The five-year award is considered the largest single-investigator basic research grant program offered by the Department of Defense.

USC Viterbi engineer may have the silver bullet that could make solar energy more efficient and affordable.

USC President C. L. Max Nikias, retired Gen. David Petraeus among guests at annual event honoring service members.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, associate professor of English as well as American Studies and Ethnicity, is the author of the 2015 novel “The Sympathizer,” winner of the First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction.

Use of the once-popular hormone therapy plummeted in 2002 after researchers noticed more heart attacks, strokes and breast cancer among women taking the drugs. But, says USC’s Howard Hodis, “It’s become increasingly clear that the risks were blown out of proportion.”

The latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times statewide poll found that 62 percent of voters said they believed illegal immigration in California is at least a major problem, with 23 percent calling it a crisis.

Illegal immigration in California is far less of a problem to young voters than voters 50 and older, according to the latest USC Dornsife/LA Times Poll. The Poll also covered feelings on California providing health care to undocumented children and immigrants.

Collegiate a cappella’s undisputed world champions take pride in their history, group’s founder says.

The virtual pilot program could reach more families in underserved communities through School of Social Work.

USC Viterbi researcher studies electrical stimulation and the country’s most common neurological disorders.