After months of hard work, dozens of students from Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School presented their original research projects at the annual Bravo-USC Science and Engineering Fair on March 4 to a panel of judges from USC, UCLA and … Read More »
Noted life scientist, teacher and academic leader Carol L. Folt will become the University of Southern California’s 12th president, the USC Board of Trustees announced March 20.
Formerly chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), Folt … Read More »
More than 300 alumni, friends, donors and students gathered for the Keck School of Medicine of USC 2019 Scholarship Gala, held March 16 at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. The Scholarship Gala honors exceptional students, faculty and alumni … Read More »
For the seventh year in a row, USC is among the top universities for U.S. Fulbright students.
Institutions with the most students accepted to the prestigious program are announced by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and highlighted … Read More »
How do our skeletons form during embryonic development? To approach this question, PhD student Dion Giovannone, research scientist Sandeep Paul, PhD, and the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Gage Crump, PhD, looked to our not-so-distant relative: the tiny, … Read More »
If you were yawning more than usual thanks to last week’s switch to daylight saving time, you weren’t alone.
It takes some people a full week to recover from feeling more sluggish than usual after rolling back the clock for daylight … Read More »
Retinoblastoma is a tumor of the retina that generally affects children under 5 years of age and accounts for approximately 4 percent of childhood cancers. If not diagnosed early, retinoblastoma may result in loss of one or both eyes and … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC has received a 4-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its January 2019 review. The ratings ranged from 1 to 5 stars, with most hospitals receiving a 3.
“We are very … Read More »
On the third Friday of every March — also known as Match Day — fourth-year medical students across the United States simultaneously experience a series of emotions that are nearly universal. First, there is nervous anticipation. At 9 a.m., excitement … Read More »
On Feb. 23, the annual wRiting, Engineering, Art, Communication, and Health (REACH) Symposium for Kids took place at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Nearly 300 hundred elementary school students visited campus to gain exposure to real-life scenarios in the … Read More »
On March 12, more than 100 female leaders gathered in the lower level café of the Norris Healthcare Consultation Center for the eighth annual Los Angeles Women in Leadership Symposium. Organized by the California Diversity Council, the theme for the … Read More »
The Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC ranked No. 1 in California and No. 10 nationally in physician assistant programs in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report “Best Graduate Schools” … Read More »
USC will recognize seven honorary degree candidates for their leadership in government, science, philanthropy, humanitarianism and the arts at the university’s 136th commencement ceremony on the University Park Campus on May 10.
The honorary degree recipients are U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, … Read More »
The Society of Graduate Surgeons has long held a Berne Professorship Lecture in honor of Clarence J. Berne, MD, — this year will be the 27th in the annual series — but after the passing of his son Thomas Berne, … Read More »
If the thought of hopping on a treadmill strikes you with dread, you might have your genes to blame, researchers say.
A 2014 study showed that an appreciation for running was likely genetic. Researchers studied two groups of rats — low- … Read More »
Hayley Sayrs, Master of Public Health candidate at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, shared her story about a recent trip to Sacramento with her classmates.
It’s the ultimate field trip for public health policy students: visiting the State Capitol … Read More »
Ten years after they created a research center at USC dedicated to advancing health policy, Leonard and Pamela Schaeffer have renewed their investment with a donation of $17 million.
The new gift will support efforts at the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer … Read More »
A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots reversed Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop the disease, USC researchers say.
Researchers emphasize that the study, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, was in mice, … Read More »
“Lucia’s Llama Drama,” the USC School of Pharmacy’s latest fotonovela, explains the importance of managing high blood pressure — also known as hypertension — to a high-risk population.
The comic-book-style booklet tells the story of two women whose luxury weekend vacation … Read More »
What if a special diet could reduce inflammation and repair your gut?
USC researchers provided evidence that a low-calorie “fasting-mimicking” diet has the potential to do just that. Published in the March 5 edition of Cell Reports, the … Read More »