Spectrum News 1: Using Algorithms to Create COVID-19 Vaccines and Predict Variants
Spectrum News 1 featured Paul Bogdan on using algorithms to create COVID-19 vaccines and predict variants.
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Los Angeles Times: California Bullet Train is Not Jobs Creator Some Claim
Los Angeles Times quoted Jim Moore on how a poorly managed public project can lead to more employment.
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VentureBeat: USC Games establishes Gerald A. Lawson Fund to help Black and indigenous students
VentureBeat featured the new endowment which aims to increase diversity in the gaming and tech industries
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Wired: NASA Launches Astronauts to the ISS on a Reused SpaceX Rocket
Wired quoted Garrett Reisman on NASA launching astronauts to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket.
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The Hill: Researchers fine tune a ‘bionic eye’ for those who lost their sight
The Hill featured research by Gianluca Lazzi to develop a bionic eye.
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Los Angeles Business Journal: USC to Build New Computer Science Hub
Los Angeles Business Journal interviewed Dean Yortsos regarding the new computer science building
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Gizmodo: How AI Could Upgrade Brain Stimulation Therapies
Gizmodo featured research by Maryam Shanechi on using a machine learning model to predict how the brain will respond to deep brain stimulation.
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Daily Trojan: Student Startup Aims to Limit Food Waste in Restaurants
Refresh LA is an online marketplace that connects surplus food from local restaurants to “price-savvy, eco-friendly customers.”
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USC News: L.A. could be powered entirely by renewable energy in 25 years
The effort could achieve dramatic reductions in greenhouse gases without significant disruption to the economy or people’s lifestyles, according to USC research.
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Reuters: Biden’s chip dreams face reality check of supply chain complexity
Tony Levi was interviewed on the Biden administration’s attempts to address a semiconductor shortage.
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KCBS-TV: Meet A Robotics Engineer
Stefanos Nikolaidis was featured on the CBS STEAM series for developing robotics for people who have disabilities
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Gizmodo: Experimental 3D Printer Offers a Clever Way to Eliminate Waste
Research led by Yong Chen and PhD student Yang Xu was featured
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KCET: USC Students Travel to Greece to Develop Real-World Solutions to Refugee Crisis in World Premiere of New Documentary ‘LIVES NOT GRADES’ Presented by KCET
36 Young Innovators fLearn Lessons Beyond the Classroom Going Up Against “The Greatest Humanitarian Crisis Since World War II”
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Spectrum News 1: Concerns About Potential Freeway Expansion
Jim Moore was interviewed regarding ways to combat congestion besides adding lanes to freeways.
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The Wall Street Journal: Facebook Algorithm Shows Gender Bias in Job Ads, Study Finds
The Wall Street Journal featured research by Aleksandra Korolova and John Heidemann, along with doctoral student, Basileal Imana, on how Facebook serves different job ads to men and women.
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ERVA: Stacey Finley to join leadership of newly formed Engineering Research Visioning Alliance
New NSF organization will convene engineering voices to identify opportunities and priorities for innovative research that benefits society.
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Spectrum News: USC Engineering Students Help Refugees Abroad and Homeless in Los Angeles
Students in the Innovation in Engineering Design for Global Challenges class were featured for “Torch Tile,” which helps regulate tent temperature for those experiencing homelessness.
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Financial Express: Engineering education: Creating engineers for today and the future
Dean Yortsos and BL Ramakrishna contributed a piece which indicated that it is critical to have students develop technical competencies but also learn how to contribute meaningfully to society.
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KABC: USC scientists say artificial intelligence can compute formulas for successful vaccines against COVID variants
Research by Paul Bogdan and colleagues was featured.
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Los Angeles Times: NOAA’s tsunami sensors went down ahead of 10th anniversary of Japan’s Tohoku disaster
Costas Synolakis was interviewed regarding the importance of the United States’ tsunami detection system
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Vox: Why every state is vulnerable to a Texas-style power crisis
Kelly Sanders was quoted on how outdated infrastructure could lead to blackouts for millions of Americans.
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Wired: Can Technology Open Spaceflight to Disabled Astronauts?
Garrett Reisman was quoted saying “The biggest concern about someone with some of these disabilities is not anything in space, but emergencies on the pad or after landing.”.
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KPCC: A Totally Bananas Idea? Planting Tropical Fruit Trees To Help Fight CA Wildfires
Barath Raghavan’s work in computational agroecology to fight CA wildfires was featured
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Wired: The Mantis Shrimp Inspires a New Material—Made by Bacteria
New research by Qiming Wang on the use of bacteria to make materials stronger, was featured
