Human Services Department is teaming with the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the Milken Institute, a nonprofit think tank, to design technology that will analyze which of its services to help the homeless are most effective.
C. L. Max Nikias talks about how USC has worked to become veteran-friendly by admitting more veterans, creating an on-campus veterans center and developing academic programs with veterans in mind.