The magazine’s annual “Best Hospitals” rankings place Keck Medical Center of USC in California’s top 10 with five top 50 specialty rankings.

Using rental and home price data from Zillow, researchers including USC’s Davide Proserpio found that for every 10 percent growth in Airbnb listings, a ZIP code’s average rent increased by 0.4 percent.

If the country default on its obligation to pay its bills, USC’s Edward D. Kleinbard writes, it will cost the Treasury tens of billions of dollars in higher interest charges and probably trigger a severe recession. But it can be avoided.

South L.A. schoolchildren are 26 percent less likely to have high-speed internet at home than their peers around the county, according to a USC Annenberg policy brief. That’s creating a “digital underclass” of low-income Angelenos who are mostly African-American or Latino.

Keith Hobbs, a 23-year employee at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, joined USC Verdugo Hills Hospital last year as its chief executive with an eye on leveraging both his time as a La Crescenta resident and USC’s resources to help steer the hospital in the right direction.

USC experts say cash prices for medication can vary widely in the same neighborhood. But few comparison shop for health care.

Sarah Van Orman will manage health services on the University Park and Health Sciences campuses and oversee clinical services at two student health centers.

Forget three-letter abbreviations and numbered gates: The new names are based on locations you already know.

Students come to campus for three weeks, then guidance counselors help them through the application and admission processes at any school, not just USC.