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The Yukon River flows west across Alaska toward the Bering Sea, eroding Arctic permafrost along its banks and transporting sediment downstream. Within that sediment lurks a toxic stowaway: mercury. As the Arctic warms with climate…

USC’s newest sports venue reached its full height on Tuesday as construction workers topped off Rawlinson Stadium. The state-of-the-art facility will be home to the USC women’s soccer and lacrosse teams beginning in 2025. The stadium…

Research shows humans often perceive attractive people as more intelligent, healthier, better leaders and more trustworthy. It turns out this bias extends to the insect world. A new study by scientists at the USC Dornsife College of…

USC is a long way from Stuttgart, Germany, but freshman Ryan Stevenson was feeling nothing but excitement as his family helped him move from his European home into Parkside Arts & Humanities Residential College this week.…

An A-list of researchers from across USC is building a dementia cost model that will generate comprehensive national, annual estimates of the cost of dementia that could benefit patients and their families, thanks to a five-year, $8.2…

Los Angeles native and USC alumna Erika Jordan was just getting used to harsh Boston winters when the position of associate senior vice president of USC Alumni Relations became vacant. Jordan immediately felt like she was being called home.…

The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology received $3 million from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to support family caregivers in maintaining financial stability and workplace security. Funding will be used to develop…

Links Kelsie Chaudoin, whose experience in collegiate rowing spans two decades and includes championships as a student-athlete and associate head coach, has been named USC's head women's rowing coach, Director of Athletics Jennifer Cohen…

A new study brings fresh revelations about the connection between early-life exposure to air pollution and lung health later in life. A research team led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC has shown that exposure to air pollution during…

Stem cells are like the emergency tool kit of the human body. They have the unique ability to form into other types of specialized cells – from immune cells to brain cells. They can divide and regenerate indefinitely to repair and…