For city kids, a week in the woods

For 70 years, youngsters from the neighborhood around USC’s University Park Campus have spent a week in the mountains through the student-run Troy Camp.

Los Angeles traffic at night — Photo/Kyle Murfin

Oh, that evening commute…

USC researchers confirmed the commuting paradox: Traffic does move slower in evening rush hour compared to the morning drive.

Brain illustration — Illustration/iStock

How your brain tells you to eat

USC research finds that’s just one of several jobs handled by your brain’s plumbing system, which uses its fluid in some surprising ways.

How yoga helps inner-city kids

USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project is expanding its “Little Yoginis” program for neighborhood students, helping them find tranquility in the midst of chaos.

Fourteen USC Fulbright Student Grant recipients will be traveling to their posts in 2018 and 2019 — Illustration/iStock; Letty Avila, USC

Trojan scholars go global

USC’s latest Fulbright Student Grant recipients take their talents all over the world. USC is regularly a top producer of Fulbright students.

For the third year, every USC Hybrid High senior is headed to college

All 118 seniors from the Class of 2018 are college-bound, matching the 100 percent graduation and college acceptance rate of the school’s first two senior classes. The unique charter school was founded in 2012 by the USC Rossier School of Education.

Physician or PhD? USC, Caltech team up to let students be both

Jonathan Tucci couldn’t decide between pursuing a medical degree or a PhD. Thanks to the USC-Caltech MD-PhD program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, he doesn’t have to choose.

Pupils in the Wonderkids Cancer Initiative

USC research center teaches kids about cancer

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center helps youngsters better understand the disease — and also shows them what careers are possible in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields.

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