Composer Ted Hearne of the USC Thornton school picked a bold, complicated, newsworthy topic for his 2014 oratorio — the controversial WikiLeaks case.

Periodic cycles of fasting reprogram pancreatic cells and restore insulin production, USC researchers find.

Performing laptop music for an annual Electro-Acoustic Showcase requires awareness of how to create sound.

The work being done by USC scientists could have applications in everything from search-and-rescue operations to wildfire monitoring.

Artists including Sherin Guirguis, professor and vice dean of faculty at the USC Roski School, have created 16 art projects spread across the Palm Springs area from Desert Hot Springs to Coachella as part of a sprawling new exhibition.

The assumptions underlying perceptions of these spaces and how we deal with them today go all the way back to the Bible, notes Vittoria Di Palma of the USC School of Architecture.

USC researchers pinpoint the regions of the brain that spark during the telling of a joke.

The burgeoning field of digital forensics is attracting a mix of students looking to fight crime — and find careers.

Jessica Lee Keller and Christopher Scott create an original work with USC Kaufman dancers.

Lynn Swann looks at the interesting path that led the Super Bowl champ back to USC as athletic director.