Science Demystified
USC’s Young Scientist Program sends university students out into local fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms to make science come alive for neighborhood schoolchildren. Learn more.
Researchers Target Leukemia’s Development
USC scientists have discovered that a protein commonly over-expressed in solid cancerous cells (and previously found to enable breast, prostate and other tumors to grow and resist treatment) also is over-expressed in various types of leukemia — and can be targeted to block the disease.
Radio Series Delves into Lives of Young Californians
20something, a weekly series about the lives of young people, has debuted on KQED’s statewide radio program The California Report. Produced by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the episodes initially will air over the next seven weeks.
Kitty Dukakis Speaks at USC Saks Institute Conference
Former Massachusetts first lady Kitty Dukakis was a featured speaker at “Psychotropic Medication and the Law,” a two-day conference sponsored by the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics, the USC Gould School of Law, and the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University.
