Two Keck Medicine of USC hospitals earn ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

Keck Hospital and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital receive highest grade possible for quality and safety. Read more

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10 USC Faculty Nominated for Big Ten Academic Alliance Fellowship Programs
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Every year, USC selects five faculty fellows to participate in the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program (ALP) and another five to participate in the Department Executive Officers (DEO) program. These are faculty who demonstrate a strong desire to be leaders in higher education and are nominated by their schools to participate in this competitive program. The DEO Program…

Geoffrey Garrett, Marshall School of Business Dean, announces a partnership between USC and OpenAI at USC AI Summit
USC Interim President Beong-Soo Kim speaks with Eric Schmidt, former chairman of CEO of Google, at the USC AI Summit. (USC Photo/Brian van de Brug)

 This partnership will provide all USC students, faculty and staff with complete access to GPT-5 and limited access to more advanced AI models from OpenAI. Read more

Glenn Melnick, USC Price professor, launches initiative to teach AI
Professor Glenn Melnick (Photo: Thomas Queally)

Melnick, working with a USC student team, launched the AI Knowledge Hub this week with a website chock-full of information about how faculty, students and staff can get up to speed on AI. Read more

USC Gould Establishes Donna and Spencer Gilbert Global Justice and Human Rights Center
Photos of the Gilbert family, longstanding members of the USC community

Under the leadership of Professor Hannah Garry, the Gould School of Law is launching the Donna and Spencer Gilbert Global Justice and Human Rights Center, an initiative dedicated to strengthening justice education and advancing accountability for human rights violations. The center aims to “promote respect for human rights with a focus on prevention and justice…

USC Pharmacy Opens Free Supplements Clinic
New USC pharmacy on campus

Located within the pharmacy at King Hall, the pharmacist-led supplements clinic is open to the USC community Tuesdays at no cost beginning Oct. 28. The clinic offers free consultations and vitamins for students and faculty to combat misinformation about supplements. Read more

USC Superfund Researchers Identify “Forever Chemical” PFHpA as Risk Factor for Severe Liver Disease in Adolescents
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Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, working within the Southern California Superfund Research and Training Program for PFAS Assessment, Remediation and Prevention (ShARP) Center, have uncovered compelling evidence that exposure to perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) is linked to a significantly higher risk and severity of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in adolescents with…

Billboard names USC Thornton a top music business school, highlighting its distinguished faculty
USC Thornton School of Music, photo by Mallory Snyder

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Joshua Yang and team develop artificial neurons to replicate biological function for improved computer chips
https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/10/artificial-neurons-developed-by-usc-team-replicate-biological-function-for-improved-computer-chips/

Joshua Yang, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, along with researchers at USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing make breakthrough in neuromorphic computing that could reduce energy use of chips and advance artificial general intelligence (AGI). Read more