The new processor will be used to investigate the possibilities of the advanced technology on real-world problems.

Indian national Tvisha Gangwani, now enrolled at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, says she liked that at U.S. schools she could take a variety of classes, add a minor and change her major.

“It is true that on the busiest streets you do get more pollution exposure than if you’re riding through a quieter neighborhood,”s says Ed Avol, USC professor of preventive medicine. But, he adds, “it’s better for you to still ride to get that exercise — use your bicycle — than not. Even in air polluted areas.”

Partnership is designed to minimize the damage and disruption caused by the inevitable earthquake, wildfire or flood.

Twice a week they hit the streets, handing out burritos and making friends.

USC pharmacologist Clay Wang has hopes that the eight species of fungi onboard the SpaceX rocket might one day lead the way to a “sunblock” that could protect humans from the harmful radiation of space.

Andrew Lakoff, a USC sociology professor who has conducted research on psychoanalysis in Argentina, find a history of prestige associated with self-improvement among Buenos Aires’ educated middle class.

The $12 million award for Keck School of Medicine and others supports research on aggressive tumors in African-American women.

A USC research project called SimSensei involves a virtual therapist able to “read” patients’ body language for signs of anxiety, nervousness, contemplation and other emotional attributes.

In his revealing book “Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary,” USC’s Geoffrey Cowan reminds us that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.