Getting healthier via pop culture
USC researcher Jon-Patrick Allem uses information from social media to help public health experts be more responsive to the people they serve.

USC researcher Jon-Patrick Allem uses information from social media to help public health experts be more responsive to the people they serve.

Marcelo P. Coba of the Keck School of Medicine created a map that highlights the brain’s network of proteins. It’s a first step toward developing groundbreaking new drugs.

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.

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.

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.

U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals” rankings place Keck Medical Center of USC in California’s top 10 with five top 50 specialty rankings. The center consists of Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital.

Bovard Scholars program brings 50 top-performing students to campus for three weeks of intensive training, all at USC’s expense. Then the students receive one-on-one admissions counseling until they’re securely in place at a top university with financial aid packages.

Omar Silva from Garfield High in East L.A. is writing code that will help prosthetic arms move. He’s one of 26 high school students spending the summer working alongside PhD students and faculty at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.