November 2017

Michelson Hall, Ready To Open — And Change The World

The largest building on the University Park Campus brings together top engineers and scientists in shared spaces designed to encourage collaborative research.

Can AI Help to Detect and Cure Cancer?

At the USC Michelson Center, Fei Sha will bring an expertise in AI and commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle some of the most vexing issues in healthcare.

RESEARCH

Let It Glow

Cristina Zavaleta aims to better detect and treat cancer using some "dye"-namic imaging methods.

RESEARCH

World's smallest movie studio

At the USC Michelson Center, Professor Scott Fraser's incredible movies explore an unanswered question. How memories are formed?

VIDEO

A Tale of Two Careers

Andrew Viterbi Honored at the Ming Hsieh Institute's Electrical Engineering Pioneer Series.

DISTINCTION

NSF renews USC I-Corps Node for five years

The National Science Foundation hub at USC will continue to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation in Southern California.

INNOVATION

A Spotlight Shines On Generosity

USC Viterbi's 2017 Scholarship and Fellowship Dinner connects donors to the students they so enthusiastically champion.

GIVING

USC ISI to Lead Project to Simulate Dynamics of Online Social Behavior

$4.95 million DARPA contract awarded to develop large-scale computational simulation of online social behavior.

RESEARCH

A Dash of Gold Improves Microlasers

The precious metal provides a "nano" solution for improving disease detection, defense and cybersecurity applications.

RESEARCH

iPodia, the power of "i" learning brings together the largest global classroom to date

Eleven universities. One "classroom."

ACADEMICS

A Facebook Rock Star

A USC Viterbi PhD student excels in a dream job at the tech giant.

STUDENTS

Protecting The Troops

USC Viterbi receives $4.5 million to help develop Internet of Battlefield Things.

RESEARCH

USC ISI Leads IARPA Contract for developing Hybrid Forecasting Systems

Project to combine machine learning and human forecasting to predict geopolitical events.

RESEARCH