“This is like finding evidence of a very green ranch in the middle of Death Valley,” says Essam Heggy of the USC Arid Climate and Water Research Center.

As Black History Month begins, Christopher Manning offers insight as USC’s first chief inclusion and diversity officer.

USC students, faculty and staff members will be among the billions of people worldwide celebrating Lunar New Year on Feb. 1.

The calendar features an array of virtual, hybrid and in-person events from students, faculty, staff and alumni groups.

The recently launched center brings together a multidisciplinary team to address unmet needs in vision loss and other neurological diseases.

With help from the student support group Unchained Scholars, Monique Bingham writes a narrative that’s very different from that of her father: He spent much of his life behind bars.

A new National Institute of Health-funded project will examine Los Angeles traffic data to help us better understand the spread of COVID.

With countries, companies and individuals intensifying their exploration of space, questions about rights, ownership and the feasibility of manned space missions are coming to the fore of public debate.

USC experts consider the importance of these photographs and paintings — bringing immediacy to history and conveying the human cost.