As students around the country participate in school walkouts in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, USC is reassuring high schoolers their admission prospects won’t be jeopardized by participating in the protests.

Although an ideologically broad swath of Twitter users were exposed to Russian trolls during the 2016 presidential campaign, “it was mainly conservatives who helped amplify their message,” USC researchers Adam Badawy, Emilio Ferrara and Kristina Lerman write.

A study by USC’s Juhani Linnainmaa and colleagues finds that many advisers are convinced that frequent trading and expensive, actively managed funds are the key to investment success — and they treat their own portfolios exactly the same.

Tears of people with Parkinson’s disease contain different proteins from those of people without the disease, says Mark Lew of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Those tears may provide an easy indicator of the disease, which develops long before symptoms are visible.

For a half century, the Song Girls have crowds with school spirit and goodwill.

Rosalind Wiener Wyman blazed her own trail in politics and started a new chapter for baseball in Los Angeles.

The celebrated ceramist and acclaimed Latina artist has made an indelible mark on the art world.

David Judson MA ’96, president of Judson Studios, brings a fresh eye to the centuries-old craft of stained glass.

For networking pro Donald Dean ’90, there’s something special about Trojans helping Trojans succeed.

The real estate investor and dedicated Trojan is set to accept USC’s highest alumni honor.