The Northrop Grumman Institute of Nanophotonics and Nanomaterials will explore the properties of tiny structures and materials.

The USC Global Leadership Summit is a two-day conference featuring some of the world’s leading economic experts discussing the pathway to progress beyond the European financial crisis.

“When I first got to USC, I said, ‘If I have to see one more male coming-of-age film I will scream,’ ” says Dean Elizabeth Daley of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. “I thought, ‘Can I just see some young female angst?’ ”

Pilot program shares 3-D recorded testimonies gathered by USC Shoah Foundation, which preserves stories of genocide survivors and witnesses.

“Emotion steers our thinking,” says USC’s Mary Helen Immordino-Yang. “It's the rudder that directs our mind and organizes what we need to do.”

The Sp7 or Osterix gene more than likely emerged from an ancestral gene family about 400 million years ago, expanding the diversity of life and programming the development of bone-secreting osteoblast cells. Bone-forming vertebrates now range from the tiny frog Paedophryne amauensis to the mighty blue whale.

Adena Bauer co-founded Spark USC, a group that helps students collaborate on entrepreneurial projects and tap into their creativity.

Colleagues explain how a shared gene directs the development of bone-forming cells.

Extensive research, superlative design and strong oversight yield an uncommon USC Kaufman building, dean of operations says.

High-tech acoustic software can help clinicians identify young people at risk and step in before lives are lost.