![When does Alzheimer’s begin?](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161104232410im_/http://www.usc.edu/x/usc_homepage/images/alzh.954x400B.jpg)
When does Alzheimer’s begin?
As National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month gets underway, USC researchers are working to pinpoint when the disease begins and start treatments long before dementia sets in.
![image for New data reveal crisis of women living on L.A.’s Skid Row](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161104232410im_/http://www.usc.edu/x/usc_homepage/images/skidrow.226x139.jpg)
New data reveal crisis of women living on L.A.’s Skid Row
Surveys by the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work find that nearly half of the women on Skid Row have been physically or sexually attacked in the last year. Homelessness is one of the critical issues USC has dedicated resources toward addressing.
![image for Final construction work gets underway at USC Village project](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161104232410im_/http://www.usc.edu/x/usc_homepage/images/village.workers.226x139.jpg)
Final construction work gets underway at USC Village project
It seems as if construction on the $700 million development — the largest in the history of South Los Angeles — just started. But in a little more than nine months, 2,700 students will be calling USC Village home.
![image for Biologist recruits USC researcher to study cancer — her own](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161104232410im_/http://www.usc.edu/x/usc_homepage/images/VerSteeg_Pepke_web-226x139.jpg)
Biologist recruits USC researcher to study cancer — her own
After Shirley Pepke was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she had trouble finding information she needed — so she and USC physicist and data expert Greg Ver Steeg got to work. Their research uncovered a treatment option she hadn’t considered.