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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.
Alzheimer's study
Health

Could a pill provide the dementia-fighting benefits of exercise? USC study raises the possibility

USC Leonard Davis Professor Constanza Cortes’ lab is looking for ways to help older people who can’t exercise due to medical or physical conditions.

Summer 2020

Lilyana Amezcua

Spring 2024

New USC AAAS fellows: Pinchas Cohen, Andrea Hodge, Jay Lieberman and Gaurav Sukhatme
University

4 USC faculty members named as fellows of prestigious science organization AAAS

Honorees join more than 40 USC faculty as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Arash Motamed is Keck Medicine of USC’s first medical director of sustainability, but he began spearheading sustainability initiatives well before he assumed that title in 2022. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)
Environment

‘Greening’ the operating room: Arash Motamed

As the medical director of sustainability at Keck Medicine of USC, Associate Professor Arash Motamed is working to reduce the harmful effects of clinical operations on the environment.
New USC President Beong-Soo Kim at luncheon
University

Praise for the new USC president

Beong-Soo Kim’s election brings accolades from across the university’s campuses.
University

The ‘A team’

Hot geothermal brine beneath the Salton Sea lake bed and surrounding areas has been identified as a rich source of lithium, a key mineral for making lithium-ion batteries used to power smartphones and electric vehicles and store solar-generated energy. (Illustration/Edel Gonzalez)
Policy/Law

Powering Up Lithium Valley

Southern California’s Imperial Valley is a region of economic distress and environmental trauma. Can untapped lithium reserves near the Salton Sea fuel a clean-energy economy — and a more prosperous future?