Shaun Harper‘s USC Equity Institutes, as the course is known, cover everything from basics like defining race and racism to more complex problems, like navigating moments of crisis after a racist incident.

Feeling alone at college, especially as a freshman, is nothing new. But in an era of Facebook friends and Instagram followers, Trojans consider: How do you encourage real friendships?

The study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC notes that the condition affects more than 7 percent of adults and 13 percent of children in the U.S.

Han Wang receives coveted Army Research Office Young Investigator Award.

A new study finds more Americans are getting less sleep. Find out what you can do about it.

USC’s Dowell Myers estimates that less than half of San Diegans were born in California. Only a handful of the nation’s 20 largest cities — including L.A. — had smaller homegrown populations.

USC historian Lisa Bitel warns against reading accounts of saints’ lives as factual history — but she notes that the earliest stories of St. Nicholas seem to correlate with histories and church documents of the period.

A clash between modern lifestyles and circadian rhythms can lead to the development of obesity and breast cancer, USC scientist says