Among the best in the U.S.

Keck Medical Center of USC is ranked No. 18 in the U.S. News & World Report 2020-21 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, released today.

Wearable technology — Image/Negar Golestani

Wearable tech: What’s next?

USC Viterbi researchers’ work on magnetic induction means the next generation of wearable devices will do a lot more than just track our steps, staying charged longer, tracking movements better and more.

Saving lives — and saving money

Treatments for COVID-19 would deliver up to $106 billion in gains by the end of 2021, according to a new analysis from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.

Researcher Matthew Dean — USC Photo/Gus Ruelas

Back to the lab — with new rules

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, USC scientists adjust to new campus guidelines as they slowly return to important research that can only be done in person.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 — Photo/NIAID-RML

Taking on the coronavirus

With expertise in areas from artificial intelligence to molecular biology, USC’s COVID-19 Research Task Force is focused on treating and preventing COVID-19 — and moving quickly.

USC Thornton names first recipient of Victor McElhaney scholarship

Dominic Anzalone has a background in jazz drumming and shares McElhaney’s belief that music can be a tool for social activism. The Victor McElhaney Memorial Jazz Drumming Endowed Scholarship honors the USC Thornton student who was killed in 2019.

High school student shares Annenberg Youth Academy experience during COVID-19

Kymia Freeman and 25 of her peers all logged on every weekday to learn from USC Annenberg faculty and alumni via the school’s newly virtual summer program.

Targeting these 12 risk factors could prevent or delay almost half of dementia cases

“It’s never too early or too late to take action,” says Lon Schneider of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, co-director of the USC Alzheimer Disease Research Center’s clinical core.

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