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Arts and Healthy Aging Center Fund launched with $2.5M gift, $1M matching opportunity

Published May 22, 2025

Gift and matching challenge from the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund supports the study of artistic engagement and the aging process.

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Trojan lands prestigious Mayo Clinic fellowship

Published May 21, 2025
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Changes in BMI during adolescence may explain link between pollution exposure, insulin resistance

Published May 21, 2025

The USC-led study’s findings uncover how the harmful effects of air pollution may contribute to long-term metabolic problems.

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Uncovering a mental health crisis affecting American journalists

Published May 20, 2025

COMMENCEMENT: Henrick Karoliszyn created The Freelance Frontier intervention in USC’s Doctor of Social Work program to address a growing issue among journalists who cover traumatic events.

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$10 million gift to launch longevity research accelerator at Keck School of Medicine of USC

Published May 19, 2025

The donation from R. Rex Parris and his wife, Carrol, will enable collaboration among experts in engineering, gerontology and stem cell research to find treatments for age-related conditions.

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Empowering young athletes through social work

Published May 19, 2025

COMMENCEMENT: Allison Chapman is positively affecting the mental health development of youth in sports through the principles of social work.

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USC, UCLA team up for the world’s first-in-human bladder transplant

Published May 18, 2025

The historic surgery — the result of years of research at Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health — opens the door for improved treatment of non-functioning bladders.

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NIH awards $8 million for new USC Superfund Center to research and address ‘forever chemicals’

Published May 14, 2025

Experts in population health, engineering and medicine will study and address harms related to the manmade pollutants known as PFAS.

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New compound targets circadian clock machinery in cells to fight glioblastoma

Published May 13, 2025

In USC-led research, the new drug candidate selectively attacked glioblastoma stem cells and passed early safety testing in a Phase 1 clinical trial.

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Wearable, ‘smart’ lactation pad could protect babies from overexposure to common painkiller

Published May 12, 2025

A breast milk sensor developed by USC biomedical engineering team detects acetaminophen, other chemicals and nutrients in real time.

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