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A century of waiting for new brain imaging is over

A team of USC engineers and scientists collaborates to image synapses in living zebrafish and gain a better understanding of memory, learning and forgetting.
Shri Narayanan, USC vice president for presidential initiaves, and Bistra Dilkina
Science/Technology

Q&A with Shri Narayanan, USC’s new vice president for presidential initiatives

Narayanan, a multidisciplinary scholar with the mind of a scientist and the heart of a musician, sees technology as a powerful force for positive change.
University

MEDIA ADVISORY: Live Viewing and Discussion of the First Democratic Debate

Social Impact

One more year of high school may affect obesity later in life

Nicos A. Petasis

Nicos A. Petasis

Skylar Funk was born Skylar Boorman but legally changed his last name to Funk — his late mother’s surname — shortly before enrolling at USC. “I’d been using it as a stage name since 2011,” he says. “Skylar Funk makes more sense as a music teacher.” (Photo: Colleen Allison)
Alumni

Sustainability rock star: Skylar Funk

Skylar Funk MA ’25 — a professional rock musician and climate activist — has helped make USC a greener place as graduate co-chair of the Student Sustainability Committee.
University

Increasing discord over abortion and LGBTQ+ issues keeps polarization levels high

University

USC Experts on Iraq War, 10 Years Later

Susan Grode
Arts

In memoriam: Susan Grode, 86, pioneering entertainment lawyer and longtime supporter of USC School of Dramatic Arts

Grode, who joined the drama school’s Board of Councilors in 2005, was one of four women in the USC Gould School of Law’s Class of 1977.
Standardized patient Heldine Aguiluz, top, poses as an adolescent patient receiving her annual checkup from USC nursing student Olivia Anderson over Zoom.
Health

Actors who portray patients adjust to the new world of virtual medical exams

USC employs hundreds of “standardized patients,” trained actors who help medical students diagnose disorders during exams. Since the pandemic hit, their duties have changed dramatically.