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Heartfelt tributes and joyous reunions highlight USC Title IX celebration
TITLE IX: On the 50th anniversary of the landmark legislation, women of Troy and allies look back -- and ahead.
Roe v. Wade repeal may exacerbate women’s health inequities even as candidates use it to gain votes, USC experts say
Health experts see abortion as a public health issue -- but in politics, it's a campaign issue and this is a critical election year.
USC Viterbi research to streamline robot delivery
Researchers will study optimized symbiotic vehicles for use in warehouses and for robot deliveries.
Students learn the power of yoga and mindfulness
A Maymester course heavy on exercise and meditation is part of a new minor aimed at helping students take control of their health.
USC panel offers complex perspectives on Juneteenth holiday
"How does one be celebratory when thinking about a history of over 250 years of enslavement?" USC's chief inclusion and diversity officer asks.
‘Title IX changed USC immensely,’ women’s sports trailblazer says
TITLE IX: Barbara Hedges -- hired as USC associate athletic director in 1973 -- pushed for scholarships, funding and growth.
Yellowstone flooding underscores environmental pressures facing U.S. national parks
USC researcher Douglas Noble discusses the impact of climate change on Old Faithful, shrinking glaciers and desert oases.
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.
A new use for platinum: Improving the quality of water
Learn how USC researchers identified a new treatment for harmful chemicals in wastewater.
USC repeats as overall winner of Pac-12 Zero Waste Challenge for basketball
The university, which prioritizes sustainability, also was named overall winner for Pac-12 Zero Waste Challenge for the 2021 football season. USC has now earned the overall recognition four times.
Willingness to give away money among older adults linked to cognitive profile of early Alzheimer’s
Participants who gave away more money scored significantly lower on cognitive tests known to be sensitive to Alzheimer's disease than those who gave less, a USC study finds.
Is there an upside to today’s high gasoline prices?
When you factor in the cost to the environment, USC Price's Marlon Boarnet notes, the price at the pump -- even at today's prices -- doesn't cover the true cost of using gasoline.
USC Juneteenth celebration to focus on ‘triumph over adversity’
The newest federal holiday is seen as opportunity to acknowledge centuries of struggle and to celebrate courage.
Groundbreaking study shows substantial differences in brain structure in people with anorexia
New findings from the largest study to date by an international group of neuroscience experts show significant reductions in gray matter in people with anorexia nervosa.
USC Bovard College graduate makes lasting impact on LGBTQ+ curriculum
??? PRIDE MONTH: When Charli Gross expressed concerns over his program's LGBTQ+ course section, the professor quickly acknowledged Gross' criticism to the class and started the updating process.
Is recycled wastewater the answer to California’s water shortage?
USC Viterbi researcher Dan McCurry discusses recycling sewage, how golf courses are watered and his personal water usage.
In good company: Paul Daniel Dapkus joins Einstein, Curie and Viterbi as Franklin Medal recipient
Dapkus was honored for pioneering work that enabled the lighting, energy and communications technologies on which our modern world relies.
What is ‘committed warming’? A climate scientist explains why global warming can continue long after emissions end
Because of humans, the concentration of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now 50% higher than before the industrial era and these gases are raising Earth's temperature.
Stress accelerates aging of immune system, study finds
Traumatic life events, discrimination prematurely weaken body's mix of immune cells.
Your Brain on Air Pollution
Research at USC is helping define the environment's impact on the brain. Growing evidence links the long-term effects of dirty air to accelerated cognitive decline and dementia, and USC
The Earth moves far under our feet: New study shows Earth’s inner core oscillates
USC Dornsife scientists' analysis of seismic data identifies a six-year cycle of super- and sub-rotation that affects the length of a day.
Alumna Clare Yarka’s passion drives her career in research
The Trojan entered industry immediately after earning her master of science degree in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine from USC and never looked back.
Failures in the generic drug market cost patients millions
Growing evidence suggests that U.S. consumers overpay for generics by as much as 20% while pharmacy benefit managers pad profits, a USC Schaeffer Center white paper finds.
Student playwrights draw inspiration from world’s largest LGBTQ+ materials repository
PRIDE MONTH: Trojans get creative after a visit to the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, writing scenes based on a collection of photos from a 1950s gay wedding in Philadelphia.
Study find links between inflammatory bowel disease and depression
The Keck Medicine of USC study finds the links also extend to siblings of patients with inflammatory bowel disease or depression.
Social dissatisfaction predicts vulnerability to financial exploitation in older adults
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC led the first study linking interpersonal problems to financial vulnerability over time.
Deaf children with learning delays benefit from cochlear implants more than hearing aids
The Keck Medicine of USC study demonstrates the need for early cochlear implant use for deaf children, regardless of developmental impairments.
USC awarded more than $16 million for research on vascular dysfunction, Alzheimer’s disease
Grant from the National Institute on Aging will fund research on the role that blood vessel dysfunction plays in the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
USC researchers simulate how COVID-19 transmits in a classroom
The study shows that, amid the highly transmissible Delta variant, at least 93% of students should be vaccinated, with everyone wearing masks indoors, to prevent an uptick in cases.
Julia M. Ritter named dean of the USC Kaufman School of Dance
The dance artist and professor led the dance department at Rutgers University, earning recognition for her scholarly and choreographic research.
Uncertainty casts a shadow on 2022 Summit of the Americas
As the summit gets underway in L.A., USC's Gerardo Munck discusses its potential, the state of Latin American democracy and trade, and the political challenges facing leaders in the Western Hemisphere.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles awarded $3 million to study opioid use in hospitalized infants
Researchers receive grant to study the long-term influence of opioids, a class of powerful painkillers, on hospitalized, critically ill infants.
From Great to Greater
Dr. Stewart Fordham has a vision: a future day when every individual has an annual MRI to detect disease early, when it is most easily treatable.
Building reputations as team players — in the lab and on the basketball court
USC Stem Cell alumni Litao Tao and Haoze "Vincent" Yu bring their A game to new positions in academia and industry.
‘We will always find our people’: USC kicks off Pride Month with celebration
PRIDE MONTH: Students, faculty and staff share personal reflections about finding and building community.
USC Receives Historic Cryptocurrency Gift
Wen Hou’s landmark $1.1 million gift will support clinicians and researchers advancing the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions
Improving music appreciation for the world’s more than 700,000 cochlear implant users
For more than 700,000 cochlear implant users worldwide, music appreciation is not always what it should be. Raymond Goldsworthy and USC's Bionic Ear Lab are working to change that.
USC Michelson Center celebrates 3 state-of-the-art research facilities
The grand opening ceremonies celebrate the latest cutting-edge facilities at the center, which brings together researchers from the university’s engineering and medical schools and the USC
Research award accelerates USC’s work on next-generation cell therapy for prostate cancer
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awards $5.8 million to researchers in the Jane Ann Nohl Division of Hematology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
USC Pride Month to celebrate ‘The Power of Community’
PRIDE MONTH: Kickoff on June 1 includes virtual event sharing personal stories and Keck Hospital of USC flag-raising ceremony.
Driven to advance health care, nonprofit director graduates with online MBA
COMMENCEMENT 2022: USC's reputation drew Olivia Stroud to the university's online MBA program.
Exposure to air pollution can worsen patient outcomes from COVID-19
A study by researchers of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Kaiser Permanente finds a link between exposure to airborne particulate matter and increased risk of serious coronavirus complications.
Electronic ‘nudges’ may improve safety in opioid prescribing among California doctors, study finds
Researchers observed a 23% drop in opioid prescriptions and a 27% increase in prescriptions for naloxone.
USC and Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University announce strategic partnership
The agreement creates dynamic interdisciplinary educational tracks for students in the rapidly growing, high-demand fields of biomedical engineering and regulatory science.
Tsunami threats are greatly underestimated in current models, new research shows
An analysis of historical seismic events by a USC Dornsife scientist helps explain why large tsunamis still occur after relatively small earthquakes.
How a routine eye exam saved a patient’s life
Anne Crile noticed changes in her vision, but she never imagined those symptoms would lead to the diagnosis of a life-threatening brain tumor.
Showcasing the role of food in the lives of Mexican and Mexican American grandmothers in L.A.
USC Dornsife's Sarah Portnoy and USC Annenberg's Amara Aguilar join forces to create the exhibit Abuelita's Kitchen: Mexican Food Stories and a related course teaching students how to use digital
National Institutes of Health awards first part of $30 million grant to USC team for stroke project
Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC move experimental drug closer to approval for clinical use.
The importance of studying health data that represents everyone
The American Life in Real-time project includes numbers from vulnerable and historically underrepresented populations to help improve health care across the board.
Protein protects cells from stressful forces, and diseases such as muscular dystrophy, by forming ‘nanoclusters’
A team of USC Dornsife scientists finds new evidence of how the protein emerin functions and how it may be linked to a rare and debilitating form of muscular dystrophy.
Former Trojan offensive lineman has been driven to succeed from childhood — on and off the field
COMMENCEMENT 2022: Frank Martin II is a busy guy: He's accumulated three USC degrees in six years, all while being a spokesman for Athletics' Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Now he's
Meet the USC badminton star who wants to make ethical and sustainable gear
COMMENCEMENT 2022: USC Viterbi graduate Saket Venkatesh is harnessing his industrial and systems engineering skills to develop badminton shuttlecocks that avoid animal cruelty and cut waste.
Report details potential problems caused by lack of diversity in clinical trials
Model from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics plays key role in report form the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
An architect of the landmark Human Genome Project looks back
USC University Professor Emeritus Michael Waterman stood at the forefront of computational biology 40 years ago. The world is still catching up.
New evidence on how adults’ large bone injuries repair
Key to the repair strategy examined in the USC study is a gene with a fittingly heroic name: Sonic hedgehog.
President Folt encourages business sustainability class to ‘engage people’s hearts’
The president -- a biologist -- notes that diverse perspectives are key to creating a more sustainable future, whether students come from backgrounds in business, engineering or the arts.
Laguna Niguel fire signals start of a long wildfire season in California
USC experts predict wildfire threat to grow in coming years, but see hope in new mitigation methods.
5 ways USC commencement is cleaner and greener
COMMENCEMENT 2022: The goal for commencement ceremony venues is to be zero-waste -- or as close to zero-waste as possible.
Marine Corps veteran and new USC graduate helps convert shipping containers into housing
COMMENCEMENT 2022: J.D. Barba spent five years as an active-duty Marine. His new mission: building modular housing in the Crenshaw District for homeless people.
USC Viterbi Dean Yannis Yortsos receives top award for engineering education
The dean is presented with the National Academy of Engineering's Gordon Prize -- the nation's most celebrated for engineering education -- for his role in co-creating the Grand Challenge Scholars
How turbulent times have shaped the USC Class of 2022
COMMENCEMENT 2022: COVID-19, a racial reckoning, the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and anti-LGBTQ+ laws created a challenging climate for these students' academic journeys.
Graduating anthropology major discovers a deeper sense of self and purpose
COMMENCEMENT 2022: Encounters with key faculty members helped Hameedha Khan overcome the uncertainty that marked her initial days at USC.
USC Children’s Health Study, now 30 years old, raises nationwide awareness of pollution’s harms
The research helped establish clean-air norms and inspired dozens of spinoff studies on air quality.
Legal scholar wins Fulbright award to study intersection of folklore and the legal system
USC Dornsife's Alison Dundes Renteln will examine the ways in which laws address and protect traditional beliefs, stories and cultural ideas.
USC scientists identify genetic variants linked to mobility changes in aging
Study suggests changes in strength and mobility may depend on genetic variations in a critical mitochondrial enzyme and provides a new biomarker linked to age-related muscle health.
Eileen Crimmins, Manuel Pastor elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The prestigious honorary society recognizes exceptional individuals from academia, the arts, industry, public policy and research and engages them in addressing significant global and national
Mural celebrates 40 years of service to USC Asian American and Pacific Islander students
The piece at the Asian Pacific American Student Services celebrates the countless USC students who have found support and community through the cultural center in the last 40 years.
Analysis of more than 82,000 autistic children’s health care usage data finds disparities
A USC analysis of data collected from more than 82,000 autistic children across seven years reveals significant differences in their health care utilization according to sex, race and ethnicity.
Throwing shade at L.A.: USC researcher measures impact of trees, or the lack of them
USC spatial scientist John Wilson discusses the benefits of more trees in the urban core, the differences between Beverly Hills and Boyle Heights, and how trees will shape L.A.'s future.
‘Like a stick of dynamite’: USC scholars reflect on legacy of 1992 L.A. uprising and police beating of Rodney King
USC experts remember the events that led up to the violence and protests, and consider more recent violence against Blacks including George Floyd and Eric Garner and fatal confrontations between