Students pitch global surgery solutions at a Health Case Competition in Nicaragua.

“The age of the internet and social media — and of fake news — is such a new development that we have not yet come to terms with how best to educate students and citizens on how to successfully navigate it,” writes USC’s Ellen Wayland-Smith.

The program, conceived with USC School of Cinematic Arts Dean Elizabeth Daley, will work to give USC cinematic arts graduates their first paid entry-level jobs in the entertainment industry.

USC experts weigh in on the proposal, which would provide $373 million a year for social services.

The species of primate from India is distantly related to the lemurs of Madagascar.

Bob Mintzer’s three-movement jazz piece written for the Vienna Philharmonic features solos for the violin, clarinet and sax.

The study, from the USC Program for Environment and Regional Equity and PolicyLink, concludes that this high rate of inequality threatens the region’s long-term economic prosperity.

In a high-profile commentary piece, Jonathan Samet of Keck Medicine of USC and two other former EPA science officials this week called for President Donald Trump to change course and stand up for the EPA and science.

Students of USC Viterbi’s Geoff Spedding are using a wind tunnel to shape the future of drones, aiming to make them more efficient and shrink them to the size of a bird.

Researchers including USC’s Daniel Barth found a strong relationship between genes and wealth, even after accounting for other factors like socio-economic status, education, earnings and inheritances.