According to research from the USC Schaeffer Center, emergency department visits for mental health reasons have grown substantially since 2009, primarily in patients between 10 and 25 years old.
A new USC Viterbi study projecting climate change-driven migration has found that 13 million people could be forced to relocate inland by 2100.
Paleoclimatology data — which contains the details of our climate history — can be messy. That’s why USC’s scientists and AI experts have teamed up on a new platform to standardize it for research, analysis and prognostication.
Juan Pablo de los Rios grew up on both the Mexican and American sides of the Rio Grande, which became a dumping ground for toxic waste. As a chemistry grad student at USC Dornsife, he hopes to one day clean that river and others like it.
Frank Cruz always told other people’s stories. Now, the USC trustee tells all in his memoir about his days as a reporter, Telemundo co-founder and everything in between.
USC’s Julie Albright notes TikTok users sometimes see things they like (which provides a dopamine hit in the brain) and sometimes they don’t. Getting this occasional stimulation — similar to the sporadic payoffs on a slot machine — is key to its addictive power and success.
A new study led by USC’s Elizabeth Sowell shows that two factors — lead exposure and poverty — may be interacting to further impair cognition and brain development in children.
Randi Burley went from struggling student to community artist to aspiring engineer at USC Viterbi. The L.A. native shares her story, in her own words.
Research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has found that readmission to a hospital where surgeons perform a high volume of brain surgeries can increase a patient’s odds of staying alive and avoiding complications.
