PhD student Joycelyn Yip ultimately hopes to test heart disease treatments in ways that reduce risk to patients.

In event at USC’s Center for Urban Education, representatives of schools around the state discuss the challenges they face.

USC Viterbi biomedical engineers develop a system that tracks vital signs of patients from admission to discharge.

One possible explanation: Research indicates that some nursing homes listed on the federal website are gaming their ratings.

Niki Nikias, wife of USC President C. L. Max Nikias, hosts hundreds of students unable to spend the 2017 holiday with their families.

A team led by USC’s Hernan Galperin found black and Hispanic households in Los Angeles County were up to 15 percent behind white households in having internet connection.

Research by Loren Adler of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative found that “surprise bills” frequently come from out-of-network ambulance providers for those with private insurance. Those who are billed have little recourse, Adler said, “other than yelling at the insurance company after the fact, or yelling at the ambulance company.”

In an age of smartphones and sedentary living, students aim to appreciate stillness, reconnect with the outdoors, get fit and learn to hike — only a few miles from urban Los Angeles.

The schools agree on future cultural exchanges and scholastic research.