At stake: national security for both sides, regional stability and economic relations among China, the United States and the American Pacific Rim allies.

As commencement calls, a quartet of Trojans reflect on time at USC and look ahead to careers in PR, linguistics, narrative studies and health.

Cancer researcher and graduating senior Sophie Wix will pursue medical breakthroughs this fall as USC’s first Fulbright scholar to the University of Cambridge and the United Kingdom.

Lured by the opportunity to do undergraduate research at USC, Kaushik Parvathaneni has thrived. Up next: a master’s and studying medicine.

During her time at USC Dornsife, she also worked with the homeless, served as a camp counselor and spent a semester in Scotland.

Underprivileged kids growing up in congested cities must overcome many handicaps. A new USC study suggests one of them is the very air they breathe.

Dean Andrew Guzman attributes the results in part to enhanced investment in career services and a strategic effort to expand the geographic reach for students seeking work.

Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and a colleague find that a higher number of college graduates in an area raises incomes for everyone — but a 1 percent increase in college grads leads to a roughly 2.5 percent increase in the cost of rent.

Innovators, thinkers, disruptors and problem solvers: The academy's inaugural class heads into the world ready to tackle its challenges.