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Evolutionary history may help explain why some people develop more severe COVID-19 than others
A USC Dornsife-led study shows how combining evolutionary genetics with infectious disease research can reveal clues about why one disease can affect different people in different ways.
Trojans get firsthand view of global human rights issues where they happen
In places such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, USC Dornsife’s Steve Swerdlow takes students beyond textbooks and into communities grappling with repression, activism and democratic change.
AI-enabled measurements of ‘local brain aging’ offer detailed insights on dementia and more
A USC study shows how patterns of neurodegeneration in specific brain regions relate to changes in cognitive function.
USC and Notre Dame to renew football rivalry in four-game series
The Trojans and the Fighting Irish will reignite college football’s greatest intersectional rivalry when they meet at the Coliseum in Week 1 of the 2030 season.
USC artists prepare to take the world stage at renowned Edinburgh Fringe
USC School of Dramatic Arts students and alumni will perform at the world’s largest performing arts festival, which starts Friday.
Gift from Vizio founder and his wife creates William Wang Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub at USC Viterbi
The $10 million gift from USC alumnus Wang and his wife, Sakura Wang, is one of the largest gifts ever made to a U.S. engineering school’s entrepreneurship office.
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USC researchers are creating immersive, high-tech simulations of ocean waves to better understand the benefits of surfing, the devastation of tsunamis and the dynamics of the ocean itself.
From diagnosing disease to accelerating drug development, USC researchers are using artificial intelligence to tackle urgent real-world challenges — while keeping ethics, empathy and human impact at the center of innovation.
USC’s Regional Trojan Networks offer new ways for Trojan alumni to find community, opportunity and connection at every stage of life.
For more than three decades, USC Lambda has turned connection into opportunity for USC students, alumni and the LGBTQ+ community.
Latest ‘Trojan Talks’ Episodes
Episode 9: Beong-Soo Kim talks with Assal Habibi
The president sits down with Assal Habibi, USC associate research professor of psychology and director of the USC Center for Music, Brain and Society, to discuss how music — something deeply woven into society and the human experience — helps shape the brain.
Episode 8: Beong-Soo Kim and Prem Natarajan
The president sits down with Prem Natarajan — executive vice president, head of enterprise AI and chief scientist at Capital One, as well as a USC computer science professor — to discuss how AI is reshaping organizations and what it means for universities and the future of talent.
Episode 7: Beong-Soo Kim with Peter Mancall
President Beong-Soo Kim sits down with Distinguished Professor Peter Mancall, one of the nation’s leading scholars of early North America, to discuss his forthcoming book Contested Continent, the deeper forces that shaped the nation’s founding, and the lasting value of studying history. With USC serving as the only university host of the National Archives’ traveling exhibition of founding-era documents, they explore deep scholarship, public memory, and the role higher education plays in connecting the past to the present.
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A $200 million gift from venture capitalist Mark Stevens and his wife, Mary, will build on USC’s strengths by leveraging AI to accelerate breakthroughs in the health sciences, security, business and the arts.
A USC Dornsife-led study found that the Eaton fire’s daily carbon monoxide emissions far exceeded L.A. County’s average daily emissions from all human activity.
Phillinganes, a five-decade veteran of the music industry, will join his Grammy-winning longtime collaborator on stage Monday.
As part of ShadeLA, the USC School of Architecture-led competition judged entries from hundreds of students across Los Angeles for the best modular shade design.
The degree is the first undergraduate program of its kind in the country.
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