USC Thornton faculty, alumni celebrated with Grammy nominations

The nominations include several first-time nominees.

Event in Hahn Plaza features the USC Trojan Marching Band and written messages of inspiration.

Researchers believed a waxy coating in burnt soil caused water to run over the ground’s surface. They now find that burnt ground can absorb water, findings that can help them more accurately predict flooding and mudslides after a fire.

The COVID-19 pandemic may have changed the moviegoing experience in significant ways, but it did not result in greater inclusion for marginalized groups. A new report maps where there has been progress—and where there hasn’t—across the most popular films from the last year.

Margarita Artavia leads an interdisciplinary educational opportunity that brings social work together with dentistry through internships.

The philanthropist established the Schoen Family Scholarship Program for Veterans Endowment, which provides financial support for veterans studying at the university.

National Cancer Institute funding advances research to guide policy regulating tobacco products and marketing.

The researchers share some commonalities in their work, apart from winning an NSF CAREER Award.

Ten USC Stem Cell PhD students and recent graduates have been awarded fellowships from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Known as F31 awards, these prestigious fellowships provide promising PhD students with mentored research training with the long-term goal of developing into productive, independent research scientists.

In two new studies, partially funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS), USC Stem Cell scientists explain why this is the case and how we might be able to change it.