Annual contest urges students to connect with pop culture, leading to stronger communication of science in film.

A majority of Americans live in cities within 50 miles of a coast. But as sea levels rise, are those cities doomed? USC’s Matthew Kahn thinks America’s coastal cities will adapt, get ahead of climate change and be just fine.

The site serves as the primary publishing outlet for the school’s student-led multimedia teams.

A specialist in early American political thought and gender studies, Kann was a revered scholar and dedicated teacher.

Using sonographic imaging, a USC professor seeks to detect the earliest signs of the disorder.

But a career in medicine was not what this retired surgeon had in mind as a young man.

USC-affiliated faculty members aim to cure diseases using stem cells as tools.

The island’s legislature has a unique opportunity to facilitate a restructuring of its public sector debt, says USC’s Robert Rasmussen and a Duke University colleague.

Death may be the great equalizer, but the inequalities suffered in life become inequalities in the experience of dying as well, notes Sunita Puri of Keck Medicine of USC.

“This is not the 1940s,” says Todd Boyd of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. “It’s 2016. It’s the era of the nation’s first African-American president, so I think there’s a light being pointed in Hollywood’s direction right now.”