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Humanities

What’s in a book? Often, a good friend

It’s a bit of a paradox, USC Dornsife’s Emily Anderson notes: Readers often look like they’re all alone, and yet, “you’re with these characters, you’re with the author, you’re in another world.”

May 8, 2025
American Fiction: Percival Everett
Humanities

USC Dornsife’s Percival Everett wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction

The English professor’s novel James offers a searing retelling of a Mark Twain classic — and has now earned fiction’s highest honor.

May 5, 2025
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Crowd
University

Literature lovers converge on campus for the L.A. Times Festival of Books

PHOTO GALLERY: Tens of thousands turn out on the USC University Park Campus for the nation’s largest literary festival.

Apr 28, 2025
Luka Jones
Arts

Trojan picks up philosophy doctorate on his way to major movie, TV roles

If not for a last-minute Hollywood break, Luka Jones would probably be a philosophy professor.

Apr 23, 2025

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Trojan Family L.A. Wildfire Relief Fund: Fire damage
University

Trojan Family L.A. Wildfire Relief Fund continues to provide much-needed support

Alumni and friends have given nearly $4.3 million and helped more than 450 students, faculty and staff members.

Jun 30, 2025
Steven Bilderain and Stone James
Alumni

Meet the USC alums who run the high desert city of Twentynine Palms

USC Marshall alumnus Steven Bilderain is the city’s mayor, while USC Price grad Stone James serves as city manager.

Jun 30, 2025
Doug Emhoff
University

Doug Emhoff joins USC Gould faculty as Distinguished Visiting Professor

The USC alumnus, who is married to former Vice President Kamala Harris, brings three decades of legal experience and leadership to the university’s law school.

Jun 23, 2025
USC alumna Autumn Lauderdale-Mora and family
University

Alumni event brings together Trojan Family months after the L.A. wildfires

STORY AND VIDEO: A USC Alumni Association lunchtime gathering provides replacements for burned diplomas, USC swag and connection for Trojans affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires.

Jun 23, 2025
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Health

‘Precision medicine’ for cancer patients may not always be so precise

USC researchers create an online tool that minimizes inaccurate results due to inadequate genetic population data.

Nov 1, 2017
tanning bed
Health

‘Sunscreen gene’ may help protect against skin cancer

USC-led study reveals that melanoma patients with deficient or mutant copies of the gene are less protected from harmful ultraviolet rays.

May 19, 2016
Man with telescope
Health

‘Hunger hormone’ turns eating less into eating more

If scientists can suppress ghrelin’s activity in the brain, they may be able to cut down on the desire to overeat.

Dec 15, 2015
Eli and Edythe Broad
Health

$10 million gift from Broad Foundation advances USC stem cell research on aging-associated disease

The award is part of a larger donation to three Broad Foundation-funded stem cell research centers in California.

Jun 26, 2019
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