University of Southern California

Backed by a $25 million, five-year federal grant from the National Institute on Aging, USC’s Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) is launching an ambitious investigation into the complex matrix of factors that feed into developing…

Combating climate change is among the most urgent challenges facing policymakers, yet governments and other institutions are often deadlocked on how to address the warming planet. New curriculum at the USC Price School of Public…

Erin L. Duffy, a research scientist at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, today was named a STAT 2024 Wunderkind, an annual honor recognizing promising early-career researchers. Duffy, recently appointed the…

The USC Iovine and Young Academy (IYA) is excited to announce a new collaboration with Microsoft for Startups, set to provide student led ventures and innovation through IYA's flagship annual initiative, Innovation Quest. This…

USC’s University Park Campus buzzed with surprise at the unexpected sight of five brightly painted lowrider cars with bouncy hydraulics cruising low and very slow up Trousdale Parkway toward Founders Park on Tuesday afternoon.…

New research has revealed that the connection between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and kidney damage may be tied to dysregulation of the gut microbiome, which is made up of bacteria and other microorganisms that live in the…

USC Life Trustee Wallis Annenberg on Monday received one of the nation’s highest honors, the National Humanities Medal, White House officials announced. The medal “honors an individual or organization whose work has…

A new model for mechanical stress describes how growing organisms on a stiffer substrate can paradoxically worsen certain health outcomes while increasing lifespan, according to a USC Leonard Davis study. “The study of mechanical stress…

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In a new paper published in Cellular & Molecular Immunology, USC Stem Cell scientist Rong Lu and her collaborators point the finger at a small…

New research from biologists at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences reveals that mifepristone, a drug best known for its use for ending early pregnancies, might also extend lifespan. The findings could pave the way for…