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244
Research centers and institutes
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Cross-school research institutes
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Research expenditures in 2020
Creating and collaborating to shape the future
How a USC-developed ‘robot friend’ is making AI education more accessible
USC researchers have created a low-cost learning kit to help high school and college students build and customize their own small robot.
Read MoreMore than 11% of U.S. 12th graders used new hemp-derived cannabis psychoactive last year, study finds
USC researchers conducted one of the first nationally representative studies of adolescent use of delta-8-THC products, which have intoxicating effects that resemble marijuana.
Read More$3.95M grant establishes center to make stem cell-derived organ models more accessible
The grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will create the USC ASCEND Center.
Read MoreSociology professor examines U.S. penal system’s ‘pay-to-stay’ policy
USC Dornsife’s Brittany Friedman is examining the relationship between the prison system, politics and state finances.
Read MoreFrom wood fossils to plant-based burgers — with an Earth sciences degree
Alumna Hyejung “Hazel” Lee honed her lab skills at USC Dornsife. Now she uses them at Beyond Meats, a maker of meat substitutes.
Read MoreShifting paradigms, saving lives
Economist Neeraj Sood isn’t afraid to buck conventional wisdom when it poses a barrier to public health. His groundbreaking research on childhood illness in India is just the tip of the iceberg.
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