USC Licensing Agreement Reached with Faculty-led & Founded Company: USC Licensing Agreement Considered Largest IP Transfer for Commercialization of Chemotherapies Related to Brain and CNS Diseases

As the technology licensing office for the University of Southern California (USC), the Stevens Center for Innovation is committed to fostering and upholding the innovation ecosystem for the university and the broader region. USC strives to actively promote a culture of collaboration and entrepreneurship and encourage our faculty to translate their discoveries through the commercialization pipeline…

USC Research & Innovation Supports Faculty Recipient of Department of Energy (DOE) Award

The University of Southern California (USC) Office of Research and Innovation (OORI) strives to encourage and support faculty across the university to excel in their fields through ethical and rigorous research, scholarship, creativity, and innovation. We support our faculty in their efforts to obtain external federal funding that builds off of the innovative projects they lead internally at USC.…

Alfred E. Mann Institute

A new website for the Alfred E. Mann Institute is coming soon!

Monthly Update – September 2023

Dear Colleagues, Our researchers continue to thrive. USC was ranked 29th in the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) list of universities granted U.S. patents in the United States. I greatly appreciate your exceptional work in making an impact through USC.  This month’s update highlights recent news and upcoming workshops from the Office of Research and Innovation. Thank…

USC+CHLA Alpha Clinic

The USC+CHLA Alpha Clinic is one of nine Alpha Clinics (ACs) funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) at top medical centers in California. With its AC network partners, the USC+CHLA Alpha Clinic engages patients, clinicians, researchers, community providers and community members in clinical research, education and outreach to accelerate the development and…

Writing Center

We provide free, individualized feedback on any kind of writing to current USC students, faculty, and staff. We can help with everything from essays to cover letters to scholarship applications. Click any link below to get started.

Translational Imaging Center

The goal of the Translational Imaging Center is to develop new technologies for the imaging of biological structure and function. Both a research center and a user facility, the Translational Imaging Center employs advanced imaging tools to follow events as they take place inside an intact organism. The center’s research group includes a diverse range…

Francophone Research and Resource Center

The Francophone Research and Resource Center (FRC) at USC Dornsife is a hub for research, scholarship, and activities related to Francophone writers, scholars, filmmakers, journalists, and scientists. A member of the Center of Excellence network established by the French Embassy to the United States of America, the FRC is one of 20 centers established in…

Center for Transpacific Studies

The Center for Transpacific Studies (CTS) at USC Dornsife supports scholars who study the United States’ relationship with Asia, transpacific movements, and Asian-American populations. By focusing on research in two distinct clusters – social and cultural research and political economy trends across the Pacific – CTS supports the study of the Pacific Rim in its…

Center for the Premodern World

The USC Dornsife Center for the Premodern World provides space and resources for the study of earliest historical eras up to the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern world. Through interdisciplinary research, seminars, public lectures, and a special collaboration to increase access to historical collections, the Center for the Premodern…