USC’s Matthew Kahn notes that if Donald Trump cancels U.S. involvement with international climate agreements, China may see this as an opening to gain “soft power” and boost its political legitimacy in the global arena.

The actress, whose Institute on Gender in Media uses a tool developed by USC Viterbi to analyze media, notes that even when female characters are present, they are onscreen for less time and speak less than their male counterparts.

Rick Caruso ’80, a USC Trustee, the founder and CEO of Caruso Affiliated, and the founder of the Caruso Family Foundation, will receive the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award, the university’s highest alumni honor, at the 83rd Annual Alumni Awards on April 22, 2017, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. In addition to Caruso, the USC Alumni Association will recognize six other Trojans for their achievements and contributions to USC.

Trojan parent Steve Braverman has endowed the Braverman Family Dean’s Chair at the USC School of Dramatic Arts in honor of the school’s new dean, David Bridel. This is the largest gift to Dramatic Arts and the second major gift to the school since Bridel was named dean in April, 2016.

Off-label use of Zantac, Pepcid and Tagamet can crank up drinking habits and increase cancer risk in the long run, USC experts say.

The undergrads receive an award for a paper on aviation safety.

$15 million pledge helps ensure the university’s ability to offer financial aid for deserving students.

At USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative, middle-school boys and girls are separated in some courses, boys often work in small groups and lectures break after 15 minutes. “We made our program more relevant to the way male brains learn best,” says USC’s Kim Thomas-Barrios.

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education survey places USC No. 3 in the West.