
Trojan Family Magazine Winter 2022
Check out the Winter 2022 Trojan Family Magazine issue on Issuu.
USC, Cancer and One Daring Mission
Powered by an energized cancer-fighting ecosystem at USC, Trojan researchers aim to help the nation achieve its Cancer Moonshot
“All The Truths We Cannot See: A Chernobyl Story” premieres in the U.S. on April 21
USC Opera collaborated with University of The Arts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy to create this production that will premiere at the USC Bing Theatre.
Becoming an ‘eco-minimalist’: USC experts show how you can help the planet
EARTH WEEK: No one can solve environmental problems alone, but these actionable ideas can reduce your environmental footprint.
Changing the Playing Field
Trojan trailblazers reflect on how far the quest for women’s equality has come and where it still needs to go.
USC Annenberg and Paramount establish first-of-its-kind scholarship to advance Latinx diversity in newsrooms
USC It’s clear that America’s newsrooms do not reflect the populations they serve. While the nation’s Latinx population is expected to rise to 119 million or 29% of the total U.S. population by 2060, they currently comprise a mere 7.8% of the TV news workforce and 6.5% of TV news directors at non-Spanish language stations.
Long COVID affects 23% of positive cases, causing symptoms in ‘long haulers’ that may last for months
Interdisciplinary USC study also reveals predictors of long COVID.
New public database offers fresh insight on officer-involved homicides, nationally and locally
The National Officer Involved Homicide Database (NOIHD), developed by researchers at the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, includes data from more than a dozen sources regarding factors that may be associated with officer-involved homicides.
New doctors train by serving L.A.’s underserved in first-of-its-kind Street Medicine residency track
Caring for unhoused people offers key lessons to Family Medicine interns at the Keck School of Medicine of USC
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 challenges.
Wake up and smell the habit: Study finds we overlook the influence of habits — like drinking coffee
Coffee drinking and other daily behaviors are habitual, but people strongly discount the influence of habits when explaining their behavior, USC researchers find.
Suzanne Nora Johnson elected chair of USC Board of Trustees
The USC alumna is an internationally recognized leader who has served in key roles at major nonprofit and corporate organizations.
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 Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Finding a Cure
USC researcher Peter Kuhn possesses an unrelenting mission to improve the lives of cancer patients.
Decoding the “C” Word
USC researcher John Carpten strives to decode how genes influence cancer — especially for groups hit hardest by the disease
I Know What You Did On Venmo
A team led by USC Viterbi researchers has discovered millions of “privacy leaks” on the mobile social payments app.
Keck Medicine of USC Looks East
With the recent USC Arcadia Hospital affiliation, Keck Medicine of USC continues its tradition of innovation, growth and community partnership.
Lifelong and Worldwide
Meet Nadine Watt, the new president of the USCAA Board of Governors
USC’s 1946 NCAA Singles and Doubles Winner Bob Falkenburg, A Wimbledon and U.S. Open Champ, Dies
Bob Falkenburg, who won the 1946 NCAA singles and doubles titles at USC and went on to be a Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion, died on Jan. 6 in Santa Ynez, Calif., from natural causes. He was 95.
“We were young, they say. We have died. Remember us.”
USC Dornsife alumnus and Navy captain Chris Isleib helped create the first national memorial for World War I veterans, part of a long career spent telling the stories of America’s military.
USC Track & Field Great Richard Aldrich “Rink” Babka Passes Away Saturday
Olympic discus medalist co-captained the 1958 USC NCAA champions
USC Dornsife alumna Vallery Lomas says, ‘Life is what you bake it’
Vallery Lomas ’07 left her career as a lawyer to focus on baking — and won the “Great American Baking Show.” Now she’s an acclaimed cookbook author.
In Memoriam: Michael Parks, 78
Michael Parks, the esteemed former director of USC Annenberg’s School of Journalism and former editor of the Los Angeles Times, has died at the age of 78.
From the forge to the field: The story (and the person) behind the Trojan sword and armor
The pieces are as iconic as Traveler, the Trojan Marching Band and the football program itself. But where the armament is crafted couldn’t be any farther from the bright lights and boisterous crowd of the Coliseum.
