An innovative push for research

A USC Libraries initiative couples curators with scholars in three pilot areas: history of L.A. and the West, Holocaust and genocide studies, and LGBTQ history.

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Enlisting in the truth squad

As the media industry experiments with business models and copes with fake news, the USC Annenberg School is training journalists who tell stories that matter.

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Can diet trigger Alzheimer’s?

A diet high in cholesterol, fat and sugar may influence the development of Alzheimer’s in people genetically predisposed to the disease, a new USC study indicates.

Origins of dementia

USC scientists illuminate the impact of brain plaques on Alzheimer’s. Their work is part of USC’s push to discover the origins of the devastating disease.

Leading the Alzheimer’s fight

With Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month underway, take a look at some of the groundbreaking work being done by USC scientists and researchers.

Why happy memories fade: You’re programmed that way

New research from the USC Marshall School of Business suggests that people overestimate how much they’ll recall from a good time in their life. “People simply forget to remember,” says USC Marshall’s Stephanie Tully.

AI helps researcher deliver HIV info to homeless youth

Associate Professor Eric Rice needed a better way to identify peer-to-peer educators, so he teamed up with engineering Professor Milind Tambe to develop artificial intelligence that picks out the peer leaders based on the extent of their social networks.

Incoming scholar’s path to USC includes an escape from Syria

Born in Boston but raised largely in Damascus, Lana Bridi has big ideas and a special calling inspired by what she’s experienced firsthand. She’ll arrive on the University Park Campus next month with a future in biological research in mind.

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