Workplace stress illustration — Illustration/iStock

What really causes work stress?

USC Viterbi’s Shrikanth Narayanan leads a team focusing on sleep quality, work performance and social interaction, with Keck Medicine of USC nurses as volunteer subjects.

USC’s Viet Nguyen is a 2017 MacArthur Foundation Fellow — Photo/Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Viet Nguyen is MacArthur Fellow

The “genius grant” honors the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and professor, whose work enables readers to view the Vietnam War from new perspectives.

An artist’s impression shows gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars. — Photo/R. Hurt, Caltech-JPL

Making waves

A specialized computer program developed by USC Information Sciences Institute researchers enables a stunning discovery: gravitational waves powerful enough to distort the shape of the cosmos.

USC Village is lit dramatically during the Oct. 3 gala — USC Photo/Gus Ruelas

What it takes to make a Village

Prominent Angelenos gathered to celebrate USC Village Tuesday. Learn about the event, the project and how generous supporters made USC Village come to life.

USC’s first building is now known as the Widney Alumni House — Photo/USC Digital Libraries

137 years old, and still fighting on

From a modest start in a western town without paved streets or telephones, USC marks its 137th birthday Oct. 6 as one of the nation’s leading research institutions.

Domestic abuse often starts small

Benita Walton-Moss saw so many signs of domestic violence in her years of nursing. Today, she teaches USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work students about them. Among her tips: Violence can start small, with name-calling.

Illustration: Fiber pathways in the brain are altered in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia disrupts brain’s entire communication system

Wiring is frayed throughout the brain among those with schizophrenia, according to an international study including USC. The research — the largest analysis of “white matter,” fatty brain tissue that enables neurons to talk to each other — upends theories about the disorder’s origin.

Research could change how we treat strokes, spine injuries

Neurobiologist Samuel Andrew Hires wants to know how the brain learns to understand what we touch. His work could one day be a boon for people who have suffered a stroke or spinal cord injury.

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