USC’s Mott Smith and a colleague write that the city’s zoning strategy — with its suburban roots — can’t work when applied to a built-out urban environment.

USC’s Ange-Marie Hancock writes that millennial feminists have a different view of feminism — intersectional feminism — that focuses on the connections between political challenges like sexism, racism, homophobia and economic injustice.

Not too long ago, venture capitalist Mark Stevens and his wife, Mary, gave a $50 million gift to USC, his alma mater. It’s the kind of gift that typifies the couple’s philanthropy but also possibly previews what’s to come.

Andy McMahon and his colleagues investigate ways to help the millions who suffer from the chronic ailment.

Innovative summer program of community outreach improves reading and writing skills with interventions for students, parents and teachers.

A chance meeting leads to a Beverly Hills exhibition and elaborate work on the time-traveling romantic drama.

A mailer for USC’s Optimal Living program lands on a woman’s doorstep one day and changes her life.

The average premiums in the nation’s individual health insurance market “actually dropped significantly” in 2014, the year that the Affordable Care Act took effect, “even while consumers got better coverage,” according to analysis by two USC researchers.

Researchers at USC and Oxford University who examined county-level data in the United States before and after the arrival of Uber and its competitors in those markets found that ride-sharing had no effect on drinking-related or holiday- and weekend-related fatalities.

The USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times “Daybreak Poll” is mentioned in a story on the political conventions.