Virtual reality. Humans wired for health. Digital sculptors crafting 3-D bodies with code, not clay. They're all part of our high-tech future, shared by USC researchers at the Global Conversation in New York.

Ignite USC raises funds to support innovative ideas coming from faculty, staff, students and alumni.

$23 million in awards creates two Centers of Excellence and establishes USC as a hub for understanding the brain through data mining.

A genetic mutation may be the crucial link to prevent obesity with high-sugar diets.