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“That spirit of inquiry is how we advance our academic research, learning and excellence,” USC President Beong-Soo Kim said during his welcome address.
More than 8,000 students have moved into USC’s residential colleges. Fall semester classes begin Monday.
This summer, USC students interned across the public, private and nonprofit sectors in the nation’s capital, working in a variety of industries ranging from business to government to medicine and beyond.
“It is a really exciting time for robotics,” Yusuf Umut Ciftci says. “There are a lot of unknowns, a lot of room for improvement and a lot of room for impact.”
USC research finds that physically strenuous work may not offer the same brain protection as voluntary leisure-time exercise and may even increase dementia risk.
USC researchers found that exposure to common air pollutants was associated with different patterns of cortical thickness in two groups of older adults, pointing to a potentially complex relationship between pollution, aging and brain health.
The program, entering its ninth year, competed against accelerators across all industries to earn the national recognition.
Graduates from Colombia, Mexico and Peru share how USC’s international community and hands-on opportunities prepared them for success.
USC offers unique opportunities for students to do hands-on, lifesaving research alongside faculty mentors.
Author, speaker and brand strategist Goldie Chan shares her journey as a Keck Medicine of USC patient.
USC-led research reveals what aspects of cellular function are measured by popular biological age assessments.
