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Surgical procedure may help restore hand and arm function after stroke

Every year, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. Of these, approximately 80% lose arm function and as many as 50-60% of this population still experience problems six months later.

Traditionally, stroke patients try to regain motor function through Read More »

April 26th, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC Athletics to transition student-athlete health care to Keck Medicine of USC

Through a collaboration that will enhance the unparalleled medical care provided to USC student-athletes, USC Athletics announced the full integration of its athletic medicine services with Keck Medicine of USC, through Read More »

April 23rd, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

In Memoriam: Aerospace industry pioneer and USC Trustee Malcolm Currie

USC Trustee Malcolm Currie, engineering physicist and former chairman and CEO of Hughes Aircraft Company, died on April 18 with his wife and two daughters beside him. He was 94.

A defense and aerospace industry leader, Currie was best known for Read More »

April 23rd, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

USC celebrates Robert E. Maxson’s lifetime of achievement and adventure

USC Emeritus Professor Robert E. Maxson has an understated explanation for why he’s flown so many planes, sailed so many boats, skied so many mountains, played so many guitars, taken so many trips to Antarctica, and studied so many Read More »

April 22nd, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Analysis of famous fossil helps unlock when humans and apes diverged

Along-awaited, high-tech analysis of the upper body of famed fossil Little Foot opens a window to a pivotal period when human ancestors diverged from apes, new USC research shows.

Little Foot’s shoulder assembly proved key to interpreting an early branch of Read More »

April 21st, 2021|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|