“Somos uno, somos familia, somos El Centro.” These words express the mission of El Centro Chicano since its inception four decades ago at USC.
Monday, December 10, 2012A team of chemists at USC has developed a way to transform an ozone-destroying greenhouse gas into reagents for producing pharmaceuticals.
Friday, December 7, 2012In 1963, a burning question kept invading the mind of a young kibbutznik studying chemistry at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.
Thursday, December 6, 2012USC Viterbi’s Information Sciences Institute is collaborating with the Smithsonian American Art Museum to provide more detailed and easily accessed information about artworks in the museum’s collection online than has previously been possible.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012The USC Libraries have launched a new version of the USC Digital Library, providing improved search and discovery tools.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012USC has been recognized as one of the top 40 research institutions in the United States to cultivate Fulbright Student Grant recipients.
Monday, December 3, 2012The USC men’s water polo team pieced together a dramatic 11-10 victory over crosstown rival UCLA on Dec. 2 to extend the Trojans’ national championship streak to five in a row.
Sunday, December 2, 2012The Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC will receive nearly $18.4 million from the nonprofit organization First 5 LA to support dental care outreach to young children.
Friday, November 30, 2012Fifteen USC scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, chosen by their peers in recognition of their efforts to advance science or its applications.
Thursday, November 29, 2012A new study by USC and University of Oxford researchers indicates that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) found in national food supplies across the world may be one explanation for the rising global epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and resulting higher health care costs.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012Research conducted by USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) scientists demonstrates that polluted air is associated with autism.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012Call it the magnet effect: A run of recruiting success at USC attracts new scholars who, in turn, become powerful draws for top colleagues, students and supporters.
Monday, November 26, 2012The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power gave a $100,000 sponsorship to USC’s Solar Decathlon team, a campus-wide interdisciplinary effort spearheaded by the USC School of Architecture.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012Writer Dorothy Parker once haughtily dismissed Los Angeles as “72 suburbs in search of a city.”
Wednesday, November 21, 2012Alexander Fullman, a political science major at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship, one of the most coveted honors an American undergraduate can receive
Tuesday, November 20, 2012Professor Katrina Edwards has been awarded the 2012 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science from the Royal Society of Canada.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012Young voters and minority voters overwhelmingly supported Proposition 30 at the polls, helping to lift Gov. Jerry Brown’s ballot initiative to a decisive win, according to the results of the latest USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll.
Sunday, November 18, 2012Californians overwhelmingly support a new law that requires some large businesses in the state to cut their greenhouse gas emissions or buy credits to offset their pollution, according to the latest USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll.
Friday, November 16, 2012Certain mutated cells keep trying to replicate their DNA — with disastrous results — even after medications rob them of the raw materials to do so, according to new research from USC.
Thursday, November 15, 2012For the 11th year in a row, USC accounted for more international students than any other American institution of higher education, according to the annual Open Doors report.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012