Top 10 Most Impactful Stories of 2024

10. From Blood Tests to Brain Scans: How AI is Revolutionizing Alzheimer's Research

How advanced technology offers new hope in the fight against a devastating disease.

9. USC and Capital One Establish New Center for Responsible AI in Finance

Housed under the USC School of Advanced Computing, the center aims to advance responsible AI for financial services.

8. New CRISPR Toolkit to Allow Remote-Controlled Genome Editing

USC Viterbi biomedical engineers harness focused ultrasound to revolutionize CRISPR's capabilities to treat countless diseases.

7. Finding Hope Through the Browser Window

For a group of brave female students, USC Viterbi's Afghan Pathways Program offers an educational lifeline they would otherwise be denied.

6. "Flowing Forward:" Documentary Series

Episode 1: water researcher Dan McCurry travels to the Eastern Sierra Nevada to trace the origins of Los Angeles' water supply and examine innovative solutions for future sourcing.

5. Presenting... The First Engineering Musical in USC's History: "Volare"

For the 20th anniversary of the naming of the USC Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering, new musical honors Andrew and Erna Viterbi's love story.

4. Celebrating 25 years of USC's Institute for Creative Technologies

Since its founding in 1999, the institute has produced cutting-edge computing research that has been used by Hollywood, academia, tech and the military.

3. USC celebrates opening of Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Human-Centered Computation Hall

The new building is a "home for the next generation of creators, inventors and discoverers" and central to USC President Carol Folt's historic Frontiers of Computing "moonshot."

2. USC Student Rocket Group Shatters International Amateur Space Record

Aftershock II is believed to be the world's first civilian-built rocket to reach an altitude of 470,000 feet.

1. USC launches School of Advanced Computing

The new school, a key feature of USC President Carol Folt's Frontiers of Computing "moonshot," will act as a nexus for advanced computing research and education across the university.