University honors staff, faculty who donate 1 percent of their salary to program that helps the neighborhoods around the school’s campuses.

USC Trustee Marc Benioff ’86 and his wife, Lynne, have given $20 million toward construction of the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC, a new center in Los Angeles that will combine interdisciplinary research with the holistic prevention and treatment of cancer. In recognition of their gift, the lobby of the Ellison Institute will be named in honor of Marc Benioff’s late father, Russell Benioff.

The gift benefits the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC, a new center in Los Angeles.

USC Dornsife course set in Central America teaches a dozen students about health, disease, language and culture.

USC presents a half-day educational and workforce development event to encourage the residents of East Los Angeles (Boyle Heights, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights and neighboring communities in the San Gabriel Valley) to prepare for opportunities related to STEM disciplines.

Economic studies have shown that for every one research job created in the biotechnology industry, four more are created in non-science roles such as administration, marketing, sales and operations.

Researchers at the University of Southern California will demonstrate how using wearable technology and smartphones can improve cancer treatment at a White House event on Oct. 3.

The high school with the highest representation in the freshman class is a south Los Angeles public school a few blocks from the university.

University’s researchers to participate in Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot exhibit.

The most-represented high school is Foshay Learning Center, a public school less than a mile from the USC University Park Campus.