COMMENCEMENT: Dancer, roboticist and racecar engineer Kaitlyn Kumar reveals a surprising strategy for academic excellence.

Since its founding in 2023, the Center has been boosted by several grants, including $5 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.

The region’s sandy coastlines are vanishing at an alarming rate. It’s a warning sign for coastal communities worldwide, USC research suggests.

COMMENCEMENT: Torres received his computer science degree on May 10.

By upcycling ocean plastics, reducing harmful anesthesia gases and transforming medical supply chains, the USC health system and medical research schools hope to curb pollution.

Among them: sixty-five students from the USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative, an all-time high.

COMMENCEMENT: Phong Doozy volunteers as a medical clown to put smiles on the faces of those facing serious health challenges.

USC study incorporates diversity, equity and inclusion into a clinical trial for age-related macular degeneration, aiming to restore vision and rebuild trust in marginalized communities.

The American Federation for Aging Research recognized Bérénice Benayoun for her research.

USC researchers conducted the first U.S.-based study examining the link between prenatal fluoride and childhood social, emotional and behavioral functioning.