Contact: Ron Mackovich, rmackovi@usc.edu The USC Architectural Guild and the USC School of Architecture have selected 2021 recipients of four awards to be presented at the 62nd annual USC Architectural Guild Dinner on October 19. Leading off the list of recipients is third generation Trojan Jaime Lynnette Lee, who will be honored with the 2021 Distinguished Business Leadership Award. “Jaime Lee […]

Young people can be exposed to cannabis marketing and products despite California appearing to have tight laws, according to a new study. Contact: Jenesse Miller, 213-810-8554 or jenessem@usc.edu or Stephanie Hedt, 213-821-4555 or hedt@healthpolicy.usc.edu California bars kids from cannabis dispensaries and shields them from cannabis marketing, but those statewide restrictions aren’t working as well as policymakers had hoped. That’s according […]

Contact: Jenesse Miller 213-810-8554 or jenessem@usc.edu Californians will decide the fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 14, marking the second gubernatorial recall vote in state history. In 2003, voters recalled Gray Davis and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger governor; this time, the California ballot asks voters whether to remove Newsom, and it asks them to pick a single […]

“It sounds like you’re talking over people,” said one study participant in a USC/United Nations Foundation study. Participants offered helpful suggestions for improving climate language. Contact: Jenesse Miller, 213-810-8554 or jenessem@usc.edu A new study finds that U.S. residents struggle to understand terms frequently used by scientists to describe climate change. Study participants said some of the terms were too […]

Contact: Leigh Hopper at lhopper@usc.edu or (310) 308-0405 A new USC study published in the journal Pediatrics finds a heightened risk of death from medical causes for infants with histories of reported maltreatment, suggesting a need for ongoing care coordination between the child protection system and pediatric health providers. “Newborns in families involved with the […]

[Credit: iStock] In collaboration with seven research universities, USC will lead the NSF I-Corps Hub: West Region to help cultivate deep technology businesses in the western United States Contact: Emily Gersema, (213) 712-3168 or gersema@usc.edu, or Amy Blumenthal, (917) 710-1897 or amyblume@usc.edu Deep technology, or scientific and engineering innovations that disrupt and spur the creation of future […]