Social Impact

Research from USC Marshall’s Andrii Parkhomenko analyzes how increasing home prices are driving economic polarization.

The faculty members included in the 2026 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings cross multiple disciplines.

STORY, PHOTOS and VIDEOS: High schoolers living in the regions affected by the Eaton and Pacific Palisades wildfires learn the skills to capture their communities’ stories.

The civil rights leader visited USC and its surrounding neighborhoods throughout the late ’50s and ’60s in his quest to improve the lives of Black Americans.

The EdPolicy Hub at USC Rossier will launch the project with $200,000 in funding from Google.org.

Managing fire risk is also about caring for one’s community. Two USC experts share how learning that ethos can begin in schools.

“I was trying to get to know a place through its remains,” says one student.

A year after the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, emergency management professionals in the Trojan Family recall taking their experience outside the classroom to fight the disaster and save lives.

In the years since Anthony Lee became president of Westcliff University, the Irvine school has grown to 2,000 students from 100 and earned its accreditation.

Faculty, alumni and supporters share how the school of Gerontology has shaped the aging field — and continues to lead into the future.