USC Viterbi junior runs a competition that could turn a teen’s career path toward science.

Paul Raveling, a software engineer who in 1989 was working at USC’s Information Sciences Institute, proposed updating a list of computer-supported colors, including “dodgerblue.” That list got incorporated into web browsers, and the rest is L.A. — and internet — history.

The student-run paper wins the Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Pacemaker Award — often called the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism — for the first time since 1991. Several Daily Trojan staff members also took home individual awards.

USC’s Leo Braudy looks at the current obsession with vampires, zombies and more in shows like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.

Does dairy cause acne? Are organic lotions best? Keck Medicine of USC dermatologists clear up common skin care questions.

Researchers will identify and catalog each cell type in finer detail than ever before.

Rosalind “Roz” Wiener Wyman was fresh from USC in 1953 when she became the youngest person ever elected to the L.A. City Council. Among her campaign promises: to bring a major sports team to the city.

USC’s Jennifer Deal notes that listening to employees isn’t enough. If a leader reaches conclusions and implements actions that seem to be contrary to the input provided, Deal notes, employees aren’t likely to get on board.

Awards go to projects that could help infants, the deaf and environmentalists.

There is something universal about what happens in the brain when it processes tales, regardless of a person’s origin.