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As USC Village’s inaugural faculty in residence wrap up their final year in the complex’s residential colleges, they reflect on the community they helped build in the eight years since the facility opened.
USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute is explopring how large language models like ChatGPT understand — and sometimes violate — legal frameworks.
Finance leader Bret Johnsen and real estate executives Wil Smith and Glenn Sonnenberg are elected to the university’s governing board.
Growing up with financial problems can lead to symptoms of anxiety and loneliness nearly 20 years earlier than for those who felt financially secure, a USC Dornsife study finds.
Powering AI’s Energy Needs
Artificial intelligence has tremendous potential — and a tremendous thirst for electricity, too. So researchers at the USC School of Advanced Computing and other units within the USC Viterbi School of Engineering are working to dramatically improve computing efficiency.
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Long Before the L.A.-area Wildfires, America’s Housing Crisis Displaced Millions
A USC study reveals how decades of policy missteps fueled today’s housing crisis, pushing the dream of homeownership out of reach for millions, including the largest generation in U.S. history: millennials.
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Bringing Shade to Local Neighborhoods
With assistance from USC and the federal government, the city of L.A. is cooling local neighborhoods one school at a time by planting trees along sidewalks.
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The University of Choice
A record 82,008 students applied to become first-year Trojans in 2024.
Transforming USC’s Athletics Facilities
University President Carol Folt’s “moonshot” for athletics builds on recent momentum to support all 23 sports programs and launch USC Athletics into the future.
Frontiers of Computing
USC launches a $1B-plus initiative for computing including advanced computation, quantum computing, AI and ethics. It’s the largest, most comprehensive academic initiative in USC’s history.