The Plan in Practice
Dentists without drills: Minimally invasive dentistry is on the rise
Microdentistry is now part of the USC dental curriculum, and its focus on stopping cavities early and without drills can make a big difference for patients with dental anxiety.
Trojan Marching Band selects first female drum major
For the first time, a woman will lead the USC Trojan Marching Band. India Anderson, a tuba player and junior in the USC Thornton School of Music, will lead the…
Trojan Air Force cadet, a first-generation student, has his eyes on the skies
Giovanni Flores has long been interested in space. The university’s ROTC program has put it within his reach. USC’s Air Force ROTC program started in 1947, the same year the…
Swim With Mike helps standout athlete move forward after tragic accident
Instant familiarity is a built-in benefit of Swim With Mike, the USC scholarship program that supports student-athletes with physical disabilities. Now in its 39th year, the scholarship initiative started as…
USC medical leaders promote social justice as key step toward healing society’s ills
Doctors should do more than treating diseases and fixing broken bones. That mentality is at the heart of the vision for the new Office for Social Justice within the Keck School…
Helping The Homeless
Recently The Weingart Center Association, a provider of comprehensive homeless services, has been working with a new collaborator: the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Students in Steve Bucher’s advanced writing class…
USC steps up recycling and composting efforts in move toward zero waste
A sizeable portion of trash collected at the university goes to recycling or composting facilities, thanks to USC’s intensifying effort to embrace sustainability. Recent initiatives include installing 120 new bins…
New ethics and compliance leader brings a focus on values
Stacy Giwa has joined USC as vice president of ethics and compliance — with a focus on values and culture and the goal of strengthening integrity and ethical decision-making across…
USC boosts prevention and outreach efforts to reduce sexual and relationship violence on campus
USC leaders want to stop sexual assault and relationship violence before it even starts. That focus on prevention is at the heart of a renewed outreach and education effort led…
Nearly 100 events mark USC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week
USC marked Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week with nearly 100 events across all areas of the university. Events included panel discussions and workshops, presentations, film screenings, social events and more….
USC Viterbi VAST programs gain attention for community engagement in computer sciences
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Adopt-a-School, Adopt-a-Teacher (VAST) PreK-12 STEM education outreach program has teamed up with two national partners, both global leaders in STEM outreach and education. USC VAST is…
Building A Better “CAR”
Several recent cancer treatments show considerable promise. Among them is Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, which the American Society of Clinical Oncology recently named the “2018 Advance of the Year.” Three…
USC MESH Academy and Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Collaborate
The USC MESH (Medicine, Engineering, Science, Humanities) Academy at the USC Keck School of Medicine announced today a collaborative agreement with Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health, L.P., a Pasadena-based venture capital firm…
Ensuring Lifespan Health
As you may know, Ensuring Lifespan Health is one of USC’s strategic priorities. Life expectancies are generally increasing worldwide, contributing to a demographic shift in which older people will soon outnumber young…
What is the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation?
On Thursday, panelists at a discussion hosted by the USC Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena shared their definitions of cultural appropriation, offered examples of it and its historical context — colonialism and…
USC Shoah Foundation opens new office, kicks off 25th anniversary commemoration
USC Shoah Foundation — The Institute for Visual History and Education embarked on a new chapter on Tuesday when it unveiled its new global headquarters on the USC University Park…
USC dentistry provides free dental treatment to hundreds of underserved South Los Angeles students
On Saturday, Oct. 20, Ostrow kicked off its two-year engagement with a special community event and VIP tours of USC’s three mobile clinics, including the Hutto Patterson Mobile Dental Clinic, a…
To diversify America’s orchestras, USC collaborates on new strings fellowship
Fewer than two or three of every 100 musicians in professional orchestras are African-American or Latino. With that lack of diversity among performers, classical music may feel foreign and out…
USC Arts in Action puts music to work, with social change in mind
USC Arts in Action, a new program supporting arts activities that facilitate positive social change in Los Angeles, kicked off with its inaugural event, “Artists Addressing Homelessness,” a weeklong collaboration…
USC and the Native American community
We are working every day to become a more inclusive university at which faculty, students, and staff of all backgrounds feel welcome, comfortable, valued, and supported. We do not pay…
100 percent of USC Hybrid High seniors graduate — and are going to college — for third year in a row
All 118 seniors from the Class of 2018 are college-bound, matching the 100 percent graduation and college acceptance rate of the first two USC Hybrid High senior classes
Trojan helps build eye implants for people with retina degeneration
Electrical engineer reveals what to know about triggers — and how the right ones, at the right time, can change everything…
Engineers Develop New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument
According to the World Health Organization, over 216 million people were infected with malaria in 2016, and 445,000 individuals died from the disease. The key to solving this health crisis…
The Pop-Up DREAM Center has launched
This April marked the soft launch of our Pop-Up DREAM Center, a resource center for USC’s undocumented and DACAmented students, staff, faculty, and others. It has been made possible by the Department…
Spring Semester Stress — and Help
Spring Semester can be a stressful time as we work toward final projects and exams, grades, commencement in a scant few weeks — is that even possible? — and deal…
Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Please join us in congratulating our 2017-2018 awardees of the Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences (ASHSS) program…
Excellence in Teaching
USC’s first priority is the education of our students. As we continue our momentous ascent and assume the responsibilities of the most influential private research university of the 21st century…
Scientists launch global effort to find the next diabetes drug
USC researchers have launched a massive scientific effort to construct a detailed, virtual 3-D model of the pancreatic beta cell and its components — a global project that aims to one…
2018 Zumberge Diversity and Inclusion Grant Awardees
I want to share some great news today: five of our stellar faculty members have been awarded significant grants from the James H. Zumberge Faculty Research and Innovation Fund’s Diversity and…
Office of Research Strategic Plan for Diversity and Inclusion 2018
I am pleased to introduce the USC Office of Research Strategic Plan 2018, the result of invaluable contributions from leaders across the USC community. Randolph Hall, Vice President of Research,…
Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
From an official communication from Provost Michael Quick: “The challenges of diversity, inclusion and equity traverse our national history and every sector of society, including higher education. They strike at heart of…
Mindful USC
Wellness and the promotion of mental, physical, and emotional health are longstanding priorities of the faculty, staff, and student communities at USC. As a way of proactively addressing wellness on…
USC Statement on Free Speech
USC has long had established policies protecting the free speech rights and academic freedom of faculty and students. In both policy and practice, when USC faculty speak or write as…
USC Community Gives Back
The last six weeks have been a challenging time for many members of our USC community. The hurricane in Puerto Rico left that island devastated. Hurricanes also struck Florida, Texas,…
USC’s Principles of Community
Dear USC Students, Faculty, and Staff, I welcome all of you, new and returning, to the 2017-18 school year, and I hope that it will be successful, productive, and personally…
Steering Committees for USC’s Commitment to Confronting 21st Century Challenges
As one of the world’s leading research universities, it is incumbent upon USC to bring to bear its breadth and depth of scholarship, its history of innovation, and its collaborative…