Alice, George, and Harold Kachigian Center for Active Learning in International Studies

CALIS is a legacy outreach project of the School of International Relations dedicated to advancing teaching excellence in social science education.

Agilent Center of Excellence in Biomolecular Characterization

Agilent Center of Excellence in Biomolecular Characterization in the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience is the cornerstone of a larger partnership between USC and Agilent to accelerate fundamental discoveries in life sciences research. The center houses Agilent’s industry-leading instrumentation that powers bio-sensing and detection, proteomics and metabolomic analysis, as well as protein engineering to…

The Titus Center for Medication Safety and Population Health

Proper medication use is crucial to better outcomes and patient safety, as well as to reducing avoidable healthcare costs. Established in 2021 through a gift from the estate of longtime supporter Susie Titus, the center works to ensure that patients get the right medication at the right doses with the best plan for taking them.…

Annenberg Game Lab

The Annenberg Game Lab empowers graduate students studying games and their players to conduct research with tools such as large-scale data analysis, surveys, interviews, participant observation, content analyses, and more in partnership with game developers.

Institute for Outlier Research in Business

iORB is a new type of business research institute. Our plan is nothing less than to revolutionize research that is performed at Marshall and other business schools, with the goal of encouraging work that has the potential for a transformational impact on society.

Peter Arkley Institute for Risk Management

The Peter Arkley Institute for Risk Management educates the next generation of risk management leaders for an increasingly complex and interconnected business environment. A curriculum focused on stimulating critical thinking and sharpening analytical skills equips students to meet the risk challenges of tomorrow. Born out of a collaboration with the Southern California risk management industry,…

USC Announces 2023 Ming Hsieh Institute Research Award Recipients

The USC Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) has converged with the Ming Hsieh Institute for Research on Engineering-Medicine for Cancer (MHI) to create the Ming Hsieh Institute Research Award, which aims to make USC an international leader in translational research, bridging basic science, engineering, computing, and medicine. The Ming Hsieh Institute Research Award (MHIRA)…

USC’s Awardees for 2023 Collaborative Research Planning Program

The Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) office strives to support faculty in their research endeavors and position them to successfully pursue external funding opportunities. OORI’s robust internal funding programs promote multidisciplinary and convergent research activities that encourage collaborations across USC schools and programs and with other academic institutions and small businesses. The Collaborative Research…

USC Stevens Center and IntelliMicro Discuss Future Commercialization Opportunities

In August, the Stevens Center’s interim executive director, Dr. Steven Moldin, and senior tech licensing manager, Bonnie Phan Wolfe, hosted IntelliMicro Medical Co.’s Chairman of the Board, Xiang Zhen Fei, and Golden Eye Bionics’s Director of Administration, Kate Miao to discuss future collaborations focused on the commercialization of medical devices, with current applications in the…

Monthly Update – August 2023

Dear Colleagues,  At the beginning of the new school year, it is again time for me to serenade you and your research teams. Through collaboration and innovative work, you make discoveries and develop solutions across all our campuses every day. You enable USC to be a preeminent research institution and help realize President Folt’s Moonshots. …