The U.S.-China trade war escalated this week with President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will raise tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports and China’s response that it will impose new levies on $60 billion of American products. USC experts explain this new phase of the trade war and the expected impact on American […]
Contact: Leigh Hopper (310) 308-0405 or lhopper@usc.edu Airborne lead from recycled car batteries at the Exide plant in Vernon ended up in the baby teeth of children living nearby, a USC study shows. “We found the higher the level of lead in the soil, the higher the amount of lead in baby teeth,” said first author Jill […]
Contact and RSVP: Ron Mackovich at (213) 810-8583 or rmackovi@usc.edu; RSVP must be received no later than 10 a.m., Thursday, May 9 to reserve a seat or a spot on the riser. The University of Southern California’s commencement ceremony will be held the morning of Friday, May 10, on the University Park Campus. U.S. Representative Karen Bass, chair […]
Internationally acclaimed dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, TV host Jimmy Kimmel and actress Kristen Bell are among the featured speakers. Contact: USC Media Relations, uscnews@usc.edu or (213) 740-2215 The University Park Campus will be filled with more than 60,000 Trojan Family members when USC’s 136th commencement ceremony is held Friday, May 10. U.S. Representative Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional […]
The United States census will next count every person living in the U.S. on April 1, 2020, but it’s already making headlines. That’s thanks to the Commerce Department’s decision to restore a citizenship question that hasn’t been asked since 1950. The Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on the proposed question in June. Could […]
A new USC study shows that Washington D.C. and California cities have widest disparity between income and affordability for rental housing. Contact: Gary Polakovic (213) 740-9226 or polakovi@usc.edu or Jenesse Miller (213) 740-0252 or jenessem@usc.edu. New research by USC housing experts reveals lack of affordable rent is a bigger problem than previously realized, not only in big coastal cities […]
The dream of a college education has come true for hundreds of families with help from USC’s Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative. The rigorous and nationally recognized program has taken more than a thousand sons and daughters of South Los Angeles from middle school to college. As NAI celebrates its 22nd graduation, all 57 graduates […]
Distinguished environmental economists act to ensure sound science guides federal policies after the Trump administration dissolved expert groups that advised the EPA. Contact: Gary Polakovic (213-740-9226) or polakovi@usc.edu or Julie Labich (213-821-8188) or samere@price.usc.edu. A USC economist and other academic experts have formed an independent committee to advise U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policies after the Trump […]
Adversity in life makes it easier to start smoking and harder to quit; study suggests new tactics in smoking prevention may be needed. Contact: Leigh Hopper (310) 308-0405 or lhopper@usc.edu The more disadvantages you face, the more likely you are to smoke – and have difficulty quitting – according to a new USC study in JAMA Internal […]
USC researchers tweaked an immunotherapy molecule and created a cancer treatment with none of the severe side effects typically seen. Contact: Leigh Hopper (310) 308-0405 or lhopper@usc.edu An advance in the ground-breaking cancer treatment known as CAR T-cell therapy appears to eliminate its severe side effects, making the treatment safer and potentially available in outpatient settings, a […]
