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Q&A: How AI can expand mental health support beyond the clinic
USC Center for AI in Society interim Co-Director John Blosnich discusses how artificial intelligence is uncovering opportunities for mental health support in “industries of disruption” — everyday places people turn to during life’s most difficult moments.
Rise of the machines: What Angelenos think about driverless cars, AI’s threat to Hollywood jobs and more
Waymos may seem to be everywhere, but relatively few Angelenos have used the robotaxis, according to the latest LABarometer survey from USC Dornsife’s Center for Economic and Social Research.
Arists announced for USC Thornton ‘Songs in the Key of Life at 50: Reimagined’
One-night-only concert reimagines Stevie Wonder’s landmark album, bringing together acclaimed guest vocalists with students, faculty and alumni of the music school.
Can dietary supplements cause liver damage?
Though many people don’t realize it, the answer to that question is a clear “yes.” A Keck Medicine of USC hepatologist advises.
The battle over voting rights goes way back
In examining the history of Congress’ influence over elections, USC Gould Dean Franita Tolson focuses on the 18th and 19th centuries.
Celebrate Constitution Day 2026 with USC
Congress designates Sept. 17 as a day to recognize the value and history of the guiding document.
Featured from USC Trojan Family Magazine
USC offers unique opportunities for students to do hands-on, lifesaving research alongside faculty mentors.
Surfers Jason Kutch and Peter Westwick — both USC scholars — discuss the science and mysteries of the ocean’s primordial force.
USC researchers are creating immersive, high-tech simulations of ocean waves to better understand the benefits of surfing, the devastation of tsunamis and the dynamics of the ocean itself.
From diagnosing disease to accelerating drug development, USC researchers are using artificial intelligence to tackle urgent real-world challenges — while keeping ethics, empathy and human impact at the center of innovation.
Latest ‘Trojan Talks’ Episodes
Episode 9: Beong-Soo Kim talks with Assal Habibi
The president sits down with Assal Habibi, USC associate research professor of psychology and director of the USC Center for Music, Brain and Society, to discuss how music — something deeply woven into society and the human experience — helps shape the brain.
Episode 8: Beong-Soo Kim and Prem Natarajan
The president sits down with Prem Natarajan — executive vice president, head of enterprise AI and chief scientist at Capital One, as well as a USC computer science professor — to discuss how AI is reshaping organizations and what it means for universities and the future of talent.
Episode 7: Beong-Soo Kim with Peter Mancall
President Beong-Soo Kim sits down with Distinguished Professor Peter Mancall, one of the nation’s leading scholars of early North America, to discuss his forthcoming book Contested Continent, the deeper forces that shaped the nation’s founding, and the lasting value of studying history. With USC serving as the only university host of the National Archives’ traveling exhibition of founding-era documents, they explore deep scholarship, public memory, and the role higher education plays in connecting the past to the present.
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A $200 million gift from venture capitalist Mark Stevens and his wife, Mary, will build on USC’s strengths by leveraging AI to accelerate breakthroughs in the health sciences, security, business and the arts.
A USC Dornsife-led study found that the Eaton fire’s daily carbon monoxide emissions far exceeded L.A. County’s average daily emissions from all human activity.
Phillinganes, a five-decade veteran of the music industry, will join his Grammy-winning longtime collaborator on stage Monday.
As part of ShadeLA, the USC School of Architecture-led competition judged entries from hundreds of students across Los Angeles for the best modular shade design.
The degree is the first undergraduate program of its kind in the country.
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